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Maintenance

the maintained actions is not a bar to the right of action for maintenance, Neville v. London Express Newspaper, 1919 AC 368. This offence is punished by Common Law, and also by 1 Rich. 2, c. 4,

the Larceny Act, 1861; but by the Larceny (Advertisements) Act, 1870, an action under this section against a newspaper must be brought within six months, and with the consent of the Attorney-General. As to notice to be

Pawnbroker

be separate from any pledges of any other pawnbroker'; that sales are to be advertised 'in some public newspaper'; that pictures, books, china, and other specified things are to be sold by themselves, 'four times only in

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Piracy

by the former author, Pike v. Nicholas, 1869 LR 5 Ch 251; as to pirating news from another newspaper, see Walter v. Steinkopff, (1892) 3 Ch 489. The remedies for piracy are an action at law for

Postal articles

Postal articles, the expression includes a letter, postcard, newspaper, book, pattern or sample packet, parcel and every article or thing transmissible by post. [Indian Post Office Act,

Printers

a sum not more than five pounds (2 & 3 Vict. c. 12, s. 2); and see the Newspapers Printers and Reading Rooms Repeal Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 24), and enactments, including 1 &

Prospectus

set out in s. 34, and among the provisions of the 4th Schedule (see supra), pros-pectuses, published as newspaper advertisements, need not include the contents of the memorandum and ancillary details. Under Part III. of the Schedule,

Public meeting

constable reasonably suspects him of giving a false name and address, the constable may without warrant arrest him. Newspaper reports of public meetings (unless such report or publication was published or made maliciously) are 'privileged' (see LIBEL)

Publication

Law right exempt from proceedings for libel. As to the publication of an apology for libel in a newspaper, see LIBEL. Is essential in an action of defamation that the publication be to a third person, though

Publication of Bills and Reports

Publication of Bills and Reports, the Editor of a newspaper cannot claim a right to publish those portions of speech of Parliament which have been directed to be

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