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Obsolete

nun consent, is punishable by three years' imprisonment and fine. For further instances, see the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 49); and see also STATUTE LAW REVISION. But however absurd and, in

Preamble

Vict. c. 48), often extended to very great length, are now very frequently discontinued; and in Statute Law Revision Acts passed since 1888, Parliament has repealed preambles of statutes still in force, but Lord Halsbury, L.C., in

Proceeding

Proceeding, the word 'proceeding' which appears in s. 13A (a). and (b) means suit, appeal or applica-tion for revision according to the Explanation appended to s. 13A. But it is impermissible to extend the meaning of the

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His return of income

notice served upon an assesses by the Assessing Authority under s. 15(3), and (4) a return or a revised return filed by an assesses under s. 15(4), provided that in the first three cases the return is

Uniformity, Act of

also added to the remedies for clerical deviations from uniformity. An alternative lectionary has been provided by the Revised Table of Lessons Measure, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, No. 3). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and

Scotland and Ireland

or 5 Anne, c. 8, and may be found in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Union Acts,' and in the Revised Statutes. This Act confirms twenty-five Articles of Union, gives Scotland sixteen Representative Peers (to be elected for life

Mutatis mutandis

altered when necessary, as to names, offices, and the like, Houseman v. Waterhouse. In Bouvier's Law Dictionary (3rd Revision, Vol. II), the expression, 'mutatis mutandis' is defined as 'The necessary changes. This is a phrase of frequent

Marginal note

CP 5, per Willes, J.; Sutton v. Sutton, (1882) 22 Ch D 5, per Jessel, M.R. In the Revised Statutes they have been revised throughout to make them in accordance with the text; and in Chitty's Statutes

Jadid

exclude the conception of newness on account of an addition to the amount or on account of the revision or newness of the settlement, Jadid includes new kind also but newness denoted by the term is not

Lessons, table of

Prayer Book (Table of Lessons) Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 37), whereby the use of a revised table of Lessons to be read in church was authorised and directed to be inserted in the Prayer

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