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Populous Parishes
7 Vict. c. 37; 7 & 8 Vict. c. 94; and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104); Chit. Stat. Tit. 'Church and Clergy.'
Purchaser
to the heir taking effect as purchaser (see previous title, and (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 132). The statute enacts that in every case descent shall be traced from the purchaser; and to the intent that the
Punctuation
Punctuation has no place in deeds or weight in Acts of Parliament. See Maxwell on Stat.
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Protector of the settlement
74), s. 32, the settlor might appoint a special protector. In the absence of this 'special' protector, the statutory protector, i.e., the owner of the first (sufficient) estate in possession, e.g., the tenant for life under the
Property-tax
Tax,' on the income of every person, except where below a certain figure. See INCOME TAX and Chit. Stat., tit. 'Property Tax'; and consult the works of Dowell, or Robinson.
Presentation
the Archbishop of Canterbury (Jews Relief Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 49), s. 4). See Chit. Stat. tit. 'Church and Clergy'; 1 Br. & Had. Com. 470; Fox v. Bp. of Chester, (1829) 3 Bl
Precedence or precedency
Precedence or precedency, the act or state of going before; adjustment of place. The rules of precedence may be reduced to the following list, in
Possession is nine points of the law
better title. In Beddall v. Maitland, (1881) 17 Ch D p. 183, Sir Edward Fry, speaking of the statute 5 Rich. 2, stat. 1, c. 8, which makes a forcible entry an indictable offence, says: 'This statute
Obsolete
stocks (see STOCKS), the provision of the Gaming Act of Henry VIII. (33 Hen. 8, c. 9) (Revised Statutes, 2nd Edn., vol. i. p. 378, published in 1888; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming'), by which labourers
Policies of Insurance, Court of
It had been long wholly disused in Blackstone's time, and both the above Acts were repealed by (English) Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1863.
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