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Reception order
of (1) a reception order, or (2) an urgency order (q.v.), or (3) a summary reception order (q.v.) [(English) Lunacy Act, … an urgency order (q.v.), or (3) a summary reception order (q.v.) [(English) Lunacy Act, 1890, ss. 1, 9, 13]. Ss. 21
Ground-writ
the C.L.P. Act, 1852, a ca. Sa. (capias ad satisfaciendum, (q.v.) or fi. fa. (fieri facias, q.v.) could not be issued … Sa. (capias ad satisfaciendum, (q.v.) or fi. fa. (fieri facias, q.v.) could not be issued into a county different from that
Post office
its monopoly in respect of letters, telegraphs and wireless telegraphy (q.v.) and telephones (q.v.), it carries on the business of a … respect of letters, telegraphs and wireless telegraphy (q.v.) and telephones (q.v.), it carries on the business of a carrier of parcels,
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Socage, or Soccage
Socage, or Soccage. Common socage is the ordinary tenure (q.v.) in this country; the exceptions were, until abolished by the … the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, Borough-English, Gavelkind, etc. (q.v.). Socage is the same as service of the soc; and
Undivided shares in land
the other joint tenants, and (by implication) the jus accrescendi (q.v.). Undivided shares can only be created by way of trust … named in the conveyance joint tenants upon the statutory trusts (q.v.) A trust for sale does not arise in the case
Insurance
preservation to be distinguished from the sue and labour clause (q.v.) in Marine Insurance policies, which does not cover general average
Office of profit
a salary; thus, e.g., the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds (q.v.) is such an office, although it carries no salary. This
Education
directed to enforcing attendance at schools. The Board of Education (q.v.) was established in 1889 in place of the Education Department
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
and by the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 (Lord Campbell's Act) (q.v. sub-tit. CAMPBELL'S (LORD) ACT), as to negligence causing death (action
Common employment
nor in respect of claims under the Workmen's Compensa-tion Acts (q.v.). The doctrine of Common Employment has been modified by the
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