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Intoxicating liquor
licences in all cases except where actual misconduct on the part of the holder was shown. Since the passing of the Licensing Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 23), this absolute discretion has been taken away and
Tail
the body or as tenant by the curtesy if the Law of Property Act, 1925, had not been passed [s. 130 (4) (ibid.)] The limitation of an estate so that it can be inherited only by the
Solicitor
by a contract in writing ('articles') to serve as a clerk ('articled clerk') to a solicitor, and have passed certain examinations (see s. 14). The period of service as an articled clerk is five years, unless the
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Larceny
plain theft. To constitute the offence there must be an unlawful taking, which implies that the goods must pass from the possession of a true owner (including one who has a qualified property only in the goods,
Beer
with beer, the (English) Beer Act of 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 64), was passed to allow any person to retail beer upon taking out an excise licence only. This Act was amended
trespass
trespass [Anglo-French trespas violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old French, crossing, passage, from trespasser to go across, from tres across + passer to pass] : wrongful conduct causing harm to
sale
barter, donation, exchange, gift absolute sale : a sale that takes place without conditions and with title simply passing to the buyer upon payment of the price compare conditional sale in this entry bulk sale : a
Highways
Highways, all portions of land, and passage which every subject of the kingdom has a right to use. See Pratt on Highways; also defined by
Water and watercourse
of land covered with water.'-Brownl. 142. See POOL. By granting a certain water, though the right of fishing passes, yet the soil does not. Water being a movable, wandering thing, there can be only a temporary, transient,
Bond
is contemplated that they may perform the condition, see K. & E., 13th Edn. P. 277. The benefit passes to the survivors in the case of the death of any joint obligees, (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s.
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