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Registration for preservation

the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836. Consult Hubback on Succession, pp. 469 et seq. Civil Registration.--A general registry office was established by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, … to remain in their custody in an iron chest, and copies thereof to be transmitted annually to the registrars of each diocese. So much of this Act as related to marriages was repealed by the (English) Births

Fleet-books

a woman passed when she was married there. The books are now deposited in the office of the Registrar-General, pursuant to the (English) Non-Parochial Registers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92), ss. 6, 23, Taylor

Arrangements between debtors and creditors

arrangement where the statutory provisions have not been complied with; (3) requiring deeds to be registered with the Registrar of Bills of Sale; (4) requiring the trustee of the deed to give security, making provision for auditing … of the deed to give security, making provision for auditing his accounts, and prescribing his duties and liabilities generally; (5) making certain general provisions as to Courts, procedure, etc., And see the (English) Deeds of Arrangement Rules,

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Limitation of actions and prosecutions

although it has been registered under the Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 75, if the claimant satisfies the registrar and obtains registration in his own name for 'absolute' 'good leasehold,' or 'possessory' titles according to the case. … seas within the meaning of 4 & 5 Anne, c. 16.' As to real property, there are four general cases when the possession is not adverse, viz.:--1st, when both parties claim under the same title; 2ndly, when

Searches

For depart-mental reasons against this practice at the Land Registry, see an article by the (English) Chief Land Registrar in 1931, Sol. Jo. 769. Searches against land registered under the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925, are not … at the Yorkshire and Middlesex Deeds Registries, see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 11, and see, generally, a valuable dissertation on the subject in Part III., ch. I., Wolst. And Ch. Conveyancing Statutes. See also

Registration of title of land

for value all the advantages referred to. Registration with qualified title is granted where it appears to the registrar that the title can only be established for a limited period or subject to reservations. Registra-tion in this … to be on the register; (b) certain equitable claims which would be binding on the land under the general law and cannot be removed or over-reached without onerous formalities do not affect such purchasers; (c) the method

Marriage

minister, or a Roman Catholic priest, in a building registered for marriages, and in the presence of the registrar, or by the registrar in his office, solemnized within the hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. [Marriage … license without consent where the parties had subsequently lived together until the passing of the Act. Present Law.--The general purport of the existing law is to require a public ceremony by a clergyman of the Church of

Replevin

to the owner of the pledge or thing taken in distress. It is re-delivered to him by the registrar of the county court of the district within which it was taken, upon his undertaking and giving security … after which the distrainer may keep it in distraint subject to the law of distress. It is a general rule that whoever brings replevin ought to have the property of the goods either general or special in

Solicitor

Chambers, Coroners' Inquests, Under Sheriffs' and Secondaries' Courts, and in the Court of Bankruptcy. the Law Society is Registrar of Solicitors, and regulates the examinations. The (English) Solicitors Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), … Courts, 'solicitors' business in the Court of Chancery and 'proctors' ecclesiastical and Admiralty business; but it was the general practice, although any person might be admitted to practise as an attorney or solicitor only, to be admitted

Churchwardens

practising physicians and surgeon in London, practising apothecaries, officers in the army, navy, or marines, though on half-pay, registrars of births, etc., officers of the excise or customs or post-office, and persons living out of the parish … minister nominate the other. By Canon 90 they are to be chosen early in Easter week, and are generally two in number; are obliged when chosen to serve, and are sworn to execute the office faithfully. Several

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