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Bastard

of Marriage Act, 1929 (c. 36), s. 2, to enable a single woman whose marriage is void for non-age under that Act to obtain a summons notwithstanding that the father may not have paid money for the

Asphyxia

Asphyxia, [fr. a not, and, Gk., pulse], suspended animation, produced by the non-conversion of the venous blood of the lungs into arterial, Dunglison

Barrister, or Barrastor

Mr. Yerburgh, M.P. (Solicitors' Journal, July 7, 1888), where, however, an important distinction is drawn between contentious and non-contentious business; Annual Practice; Annual Statement of the Bar Council for (1904-5) 10. By rule 20 of the Resolutions

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Bankruptcy notice

summons' (see that title) under the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1869) to pay a judgment debt for any amount, non-compliance with which notice within a limited time amounts, by s. 1(1)(g) of the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, to

Bailable offence

Bailable offence, means an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule, or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force; and 'non-bailable a offence' means any other...

Aula Regis, or Regia

this account, very burdensome to the people, and accordingly the 11th chapter of Magna Charta thus enacted:-'communia placita non sequantur curiam nostram sed teneantur in aliquo loco certo.' This 'certain place' was established in Westminster Hall, where

Attestation Clause

Attestation Clause, the sentence subscribed to a written instrument signed by the witnesses to its execution, stating that they have witnessed it. Such a clause (in very precise terms)is always appended to a will

Attache

foreign legation. The privilege of an attache extends to prevent a distress being levied on his furniture for non-payment of rates, Macartney v. Garbutt, (1890) 24 QBD 368.

Assumpsit

it lies for the recovery of damages for loss or injuries sustained by reason of the breach or non-performance of a promise, either express or implied, not under seal, but founded on a proper consideration. See PLEADING.

Arrestment jurisdictionis fundand' causa

Arrestment jurisdictionis fundand' causa. In Scotland, if a non-Scots Defender is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court in any other way, but has some movable

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