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Incorporated Law Society

and upon all new rules and orders. Many reforms in law and practice have been initiated, and numerous Acts of Parliament have originated with or have been supported by the Society. Questions of professional practice and etiquette … to affect injuriously the rights and privileges of members. The Society has long been active in supporting legal reforms, and is now usually referred to for suggestions and remarks on Bills affecting the principles or practice of

Measure of damage

he may have suffered by the breach. For the measure and limitation of damages under the (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 1, see Rose v. Ford, (1936)

Family unit

Family unit, under the definition of 'family unit' in s. 3(f) of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 the divided minor son would clearly be included in the 'family unit'

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Freedom of a borough

Before the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, these privileges, in many cases valuable either from conferring, especially before the Reform Act, 1832, a limited parliamentary franchise or from other causes, could be sold or given away; but the … Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 259-265, which reproduces the provisions of the former Acts). The right of a freeman, as such, to a vote at parliamentary elections was abolished by the (English)

trust

income payable to a beneficiary and principal reverting to the settlor upon termination NOTE: Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a Clifford trust could be used as a tax shelter that diverted income from the

Borough

Borough, originally a walled town or other fortified place. In the (English) Reform Act, 1832, by s. 79, the word means a town entitled to return a member to Parliament, or

Tail

conveyance of fee-simple estates. If the tenant-in-tail be a feme covert (under coverture which began before 1883) (Law Reform (M. W. and T.) Act, 1935, s. 4, and (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 167), her … the donee, if in possession, may exercise the powers of a tenant for life under the Settled Land Acts. [(English) S.L. Act, 1925, s. 20] (8) This estate could not be merged, surrendered, or extinguished by the

Alnet, De

relief or other alms was a disqualification for the parliamentary franchise in boroughs by s. 36 of the Reform Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 45), and in counties by s. 40 of the Representation

Bastard

dependants in (English) Lord Campbell's Act (Fatal Accidents Act, 1846) only covered legitimate relatives, but the (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934, s. 2, those definitions have been extended to comprise an illegitimate person. See (English) … those definitions have been extended to comprise an illegitimate person. See (English) Workmen's Compensation and Adoption of Children Acts, 1934. In Scotland the Bastards (Scotland) Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 22), enables bastards or

Roman Catholics

25 Car. 2, c. 2. Roman Catholic disabilities have now been almost completely removed, the Roman Catholic Relief Acts of 1791 (31 Geo. 3, c. 32), for freedom of worship with unlocked doors, and that of 1829 … penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see

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