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Sheriff's Tourn or Rotation

Sheriff's Tourn or Rotation, a Court of record held twice every

Ship's agent

Ship's agent. The Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, provides for

Ship's husband

Ship's husband, a peculiar agent appointed by the owner of a

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Marshal of the Queen's bench

5 & 6 Vict. c. 22 abolished this office, and substituted an officer called Keeper of the Queen's Prison.

Sturges Bourne's Acts

Sturges Bourne's Acts. (English) (1) 58 Geo. 3, c. 69, the

Widow's Estate

Widow's Estate, is the result of the sastric law codified through judicial precedents. Thus the 'women's estate' in

Women's modesty

Women's modesty, the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. The modesty of an adult female is writ large on

New Year's Day

and legal New Year's Day till the alteration of the style in 1752, when it was permanently fixed as the 1st

Debtor's petition

means a bankruptcy petition presented by the debtor himself under s. 264(1)(b) of Insolvency Act, 1986 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England

Locke's Act

Locke's Act (English), (23 & 24 Vict. c. 127), the Solicitors Act, 1860, amending the law as to the admission etc.,

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