S 77 - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: s 77 Page: 2Record and Writ Clerks
Record and Writ Clerks, three officers of the Court of Chancery, appointed by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. As to their duties, see that Act and also 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87, s. 46; 18 & 19 Vict. c. 124, s. 11; Consol. Ord. 1860, 1, rr. 35-53; and Dan. Ch. Pr. They were attached to the Supreme Court by s. 77 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, and made 'masters' thereof by s. 8 of the Jud. (Officers) Act, 1879. See now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 104-106....
Cujus est solum ejus est usque ad c'lum et ad inferos, ormore succinctly, Cujus est solum ejus est altum
Cujus est solum ejus est usque ad c'lum et ad inferos, ormore succinctly, Cujus est solum ejus est altum Co. Litt. 4.-(Whose is the soil, his it is even to heaven and to the middle of the earth.) Therefore a man whose land is overhung by his neighbour's treemay cut downthe overhanging boughs, Lemmon v. Webb, 1895 AC 1; and a man who parts with his land, but ishes to retain the minerals beneath it, must expressly reserve them, unless he sell to a railway company, which by s. 77 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, does not take mines unless the conveyance of the land expressly grants them. As to action for trespass and other torts by aircraft, see the (English) Air Navigation Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 80), s. 9....
Wakf fund
Wakf fund, means a wakf fund formed under sub-s. (1) of s. 77. [Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995), s. 3(t)]...
Masters of the Common Law Courts
Masters of the Common Law Courts. There were five Masters on the plea side of each of the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer, and also in the Common Pleas. They were appointed by 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 30, and their duties were to tax costs, compute damages, attend the judges in court, etc. These officers became, under the Judicatures Act, officers of the Supreme Court, and were attached to the Division of the High Court representing the Court to which they formerly belonged (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77; (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Ord. LX., r. 1). Under 30 & 31 Vict. c. 68, and the (English) General Rules of Michalmas Term, 1867, the Masters transacted a considerable portion of the business at Judges' Chambers; and they now have similar powers (R.S.C., Ord. LIV., r. 12)....
Basillica
Basillica, a new body of law, framed A.D. 880 by the Emperor Basilius and published by his successor Leo, surnamed the Philosopher, under the title of ba'ilik', either in honour of his father or as containing the imperial law, 1 Colquhoun's Roman Civil Law, s. 77....
Clerks of records and writs
Clerks of records and writs. Three officers in Chancery first appointed under 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. The their duties, Dan. Ch. Prac., 7th Edn. They wereofficers of the Supreme Court (English) (Jud.Act, 1873, s. 77). The office is merged in that of the Masters, and see R.S.C. Ord. LXI....
Marshal or Mareschal
Marshal or Mareschal, primarily denotes an officer who has the care or command of horses.An officer called a marshal attends each judge on the assizes (being paid by the Treasury two guineas a day during the continuance of the circuit). tHe Office is now practically a sinecure, but formerly the marshal made abstracts of indictments, and received records for trials, etc. The judge appoints his marshal and pays his travelling and other expenses during the time he resides with him. See (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 77; see now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 226(4)....
Paving Acts
Paving Acts. As to Local Government Districts, see the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55); and as to London, see the (English) Metropolitan Paving Act, 1817 (57 Geo. 3, c. 29) [(English) 'Michael Angelo Taylor's Act'], the (English) Metropolis Management Acts Amendment Act, 1862, s. 77, and the amending Act of 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 54)....
Baths and washhouses
Baths and washhouses. The (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 231-234, enables local authorities to provide public baths, wash-houses and bathing places, and make bye-laws for these if under their management; also for swimming baths and bathing pools which are not under their management. This Act repeals the (English) Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1846 to 1899. As to the provision of baths for the use of miners, see (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, s. 77....
Officers of the Supreme Court
Officers of the Supreme Court. by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 77, the officers of the various courts, whose jurisdiction is by that Act transferred to the High Court of Justice, of the Court of Appeal, were attached to the Supreme Court; by the (English) Judicature Act, 1875, Ord. LX., r. 1, these officers were attached to the divisions which represented the courts of which they were formerly officers; and by the (English) Judicature (Officers) Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 78), they were transferred to the Central Office of the Supreme Court. See, now, (English) Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 105, 221-232....
- << Prev.
- Next >>