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Frauds, Statute of
by the Irish Parliament in 7 Wm. 3, c. 12, applies generally to the British colonies, and, remarks Mr. Chancellor Kent (2 Com. 494, n. (d), 'carries its influence through the whole body of American juris-prudence, and … the statute was to take away the facilities for fraud and the temptation to perjury which arose in verbal obligations, the proof of which depended upon unwritten evidence. The greater part of the Statute of Frauds has
Contingent remainder
Before the Act of 1877 (English) was passed the rules for the creation of a contingent remainder, said Mr. Joshua Williams, might be reduced to two:-- 1. The seisin, or feudal possession, must never be without an … settlement under s. 1 (ii) of the (English) S.L. Act, 1925. See SETTLED LAND. In Smith d. Dormer v. Parkhurst, (1740) 18 Vin. Abr. 413; 6 Bro. Cas. Par. 351, the Court held that, in every case
Clarendon, constitutions of, assize of
issued by the sole authority of the king, and without any appeal to the sanction of 'custom'; see Mrs. J. R. Green's Henry the Second. Class. A term for a number of persons who are intended to … king's permission; that prelates were to be subject to feudal burdens; that the king was to hold all vacant benefices and receive their revenues till the vacancies were filled; and that goods forfeited to the Crown were
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Customs
rise, were productive of the greatest embarrassment. The Customs Consolidation Act (27 Geo. 3, c. 13), introduced by Mr. Pitt in 1787, did much to remedy these among other inconvenien-ces. The method adopted was to abolish the … English history, were customs duties; the first being made onwine by the tun, and the latter being ad valorem duty of so much a pound on other merchandise. When these duties were granted to the Crown they
Value
phrase which no amount of authority that can be quoted for it can make other than bad English. Mr. De Quincey substitutes the term 'exchange value,' which is unexceptionable, 1 Mill's Pol. Econ. 528, 578. The word … Value, a relative term. The value of a thing may refer to a certain standard with which the thing
Incorporated Law Society
Incorporated Law Society, now termed the Law Society, was founded by Mr. Bryan Holme in 1825, and incorporated in 1831 by Royal Charter; this was surrendered for a new Charter … was made registrar of attorneys and solicitors in 1843 by the (English) Solicitors Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 73), s. 21. On the decay of the Inns of Chancery, which in their later aspect were
Pardon
the judgment would be reversed and a similar suggestion was made by the Committee appointed in 1904 by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas to inquire into the circumstances of the two convictions of offences (for which he had been … F. Pollock, A.-G., that when the Crown pardons any adjudged guilty on the ground that the evidence rightly viewed does not warrant the judgment, the prisoner should assign and the Attorney-General should confess error on the record,
Torture
Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of England previously to the Commonwealth (1837), and an article by Mr. Wyatt Paine in the Law Times of January 28th, 1905, at p. 294, where attention is directed to … of Buckingham, to make him disclose his accomplices. It was , however, frequently the practice to torture by virtue of Royal Warrant, a warrant of 1640, for instance (Jardine, p. 108), directing the Lieutenant of the Tower
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
has also been recognized by Starkie, Sir John Holker, and Chief Baron Pollock; and even Blackstone,with whom, as Mr. Lecky has observed, admiration of our national jurisprudence was almost a foible, passed some severe criticisms on the … 'A person convicted' includes a person who, upon the trial of an indictment, has been found insane, R. v. Ireland, (1910) 1 KB 654. The Court has power [s. 4, see R. v. Ettridge, (1909) 2 KB
Remainder
act of parties. it may be granted over, charged, devised, or barred by a prior tenant in tail. Mr. Burton (Comp. Pl. 28) thus indicates the difference between a reversion and a remainder: 'If the gift were … you for your life,' the reversion in fee-simple would remain in the feoffor. But this consequence would be varied if the gift were 'to you for your life, and after your decease to A. and his heirs
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