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Property qualification
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House of Commons
representatives of boroughs. The lowest chamber of British and Canadian Parlia-ment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 744. Property Qualification.--The property qualification of members, which was by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 48, amending 9 Anne, c. 5, … boroughs. The lowest chamber of British and Canadian Parlia-ment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 744. Property Qualification.--The property qualification of members, which was by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 48, amending 9 Anne, c. 5, by allowing
Jury
under s. 6 of the Act was a matter in the discretion of a court or judge. Qualification.--The property qualification of jurors is fixed by the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), s. 1,
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Electoral franchise
employment. The (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918, created great changes: it abolished the voting qualifications of property owners, lodgers, free-men, etc.; it extended the parliamentary franchise to women for the first time, establishing something not … Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a)
Justices
of the peace. They must reside, while acting, in or within seven miles of the borough, or occupy property therein, but they need not be burgesses or have such qualification by estate as was required for a
Local board
being called an 'urban sanitary authority.' They were elected by open voting of the owners and ratepayers, a property qualification being required for membership, each voter having from one to six votes, in proportion to the property occupied … 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 35 (3), 39, 40 (1), 57], abolished both the property qualification and the plural voting, and by s. 21 directed that 'urban sanitary authorities' (except the councils of municipal
Property
Matched in: Term Property
Married women's property
Matched in: Term Married women's property
Separate estate
settled property by a married woman. These restrictions are perfectly valid, but they are subject to the important qualification that under s. 7 of the (English) Conveyancing Act, 1911 (replacing s. 39 of the (English) Conveyancing Act, … Separate estate. The Common Law did not allow a married woman to posses any property independently of her husband, but when property was settled to her separate use and benefit, equity treated her,
Personal effects
(Permanent Edition), Volume 32, at page 277, it is stated that the words 'personal effects' when used without qualification, generally include such tangible property as is worn or carried about the person, or to designate articles associated … Personal effects, generally include such tangible property as is worn or carried about the person, or to designate articles associated with the person. Personal effects
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