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Currency and Bank Notes Acts, 1914 and 1928 (English)
Currency and Bank Notes Acts, 1914 and 1928 (English). The 1914 Act and the Amendment Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5 … of s. 1 and s. 5 of c. 14, enacting that currency notes are to be deemed banknotes, valuable securities and current coin for certain special purposes such as the Forgery (English) Act, 191, the Larceny Act,
Bank-notes, or Bank-bills
them, whenever a receipt is required, it is always given as for money, not as for securities or notes. Per Lord Mansfield, Miller v. Race, (1758) 1 Burr at p. 457. Bank of England notes were made
Paper Money
Paper Money, bank notes, bills of exchange, and promissory notes. On the outbreak of the war with Germany in August, 1914, the … legal tender for the payment of any amount. See (English) Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 14), and (the Amendment Act), c. 72. These (English) Acts have been repealed (except penal
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Receipt
the purposes of the Stamp Act, 1891, the expression 'receipt' is defined (s. 101) as including-- (1) Any note, memorandum, or writing whereby any money amounting to two pounds or upwards, or any bill of exchange or … of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421. The act of receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received,
search
see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search warrant at warrant compare seizure NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and requires that a warrant may issue only … guilt or to locate a person [warrantless es are invalid unless they fall within narrowly drawn exceptions "State v. Mahone, 701 P.2d 171 (1985)"] see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search
cause
something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause … (as an injury) which would not otherwise have occurred called also direct cause legal cause see also Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. in the Important Cases section compare remote cause in this entry re·mote cause :
Marriage
86), the entry to be signed by the clergyman, the parties, and the two witnesses. It may be noted that a clergyman cannot marry himself, Beamish v. Beamish, (1859-61) 9 HLC 274. Special licenses are granted by
Shorthand Notes
usually not be allowed, unless on an appeal they are used by the court [see Castner, etc., Co. v. Commercial Corporation, (1899) 1 Ch 803), and they can be so used on an appeal from a county … Shorthand Notes. The only statutory provision for the taking of shorthand notes is in s. 16 of the Criminal Appeal
Costs
but must be exercised judicially (see Sharpe v. Wakefield, 1891 AC 173, and cases referred to in the notes in Annual Practice to the abovementioned rule). For the cases in which a judge sitting without a jury
trust
of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary … which the named beneficiaries receive a fixed payment of not less than five percent of the fair market value of the original principal over the course of a specified period after which the remaining principal passes to
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