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Railway
1845, s. 86, enacts that:- It shall be lawful for the company [authorized (see s. 3) by the special Act to construct the railway] to use and employ locomotive engines or other moving power, and carriages and … of the companies are expressly saved; and the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, which applies to the vast majority of the lines, empowers every company to which it applies ''to use and employ locomotive engines or other
Maintenance
Lamson Store Service Co., (1908) 1 KB 1006. An action for maintenance does not lie without proof of special damage. The success of the maintained actions is not a bar to the right of action for maintenance, … to maintain itself, or (c) his legitimate or 'illegitimate child (not being a married daughter) who has attained majority, where such child is, by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury unable to maintain itself,
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 … or to pay debts, or to pay over the profits, or to convey to a child on attaining majority, or to re-convey on the repayment of a mortgage-loan, the statute was precluded from the very nature of
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Deed
the latter. (l) Conditions, conditional limitations, provisos for cesser of interests, clauses of restraint, and for redemption, and special agreements, are generally next inserted, when stipulated for between the parties. (m) Powers; e.g., a power to lease. … from the beginning; as (a) By dissent of parties, for instance the repudiation of an infant's deed after majority. (b) By dissent of strangers, as the grantee of a deed-poll or an indenture not executed by him,
gerrymander
opposition in as few districts as possible 2 : to divide (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group [ a school district] … -der·ing 1 : to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts
Privilege
class not enjoyed by others and sometimes detrimental to them, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1160. It is a special right, advantage or benefit conferred on a particular person. It is a peculiar advantage or favour granted to … the posse comitatus; when arraigned for any criminal offence it must be before their peers, who return a verdict, not upon oath, but upon honour; they have the privilege of sitting covered in courts of justice. Barristers
Meeting
meetings' are meetings called upon requisition of holders of one-tenth of the capital-carrying votes (s. 114), to transact special business, which is previously notified to those concerned; an ordinary meeting may also be convened by members or … Meeting, an assembly of persons whose consent is required for anything to decide, by a proper majority of votes, whether or not that thing shall be done; e.g., the meeting of the town council under
Lighting and Watching Act, 1833
5, c. 90), s. 3 (1), the rate is to be levied by the rural authority in each special area as a 'special' rate. … Go. 4, c. 27. An Act which may be adopted in any parish by the votes of a majority of two-thirds of the ratepayers, and which, if adopted, regulates the lighting of the parish 'by gas, oil,
Libel
AC 154, that an action will not lie for a false statement disparaging a trader's goods where no special damage is proved. Nor will any injunction be granted to restrain a trade libel without proof of special … (1932) 2 KB 431]. As to the discretion of the judge in awarding or withholding costs upon a verdict for nominal damages, see Martin v. Benson, (1927) 1 KB 771. But to be a defence to an
Murder
may, if of opinion that the person charged is not guilty of murder, manslaughter or infanticide, return a verdict of child destruction if satisfied that such offence has been committed. As to punishment for attempted murder, see
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