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Affidavit

the (English) Crown Office Rules of 1886), and by (English) R. S. C. 1883, Ord. LII., r. 4, copies of affidavits intended to be used on the hearing of a motion for attachment, to set aside an … 1908. Affidavit is a voluntary declaration of facts written down and sworn to by the declaration before an officer authorized to administer oaths of great deal of evidence is submitted by affidavit, esp., in pre-trial matters such

public record

b : a record filed in a public office NOTE: Public records are subject to inspection, examination, and copying by any member of the public. … a record required by law to be made and kept: a : a record made by a public officer or a government agency in the course of the performance of a duty b : a record filed

Controller

Controller [fr. Controle, Fr., the copy of a roll of accounts], an overseer or officer appointed to examine and verify the accounts of other officers, also Controller under Patents Act, 1911. Means the

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Paper Book

in law, etc., upon special pleadings, formerly made up by the clerk of the papers, who was an officer for that purpose, but latterly by the plaintiff's attorney or agent. See Jac. Law Dict.; 3 Bl. Com. … 317. Any party who enters an action for trial must deliver to the officer of the court two copies of the whole of the pleadings, one for the use of the judge at the trial [(English) R.S.C.

Settlement

parties thereto in such manner as may be prescribed and a copy thereof has been sent to an officer authorised in this behalf by the appropriate Government and the conciliation officer. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of

Tithe Rent-Charge

indicating by reference to a map of the district and the land charged is to be made, one copy to be kept at the principal office of the Commission and the other in the district as directed … district was substituted for it, except where the land was occupied by the landowner, in which case an officer of the Court might distrain for it. The landowner also, in case of a contract before the passing

Six Clerks in Chancery

Six Clerks in Chancery, officers who received and filed all proceedings, signed office copies, attended Court to read the pleadings, etc. they were … Six Clerks in Chancery, officers who received and filed all proceedings, signed office copies, attended Court to read the pleadings, etc. they were abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103.

Collation

Collation, the comparison of a copy with its original to ascertain its correctness; or the report of the officer who made the comparison.

Private Acts of Parliament

of Name Acts. They are generally not printed, but copies of them can be obtained at the Copyists' Office, House of Lords, on payment of fees. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT. … Change of Name Acts. They are generally not printed, but copies of them can be obtained at the Copyists' Office, House of Lords, on payment of fees. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

Registration for preservation

Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836. Consult Hubback on Succession, pp. 469 et seq. Civil Registration.--A general registry office was established by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86), … to make and keep similar registers, the books to remain in their custody in an iron chest, and copies thereof to be transmitted annually to the registrars of each diocese. So much of this Act as related

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