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Vary

original cannot remain the same if it is varied, but on the other hand, if something is only revised, it may remain the same though with a slight improvement therein, Sudhir Chandra v. Chancellor, (1983) Uttar Pradesh

Valuation list

requiring returns from the owner, occupier or lessee of every hereditament in the area. The draft list is revised by the assessment committee appointed by the rating authority for the area and is then transmitted to the

Union Assessment Committee

of guardians of every union, consisting of not less than six nor more than twelve, having jurisdiction to revise the valuation lists framed by the overseers of each parish for the purpose of rating to the poor

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Turnpike-roads

trustees or commissioners for a limited period of time. This Act, however, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1890, with the exception of such provisions as are applied to dis-turnpiked roads by the Annual Turnpike

Tory

for 'better suppressing tories, robbers, and rapparees,' 7 Wm. 3, c. 21, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1878. Afterwards given to, and adopted by, one of the great parliamentary parties. see WHIG.

Torture

the preamble of the Act for Pirates, 27 Hen. 8, c. 4 (repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863). The infliction of intense pain to body or mind to punish; to extract a confession or

Tolls under statute

In the case of an independent statutory undertaking engaged in the maintenance of a bridge, the power to revise the amount of the tolls may be in the undertakers' discretion or the tolls may only be subject

False news, spreading

Rich. 2, st. 1, c. 5; and 12 Rich. 2, c. 11, all repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 59). See SEDITION, and also Public Order Act, 1936.

Terminal charges

Railways. The (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, which by s. 24 directs railway companies to pre-pare revised classifications of traffic and schedules of maximum rates, and to state therein the nature and amount of all

Supremacy, Oath of

Promissory Oaths Act, 1868, s. 9, and 21 & 22 Vict. c. 48 was expressly repealed by the revising Promissory Oaths Act, 1871. See, further, OATH.

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