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High Steward, Court of the Lord

is by the majority, but a majority cannot convict, unless it consist of twelve or more. During a session of Parliament, the trial is not pro-perly in the Court of the Lord High Steward, but before the

Honourable

second title), viscounts and barons; Maids of Honour to the Queen; Justices of the High Court; Lords of Session, Scotland; members of certain colonial Governments. In the case of the son of a peer to whom this

Impotence

MARRIAGE. As to 'Oath of Calumny' (q.v.) in Scottish actions of divorce and nullity, see (English) Court of Session Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 69), s. 36. Impotence means a man's inability

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Racecourse

without an annual licence from the justices of the peace, which may be granted at any Michaelmas Quarter Sessions. The (English) Racecourse Betting Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 41), legalises the use of totalisators

Metropolitan Police Magistrates

any offence who did not plead guilty or admit the truth f the information may appeal to quarter sessions [(English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914], s. 37; and (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925, s. 25. This does

Money lender

1927 a person in order to carry on a money-lending business must obtain a certificate from the petty sessional Court (s. 2), and must take ot annually a money-lender's excise licence (s. 1) in respect of any

Pandect', or Digesta

the University of Bologna, and termed PECIARII; they were excused from all other munera publica, and held their sessions once a week for the purpose of correcting imperfect copies in possession of circulating libraries; a fine of

Pardon

two 'pardons' granted was in the following form:- Edward R. & I. Whereas Adolf Beck was at the Sessions of the Central Criminal Court commencing on the 24th day of February, 1896, convicted on certain charges of

Parliamentary Committee

Geo. 3, c. 5). Parliamentary Committees are of four kinds: (1) of the whole House; (2) standing or sessional; (3) select; and (4) joint, i.e., composed of equal number of members of each House. Consult May's Parliamentary

Perjury

which empowers judges and others to direct a prosecution for perjury; s. 10, which denies jurisdiction to quarter sessions; and s. 14, which deals with the proof of certain proceedings in which perjury can occur; and see

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High Steward, Court of the Lord

is by the majority, but a majority cannot convict, unless it consist of twelve or more. During a session of Parliament, the trial is not pro-perly in the Court of the Lord High Steward, but before the

Honourable

second title), viscounts and barons; Maids of Honour to the Queen; Justices of the High Court; Lords of Session, Scotland; members of certain colonial Governments. In the case of the son of a peer to whom this

Impotence

MARRIAGE. As to 'Oath of Calumny' (q.v.) in Scottish actions of divorce and nullity, see (English) Court of Session Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 69), s. 36. Impotence means a man's inability

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Racecourse

without an annual licence from the justices of the peace, which may be granted at any Michaelmas Quarter Sessions. The (English) Racecourse Betting Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 41), legalises the use of totalisators

Metropolitan Police Magistrates

any offence who did not plead guilty or admit the truth f the information may appeal to quarter sessions [(English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914], s. 37; and (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925, s. 25. This does

Money lender

1927 a person in order to carry on a money-lending business must obtain a certificate from the petty sessional Court (s. 2), and must take ot annually a money-lender's excise licence (s. 1) in respect of any

Pandect', or Digesta

the University of Bologna, and termed PECIARII; they were excused from all other munera publica, and held their sessions once a week for the purpose of correcting imperfect copies in possession of circulating libraries; a fine of

Pardon

two 'pardons' granted was in the following form:- Edward R. & I. Whereas Adolf Beck was at the Sessions of the Central Criminal Court commencing on the 24th day of February, 1896, convicted on certain charges of

Parliamentary Committee

Geo. 3, c. 5). Parliamentary Committees are of four kinds: (1) of the whole House; (2) standing or sessional; (3) select; and (4) joint, i.e., composed of equal number of members of each House. Consult May's Parliamentary

Perjury

which empowers judges and others to direct a prosecution for perjury; s. 10, which denies jurisdiction to quarter sessions; and s. 14, which deals with the proof of certain proceedings in which perjury can occur; and see

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