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Tail

(s. 15) enacts, that 'after December 31st, 1833, every actual tenant-in-tail, whether in possession, remainder, contingency, or otherwise, shall have full power to dispose of (by deed enrolled, etc., see ss. 40 et seq., ibid.), for an estate … by deed before 1926, coming into operation after 1925 will be construed for this purpose according to their effect if the limitations had been limitations before 1926 of personal property [L.P. Act, 1925, s. 130 (2), except

Foreign Attachment

will surmise that another person within the city is a debtor to the defendant in any sum, he shall have garnishment against him to warn him to come in and answer whether he be indebted in the manner … exempts corporations from the process, and decides that fictitious summonses render it invalid. These decisions have had the effect of reducing foreign attachment to little more than a subject of historical interest.

Revocation of agency

revoke his agent's authority at mere pleasure are-- (1) When the principal has expressly stipulated that the authority shall be irrevocable, and the agent has also an interest in its execution. (2) Where an authority or power … law, as (a) By the expiration of the period during which the agency was to exist or to have effect. (b) By a change of condition or of state, producing an in capacity of either the principal or

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Limitation of actions and prosecutions

interest) the right to recover land etc., is limited to six years from the time when the estate shall have vested in possession or twelve yeas from the date when the right first accrued to the person whose … 16, s. 3, and other Acts do not mention suits inequity, yet that courts of equity in giving effect to equitable claims, and affording equitable relief, will observe the principles of these enactments, in cases where the

Domicile

domicile of origin. By the second statute, 24 & 25 Vict. c. 121, in cases where a convention shall have been entered into between the Crown and any foreign state that such statute shall be applicable to the … Armytage v. Armytage, 1898 P. 178. A decree annulling a marriage on the ground of impotence is in effect a decree for dissolution and can only be pronounced by the courts of the domicile of the parties,

Magna Carta

have confirmed for us and our heirs for ever, that the Church of England shall be free and shall have her whole rights and liberties inviolable. We have granted also and given to all the freeman of our … wholesome law of the Commonwealth and rendered it perpetual. The statute of Charles II did away with the effect of the four next chapters of the Great Charter. It will be only necessary, therefore, to mention their

Hotchpot

from the same ancestor to her and her sister in fee-simple (not in fee-tail), she or her heirs shall have no share in them unless they will agree to divide the lands so given in frank-marriage, in equal … ss. 46-47 of this Act; s. 47, assimilating descent and succession to real and personal estate, has given effect to the principle in the distribution of intestate estates. A settlement of personal estate in favour of children

Dower

to an equitable estate also, enacts that' No widow is entitled to dower out of any land which shall have been absolutely disposed of by her husband in his lifetime or by his Will (s. 4). A widow … Uses), set about a method of diminishing the evil by providing a jointure in lieu of dower. By effect of this statute no widow can claim both jointure and dower. See JOINTURE. But this statuable bar was

Wager

for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have … Act of 1845, or any commission in respect of any such contract, is itself made void; and the effect of this Act is that money paid by A. for B. at the request of B. in discharge

Factory

being carried on or is ordinarily carried on. [Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), s. 2 (e)] Shall have the same meaning as in clause (m) of s. 2 of the Factories Act, 1948. [Payment of Bonus … docks factories for most purposes. The (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), has effected a second consolidation with further amendments, prohibiting the employment of children under twelve, directing the periodical examination of

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