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Lights of vehicles
Lights of vehicles. The (English) Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 37), provides for the lighting of vehicles of every description (except railway locomotives, carriages and trucks, tramcars, trolley vehicles), but...
Crown lands
Crown lands. The demesne lands of the Crown, which it is now usual for the sovereign to surrender at the commencement of his reign for its whole duration, in consideration of the Civil List settled upon...
Guardians of the poor
and county boroughs, who are now the poor law authorities; see the (English) Local Government Act, 1929 (c. 17), s. 1, and (English) Poor Law Act, 1930) c. 17), s. 2 (see POOR LAW AUTHORITIES). Previously, they
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Adoption
in the House of Lords to legalize adoption. By the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize
Age
to prison or penal servitude; and a 'young person,' i.e., a person of 14 or upwards and under 17, shall not be sent to penal servitude at all, and shall not be imprisoned except under special circumstances
Bastard
OF. The law of England remained thus for nearly 700 years, until the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), legitimated a child born out of wedlock upon the subsequent marriage of parents if
Bill of sale
where the principal cases are collected. The registration of bills of sale was first required in 1854 by 17 & 18 Vict. c. 31, which enacted that every bill of sale should be void as against assignees
Cards
GAMING. Cheating at cards is punishable by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100), s. 17. An excise duty of 3d. a pack-i.e., any quantity not exceeding 52-on home-made cards is levied by 25
Coroner
has principally to do with pleas of the Crown, appointed in boroughs by the Borough Council under ss. 171-174 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and in counties by the County Council, under s. 5 of
Adulteration
6; and Lyons v. Keating, (1931) 2 KB 525. Tea.--See the (English) Adulteration of Tea and Coffee Act, 1724 (11 Geo. 1, c. 30); the Adulteration of Tea Act, 1776 (17 Geo. 3, c. 29), and the
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Section 17 - Law Dictionary Search Results
Lights of vehicles
Lights of vehicles. The (English) Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 37), provides for the lighting of vehicles of every description (except railway locomotives, carriages and trucks, tramcars, trolley vehicles), but...
Crown lands
Crown lands. The demesne lands of the Crown, which it is now usual for the sovereign to surrender at the commencement of his reign for its whole duration, in consideration of the Civil List settled upon...
Guardians of the poor
and county boroughs, who are now the poor law authorities; see the (English) Local Government Act, 1929 (c. 17), s. 1, and (English) Poor Law Act, 1930) c. 17), s. 2 (see POOR LAW AUTHORITIES). Previously, they
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Adoption
in the House of Lords to legalize adoption. By the (English) Adoption of Children Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 29), after the 31st December, 1925, the Court (usually in the Chancery Division) may authorize
Age
to prison or penal servitude; and a 'young person,' i.e., a person of 14 or upwards and under 17, shall not be sent to penal servitude at all, and shall not be imprisoned except under special circumstances
Bastard
OF. The law of England remained thus for nearly 700 years, until the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), legitimated a child born out of wedlock upon the subsequent marriage of parents if
Bill of sale
where the principal cases are collected. The registration of bills of sale was first required in 1854 by 17 & 18 Vict. c. 31, which enacted that every bill of sale should be void as against assignees
Cards
GAMING. Cheating at cards is punishable by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100), s. 17. An excise duty of 3d. a pack-i.e., any quantity not exceeding 52-on home-made cards is levied by 25
Coroner
has principally to do with pleas of the Crown, appointed in boroughs by the Borough Council under ss. 171-174 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and in counties by the County Council, under s. 5 of
Adulteration
6; and Lyons v. Keating, (1931) 2 KB 525. Tea.--See the (English) Adulteration of Tea and Coffee Act, 1724 (11 Geo. 1, c. 30); the Adulteration of Tea Act, 1776 (17 Geo. 3, c. 29), and the
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