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Upper Bench
Upper Bench [bancus superior, Lat.], the style of the King's Bench during the protectorate of Cromwell.
De jure
having been spent by him in exile, and the affairs of the kingdom having been conducted by the Protector. See DE FACTO
Presentation
(29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature of letters-missive to the ordinary. The sovereign, as protector ecclesi', is the patron paramount of all benefices which do not belong to other patrons, and usually presents
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Parens patriae
not sui juris and without natural guardians as the heirs to persons without natural heirs, and as the protector of all citizens unable to protect themselves, Kent v. United States, 383 US 541 (1966). The sovereign, as
Married women's property
1) a married woman could without her husband dispose of trust estates, and (s. 3) could alone be protector of a settlement. Also, by the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1930 (29 Geo. 5, c. 17), s.
Marriage
in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident in other parts of the King's dominions or in British Protectorates, see Marriage of British subject (Facilities) Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 40), and 1916 (6
Foreign judgment
which the Act may apply are specified by Orders in Council, which may be extended to British Dominions, Protectorates and mandated territories. The Act (s. 7), provides that Part II of the (English) Administration of Justice Act,
Disentailing Deed
in the High Court of Justice (s. 41, and R.S.C., Ord. LXI., r. 9). If there is a protector (q.v.) under the instrument creating the entail, his consent must be obtained, otherwise an equitable interest corresponding to
Dependency
which is subject to British jurisdiction for all practical purposes although no formal annexation has taken place, e.g., Protectorates. Of these, Cyprus has been formally annexed by S. R. & O. 1914, No. 1629. Egypt was declared
Bailiff
Bailiff, a keeper or protector, an officer who puts in force an arresting process, or who is employed to distrain for rent, for
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