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Common serjeant

(14)]., and one of the judges of the Central Criminal Court (q.v.); an assistant to the Recorder. See Pulling on the Laws and Customs of London.

Pulldevil

A number of fishhooks rigidly fastened back to be pulled through the water to catch fish

Pelt-wool

Pelt-wool, the wool pulled off the skin or pelt of dead sheep, 8 Hen. 6, c. 22.

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Dangerous structure

c. 55), any building deemed by the surveyor to be in a ruinous or dangerous state must be pulled down, repaired, or otherwise made secure. This provision is not confined to buildings, etc., adjacent to a highway;

Dilapidation

Dilapidation, decay; a kind of ecclesiastical waste, either voluntary, by pulling down, or permissive, by suffering the chancel, parsonage house, and other buildings thereunto belonging to decay. See the

Intoxicating liquor

26); or is a 'special removal,' i.e. one which was necessary because the premises are about to be pulled down for some public purpose or have been rendered unfit for use by reason of fire (s. 24),

Last proximate act test

of attempt, based on whether the defendant does the final act necessary to commit an offence (such as pulling the trigger of a gun, not merely aiming if). This test has been rejected by most courts as

London

is governed by a lord mayor, who is chosen yearly. As to the customs of the city, see Pulling's Customs of London, p. 5 et seq. The customs of London as to the distribution of intestates' effects

Maiden

very sharp in the lower part, and loaded above with lead. At the time of execution it was pulled up to the top of a frame about eight feet high, with a grove on each side for

Navigation acts

of Richard the Second, Henry the Seventh, and Elizabeth. All the Navigation Acts were repealed in 1849. See Pulling's Shipping Code.

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