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Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, (English)

to England and Ireland, the Public Act of Parliament whereby railway companies and other public bodies, authorised by special Act of Parliament to take the land of individuals for the purpose of such special Act, enter upon … or taking of lands for such undertaking is authorised and incorporate the general Act with such special Act except when or in so far as it is expressly excluded. The (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation)

Electric lighting

from the Board of Trade; or (2) by Provisional Order of the Board of Trade, needing confirmation by special Act of Parliament; or (3) by special Act of Parliament. The (English) Electric Lighting Clauses Act, 1899 (62 … special Acts, and directed that such clauses are to apply to every undertaking under the Electric Lighting Acts except so far as expressly varied. These licenses and orders may either be granted to the local authorities themselves

Specific performance

to the sale or lease of land will be specifically enforced, but not contracts relating to personal property except under very special circumstances, as where damages do not afford an adequate remedy. The Court will not decree … the (English) Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, introduced a procedure for enforcing the specific delivery of goods sold, specially superseded by s. 52 of the (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893. An award of damages may be

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Exceptional

which is such as to form an exception, which is out of the ordinary course, or unusual, or special or uncommon, R(o) v. Crown Court at Haroow (DC), (2003) 1 WLR 2756: (2003) EWHC 868 (Admin).

going and coming rule

employee cannot receive workers' compensation benefits for injuries suffered while coming to or going from work see also special hazard rule, special mission exception

Age

under 17, shall not be sent to penal servitude at all, and shall not be imprisoned except under special circumstances (s. 52). Further, no sentence of death may be pronounced against a child or young person (s. … rebutted, R. v. Phillips, 8 C& P 736, he cannot be convicted of an offence involving carnal knowledge, except as a principal in the second degree in a rape, or the like, where if he has a

Arrest

still exists, is regulated by the Debtors Act, 1869 (see that title),which abolished imprisonment for debt except in special cases, as where a debtor has the means to pay his debt but refuses to do so, and … as it still exists, is regulated by the Debtors Act, 1869 (see that title),which abolished imprisonment for debt except in special cases, as where a debtor has the means to pay his debt but refuses to do

axation of costs

of taxation is pointed out by that enactment, and in particular it is provided (with an exception for special circumstances) that if the bill when taxes be less by a sixth part than the bill delivered, the

Taxation of costs

of taxation is pointed out by that enactment, and in particular it is provided (with an exception for special circumstances) that if the bill when taxes be less by a sixth part than the bill delivered, the

Enlargement or abridgement of time

petition are excepted from the business of a Chamber Judge. The natural presumption is that but for the exception the Rule would have included also applications for condonation of delay in filing special leave petitions. Any application … by the Rules. The significant feature in the Rules is that applications for condonation of delay in filing special leave petition are excepted from the business of a Chamber Judge. The natural presumption is that but for

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