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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,

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

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.

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Death

death after the commencement of an action, see (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934. Apart from these statutes, at Common Law no civil claim for damages can be brought for the death of a human being,

Decency

Decency, in UK the word 'indecent' is used in the sense of obscenity in statutes, relating to obscenity, conveys the Idea of offending against the recognised standards of property, Commentary on the Constitution

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

Drunkenness

ratified when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, ss. 1, 3, by a fine of

Episcopus puerorum

here long after several constitutions were made to abolish it, Blount. Such an officer is mentioned in the statutes of some of the cathedrals of the old foundation in England.

Endowed schools

Vict. c. 87; 38 & 39 Vict. c. 29; and 42 & 43 Vict. c. 66; since which statutes their temporary provisions have been continued by (English) Annual Expiring Laws Continuance Acts. The principal Act is that

Emergency legislation

Emergency legislation, the body of Statutes, Pro-clamations, Orders in Council, Rules, Regulations, and Notifications passed or made in consequence of the European crisis of

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