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Distress
found upon the premises may be distrained by a landlord, with the following exceptions:- (1) Fixtures [see Provincial Bill-posting Co. v. Law Moor Iron Co., (1909) 2 KB 344]; (2) Animals fer' natur': (3) Goods delivered to
Forgery
8, and the making or being in possession of paper or implements for the forgery of banknotes, Treasury Bills, Revenue paper, etc., by s. 9, the provisions in both these cases being most stringent; and see s.
Review
at any time by either party. An application to a taxing master to reconsider certain items in a bill of costs which has been taxed is called an application to review [R.S.C. Ord. LXV., r. 27 (39)-(40)].
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Information
interested in the matter in connection with the crown or government, the proceeding was then by information and bill. Information differed from bills in little more than name and form; and the same rules were substantially applicable
Action
of Common Pleas at Lancaster, and the Court of Pleas at Durham; and all suits formerly commenced by bill or informa-tion in the Court of Chancery or by a cause in the Court of Admiralty, or in
Torture
but it is also used in the secondary sense of those 'cruel and unusual punishments' which, by the Bill of Rights of 1688, 'ought not to be inflicted.' The peine forte et dure (see that title) is
Leave to defend
Leave to defend. The repealed (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict.c.67), commonly called 'Keating's Act,' allowed actions on bills or notes
Ireland
1867, and 1885. The constant demand for a separate Parliament for Ireland led to the introduction of various Bills, but it was not until 1914 that the Government of Ireland Act of that year was placed on
Mistake
misconception, error. Money paid under a mistake of a material fact, as where a person discounts a forged bill, is recoverable (though a banker paying the forged cheque of a customer cannot charge the customer with the
Magna Carta
are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963. This
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