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Ordination

act of conferring on a man the powers of a settled minister of the gospel, without the charge of a particular … first thing necessary on application for only orders is the possession of a title--that is, a sort of assurance from a

Negligence

entirely of law, where the case falls within a general settled rule or principle of law; more often, of law and … professing to have that special skill. A man need not possess the highest expert skill at the risk of being found

Metropolitan Police Magistrates

justice of the peace. there is also special jurisdiction to settle disputes about wages for labour on the Thames, to deal … goods unlawfully detained up to 15l. value, and to give possession of deserted premises to landlords (see Ston's Justices' Manual). The

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Escheat

affected by a sale under the powers of the (English) Settled Land Acts [Re Bond, (1901) 1 Ch 15]. But the … whom the property was let out or who was in possession of that property, had died intestate or without leaving any

Insurance

c. 23, both of them Revenue Acts. The policy was settled in its present form in 1779, but most of its … Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be

Equity to a settlement (Wife's)

Equity to a settlement (Wife's). Prior to the Married Women's Property Acts (see MARRIED … (see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY), the law permitted a husband to possess himself absolutely of the whole of his wife's personal property

County Courts

Inebriate Acts, the Agricultural Holdings Acts, the Charitable Trusts Acts,the Settled Land Acts, the Law of Distress Amendment Acts, and the … between husband and wife as to the title to or possession of property, either party, or any such corpoation or company

Conversion, equitable

subject to a trust for sale or whether it is settled land and the rights of persons entitled as residuar, devisees … actually done. The property thus equitably transmuted by anticipation will possess all the qualities, incidents, and peculiarities of that kind of

Contingent remainder

s. 1 (ii) of the (English) S.L. Act, 1925. See SETTLED LAND. In Smith d. Dormer v. Parkhurst, (1740) 18 Vin. … might be reduced to two:-- 1. The seisin, or feudal possession, must never be without an owner, i.e., every contingent remainder

Confusion of boundaries

to bring a suit to have the boundaries between them settled; and this, whether they were tenants for years, usufructuar-ies, mortgagees, … The action was called actio finium regundorum; and if the possession were also in dispute, that might be ascertained and fixed

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