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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 … Tolls under statute, is stated that highway and bridge tolls may be payable under statute. In the case of an independent
Turnpike-roads
the legislature from time to time as they were about to expire; and in the next place by statutes of a general description, of which the principal was the consolidating 3 Geo. 4, c. 126, applicable (with … 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 This Act, however, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1890, with the exception of such provisions as are applied to dis-turnpiked roads by the Annual Turnpike
Raffles
art unions under the (English) Art Unions Act, 1846, which Act is amended by s. 25. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming.,' and see ART UNIONS AND LOTTERY. A form of lottery in which each participant … Act, 1721, of which Act all but ss. 36 and 37 was repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1867, and ss. 36 and 37 have also been repealed by the (English) Betting and Lotteries Act,
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Surveyor
Crown debts are still upon the Statute Book) relating to the Court were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1863. … when the ss. of that Act (of which many ss. relating to Crown debts are still upon the Statute Book) relating to the Court were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1863.
Acton-burnel
so termed from the place where it was made, situated in Shropshire. Repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863. … Acton-burnel, the statute enacting that a debtor's property might be sold to pay his debts, 11 Edw. 1, A.D. 1283, so
In forma pauperis
of (English) Equity to defendants. The statute 11 Hen. 7, c. 12, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act, 1883, but its provisions and those of the Chancery Orders and Common Law Rules … was confined to plaintiffs at Common Law, but was extended by Courts of (English) Equity to defendants. The statute 11 Hen. 7, c. 12, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act, 1883, but
Payment of Money into Court
be paid into Court in actions of libel, but this provision was repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1879. Payment into court is now regulated by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXII, by which, where any … at a compromise. No such plea was known to the Common Law; it is entirely the creature of Statute (Odgers on Pleading). By the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 70, the defendant in all actions (except for
Amendment
or pleadings in actions, suits, or prosecutions. The power of allowing amendments has been much extended by modern statutes and rules, but it will not be exercised to the prejudice of a party to the proceeding; apart … of a defect; improvement, A Dictionary of Law -- William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 95. Means a formal revision or addition proposed or made to a statute, constitution, or other instrument, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
referee
make orders subject to review [the board may affirm, reverse, modify or supplement the order of the "Oregon Revised Statutes"]
close
the class closes, the trust shall continue…until the death of the last surviving member of the class "Louisiana Revised Statutes"] n : an enclosed area [break another's ]
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