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Troy weight
Troy weight [pondus Troj', Lat.], a weight of twelve Troy ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France. Under the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 (41
Rescue
before it is impounded, for then it is deemed to be in the custody of the law. The Pound Breach Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 30), gives a summary remedy for pound breach and rescue
Rate
areas the authority is the rural district council. The general rate is raised on so much in the pound on the rateable value of each hereditament in rateable occupation according to the valuation list. Contributions required by
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Preferential payments
and winding up of a company:-One year's rates and taxes, four months' salaries of clerks up to fifty pounds, and two months' wages of labourers or workmen, up to twenty-five pounds (labourers in husbandry paid partly in
Pension
to the Act, after deducting therefrom such part, if any, thereof, but not exceeding in any case thirty-nine pounds, as is derived from any source other than earnings, do not exceed forty-nine pounds seventeen shillings and six
Pack of wool
Pack of wool, a horse load, which consists of 17 stone and 2 pounds, or 240 pounds weight, Fleta, I. lib. 2, c. xii.
Libraries (Public)
library. The Act of 1892 provided that the library rate was not to exceed one penny in the pound in any financial year, and might be limited to one halfpenny by the adopting authority. This provision has
Corn Sales Act, 1921 (English)
by weight and in terms of and by reference to the one hundred weight of 112 imperial standard pounds, otherwise transactions are null and void. The Act also applies to dried peas, dried beans, linseed and potatoes,
Income-tax
Income-tax, a tax of so much in the pound of income, under five classifications, according as derived from (A) ownership of land or houses, etc., (B) occupation
Damage feasant or faisant
Ry. Co., (1853) 23 LJ QB 17, where a locomotive engine was distrained damage feasant. By the (English) Pound-Breach Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 30), any person releasing, or attempting to release, cattle lawfully seized
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