Obstruction - Law Dictionary Search Results
Improvement of towns
the naming of streets and numbering of houses, to the improving the line of streets and removal of obstructions, to the securing or demolition of ruinous buildings, and to the taking precaution during the erection of works,
In the discharge of duty
In the discharge of duty, s. 121 of the Railways Act, 1890 states: If a person willfully obstructs or impedes any railway servant in the discharge of his duty, he shall be punished with imprisonment for
Magna Carta
through all England, but only by the sea-coasts.' It is obvious that wears in navigable rivers would be obstructive of free communication. See WEARS. The 24th chapter relates to the writ called pr'cipe incapite, which has been
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Ne disturba pas
Ne disturba pas, the general issue in quare impedit. It simply denied that the defendant obstructed the presentation, and was adapted to no other ground of defence. see now (English) C.L.P. Act, 1860, ss.
Ne luminibus officiatur
Ne luminibus officiatur, a servitude restraining the owner of a house from obstructing the light of his neighbour.
Quare impedit
to such a vacant church, which pertains to his patronage; and which the defendants, as he alleges, do obstruct; and unless they so do, then that they appear in court to show the reason why they hinder
Regulation and restriction
freedom or the facility which is required to be regulated in the interest of all concerned, whereas 'prohibition' obstructs or shuts off, or denies it to those to whom it is applied. The Oxford English Dictionary does
Restrictive trade practice
the effect of preventing, distorting or restricting competition in any manner and in particular, (i) which tends to obstruct the flow of capital or resources into the stream of production, or (ii) which tends to bring about
Steam engines
use of the furnaces of these, see the Steam Engine Furnaces Act, 1831; and as to damaging or obstructing them, see (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 29, 35, 36. See also ss. 114-116 of the (English)
Street
not; and shall include every vacant space notwithstanding that it may be private property and partly or wholly obstructed by any gate, post, chain or other barrier, if houses, shops or other buildings about thereon, and if
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