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Eggs
s. 24 of the Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32). See GAME, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Game.' As to larceny of pheasants' eggs, see R. v. Stride, (1908) 1 KB 617. Of Wild
Damage, Malicious
Damage, Malicious. Punishable by the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law'), arson, and injuries to mines, cattle, works of art, ponds, railway carriages, and bridges being
Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege
is the best and most powerful in law.)-2 Inst. 211. A maxim applicable both to ancient grants and statutes: see Broom's Legal Maxims.
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Conveyancing Acts (English)
Act, 1881, was a simplifying and Codifying Act introduced by Lord Cairns. It embodied the provisions of previous statutes, the effect of legal decisions, and the practice of conveyancers much of which had already been crystallized in
Copyhold
manor [(English) Law of Properties Act, 1924, 2nd Sched.]. Consult Scriven on Copyholds, Elton on Copyholds, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Copyhold.' Copyhold, originated in base or villain tenure, under which land was held at the will of
Cornwall, Duke of
County Court of Cornwall, see (English) County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Local Courts,' See also STANNARY.
Corporations, Municipal
Corporations, Municipal. The many statutes affect-ing these bodies are consolidated by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882. See also (English) Local Government Act, 1933
County
Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 12), and the (English) Petty Sessional Divisions Act, 1859, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices (Sessions).' By (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo, 5, c. 51), s. 305,
County palatine
re Conolly Bros., Wood v. ConollyBros., (1911) 1 Ch 731 CA (concurrent proceedings; injunction).] By a number of statutes the practice and proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas and of Chancery, at Lancaster and at Durham,
Covinous
Covinous, fradulent, 27 Eliz. C. 4; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Conveyancing.'
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