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Berne Convention

Convention, an international convention drawn up at Berne in 1886 for the international protection of copyright. This was revised in 1908 by the Berlin Convention, also known as the Revised Berne Convention, and in consequence of this

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

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great length, are now very frequently discontinued; and in Statute Law Revision Acts passed since 1888, Parliament has repealed preambles of statutes still in force, but Lord Halsbury, L.C., in

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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

Frauds, Statute of

be specifically performed, see McManus v. Cooke, (1887) 35 CD 681. The 17th, or, as numbered in the Revised Statutes, the 16th, s. provided that no contract for the sale of goods for 10l. or more should

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

Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English)

1885 (English) (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), sometimes called 'Mr. Denman's Act' (Chit. Stat. Tit. 'Evidence': Statutes Revised); an Act, as the Preamble states, assimilating thelaw of evidence and practice on trials for felony and misdemeanour,

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

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

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

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