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Second Surcharge, Writ of

again, the plaintiff might have had this writ of second surcharge de secunda superoneratione, which is given by Stat. West. 2,13 Edw. 1, c. 8, rep.

whose consent was not required, thus providing an expedient, which, together with the Settled Land Acts and other statutes giving analogous powers to mortgagees, personal representatives and trustees in bankruptcy, provided a model for much of the

Treasurer of a County

and accounts, see 12 Geo. 2, c. 29, and 15 & 16 Vict. c. 81, s. 50, Chit. Stat., tit. 'County'. (Local Government Act, 1888, s. 80; and Local Government Act, 1933, ss. 86, 102, 184)

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Tithe Rent-Charge

the (English) Tithe Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 71), amended by subsequent Acts. See Chitty's Stat., tit. 'Tithe Rent-Charge.' The amount to be paid was annually adjusted, according to the price of corn. The

Sumptuary laws

Sumptuary laws, those in restraint of luxury, excess in apparel, etc., as the Statute of Nottingham (10 Edw. 3, stat. 3), de cibariis utendis, repealed by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64.

Statutory release

Statutory release, a conveyance which superseded the old compound assurance by lease and release. It was created by 4

Marriage

P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes

Solicitor

(English) Solicitors Acts, 1839 to 1928, and other enactments relating to solicitors of the Supreme Court. see Cht. Stat., tit. 'Solicitors.' No person may act as a solicitor unless admitted and enrolled (see ss. 3, 43 and

Secundum statutum

Secundum statutum. See APPEARANCE, SEC. STAT.

Navigation acts

18, sometimes styled the 'Charta Maritima,' but earlier Acts of the same nature (see, e.g., 5 Rich. 2, stat. 1, c. 3) had been passed in the reigns of Richard the Second, Henry the Seventh, and Elizabeth.

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