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Rag Flock

Flock. See the (English) Rag Flock Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 52), an Act to prohibit the sale and use for the purpose of the manufacture of certain Articles of unclean flock manufactured from

To possess or to retain

Exchange Management (Possession and Retention of Foreign Currency) Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2 (ii)] To provide for regulating or prohibiting production supply and distribution, the power to 'provide for regulating or prohibiting production, supply and distribution' conferred by

Public Order Act, 1936

Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of

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Husband and wife

Jolly v. Rees, (1864) 15 CB (NS) 628). This presumption may be rebutted by proof that the husband prohibited the wife from pledging his credit, or revoked her authority, unless his conduct has been such as to

Nuisance

Nuisance [fr. nuire, Fr., to hurt], something noxious of offensive. Any unauthorised act which, without direct physical interference, materially impairs the use and enjoyment by another of his property, or prejudicially affects his health, comfort, or...

Mandamus

[see now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 45 (1)] Means a command. It differs from the writs of prohibition or certiorari in its demand for some activity on the part of the body or person to whom

Interdict, Interdiction

Interdict, Interdiction, an ecclesiastical censure pro-hibiting the administration of the offices of re-ligion, either to particular persons or in particular places, or both, but usually the latter; see Hall. Mid. Ages, ch. vii., pt. I. This...

Factory

Act, 1891, which increased the powers of factory inspectors, directed means of escape from fire to be provided, prohibited the employment of children under eleven, and of women within four weeks after childbirth, and enacted that weavers

Gaming or gambling

chance, as cards, dice, etc., for money, or money's worth. The still unrepealed 33 Hen. 8, c. 9, prohibits the keeping of any common house for dice, cards, or any unlawful games, under penalties of 40s. for

Game

game on a Sunday or Christmas-day, or between the days and seasons when game may be killed. The prohibited period is, for partridges, between 1st February and 1st September; for pheasants, between 1st February and 1st October;

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