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Action

wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. But in some sense this definition is equally applicable to special proceeding. More accurately, it is defined to be any judicial proceeding, which, if conducted to a determination, will … a company or corporation, Fr. Comm. Law. 'Action' means administrative action taken by way of decision, recommendation or finding or in any other manner and includes wilful failure or omission to act and all other expressions [relating

Distress

RENT REDUCTION ACTS. In addition to the above provisions in favour of tenants generally, agricultural tenants enjoy three special privileges under the (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (see that title). These are: (1) that the six years' … the outer door be open the person distraining may justify breaking open an inner door or lock to find any goods distrainable. The landlord's powers are chiefly regulated by the (English) Act of William and Mary, 2

Uses

descendible according to the rules of the Common Law relating to the inheritable estates of intestates: and the special customs of gavelkind, borough-English, and copyholds, determined the particular descent of uses. This is an illustration of the … treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It was not difficult to find him out, since the possession of his estate was conferred upon him by a formal and notorious ceremony,

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Extent

11), that no debt due to the Crown on Judgment, statute or recognizance, inquisition of debt, obligation, or specialty, or acceptance of office, shall affect any lands, tenements, or hereditaments as to pur-chasers or mortgagees, unless and … by the (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104), s. 47, a commission to find a debt due to the Crowns hall not be necessary for authorizing the issue of an immediate extent

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