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Incest

certain relationships, whether legitimate or illegitimate, including a half-brother and half-sister, a misdemeanor, punishable by seven years' penal servitude by virtue of the Punishment of Incest Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 45). See R. v. Ball,

Aquae haustus

Aquae haustus, a servitude which consists in the right to draw water from the fountain, pool, or spring of another, Civil Law.

Habitual Criminals Act

99. By this Act power was given to apprehend on suspicion convicted persons holding licence under the Penal Servitude Acts, 1853, 1857 and 1864. The Act was repealed and replaced by the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871.

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Habitatio

Habitatio. The nature of this personal servitude is not obvious. Some jurists confound it with the right to use a house; but Justinian declares it

Garrotting

Act, 1863 (26 & 27Vict. c. 44), the crimes of robbery with violence, which is punishable by penal servitude under s. 23 of the Larceny Act, 1916, and choking, etc., with intent to commit any indictable offence,

False signal, or lights

False signal, or lights, exhibited with intent to bring ships into danger is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life by the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97), s. 47. See

False pretence, obtaining property

with as, a valuable security; shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding five years. In order to be convicted under this s. the accused must

Emphyteusis

of his rights over it, in any way he pleased (Nov. vii. 3, 2); he could create a servitude over it or mortgage it (D xiii. 7, 16, 2); he had a real action (which, however, was

Drunkenness

convicted on indictment of an offence committed under the influence of drink, and punishable with imprisonment or penal servitude; and the Act also enacts that: Any person who commits any of the offences mentioned in the First

Convict

felony enables the Crown to appoint administrators of the Property of any convict sentenced to death or penal servitude for any treason or felony. The administrator has an absolute discretionary power of dealing with the convict' property,

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