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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
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
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Eels
district between 31st December and 1st March, also between 25th April and 25th June (s. 87). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Fish.
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
Defender of the Faith
repeal by 1 Eliz. c. 1, s. 4 (or 13). See Introduction to the 1901 Continuation of Chitty's Statutes, p. xx.
Drainage
are defrayable out of general rates; of District Boards out of rates levied by these Boards. See Chitty's Statutes
Double or treble damages
Double or treble damages are given in some cases, by particular statutes; see, e.g., 2 Wm. & M. sess. 1, c. 5, ss. 4 and 5, which gave double and
Dissenters
& 19 Vict. c. 81), provides for the certifying and registering of dissenters' places of worship. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Religious Worship.' The (English) Universities Tests Act, 1871 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 26), has abolished the
Dilapidation
Act, 1871 and 1872 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 43, and 35 & 36 Vict. c. 96), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.' The term is also used to signify that disrepair for which a tenant is
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