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High Steward, Court of the Lord
and that of Earl Russell, who was convicted of bigamy on 17th July, 1901, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. See The Trial of Earl Russell, 1901 AC 446; and the trial of Lord de Clifford, 1936
Legacy
Legacy [fr. legatum, Lat.]. A legacy is a gift of personalty by will, and, arising as it does from the mere bounty of the testator, it is postponed to … See now (English) County Courts Act, 1934, s. 52. Pecuniary legacies bear interest from the expiration of twelve months from the testator's death; the executor may pay them before, but he is not compelled to do so.
Insurance
see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the … bonds or endowment cer-tificates by which the company, in return for subscriptions payable at periodical intervals of two months or less, contract to pay the bond-holder a sum at a future date, and not being life assurance
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Drunkenness
Drunkenness, intoxication with strong liquor; habit-ual inebriety. A contract made by a person when so drunk as to be unable to understand what he is doing is voidable if the person … under s. 12 of the (English) Licensing Act, 1872, or otherwise similarly punishable], and who within the twelve months preceding the date of the commission of the offence has been convicted summarily at least three times of
Marriage
marriage can be annulled. As to licenses, neither misnomer, even by concurrence of both parties, nor fraud or perjury in obtaining the license, will effect the validity of the subsequent marriage, Bevan v. Macmahon, (1861) 30 LJ … of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. [Marriage (Extension of Hours) Act, 1934], and preceded by and within three months after banns, license, or certificate have been published or obtained. Church of England marriages are regulated by the
Fieri facias
of the party he 'cause to be made' the sum recovered by the judgment, with interest at 4l. per cent. from the time of entered-up judgment, to be rendered to the party who sued it out. If … served on the sheriff before the commencement of the debtor's bankruptcy, the landlord's right is reduced to six months. (English) (Bankruptcy act, 1914, s. 35)
Common employment
master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception that where the person injured is the fellow-servant of and engaged in common employment with the person whose negligence causes the injury, … limited to three years' earnings, and the time within which actions may be brought is limited to six months from the date of the accident, or in the case of death 12 months from the date of
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
2 KB 724], and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed within which, upon the principle Interest reipublic' ut sit finis litium, particular actions must be brought … Parliament, or public duty or authority, or any neglect or default in execution thereof, are limited to six months [(English) Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61)], and many statutes provided for special
Residence
'resident' would not result in construction having the effect of a particular place for dwelling always or on permanent uninterrupted basis. Thus understood, even the requirement of a person being 'ordinarily resident' at a particular place is … grantable by s. 43 for incapacity of mind or body, or illness of wife or child for six months) for more than three months in any year, he shall forfeit, unless resident at some other of his
Year to year, tenancy from
of law, it may, unless surrendered or determined by a regular notice to quit, subsist for an indefinite period, if the estate of the lessor will allow of it, or for the whole term of his estate … where the agreement is silent on that point, must be at least half a year'' (not merely six months'), or where the Agricultural Holdings Act applies, one year's notice to give up possession at the expiration of
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