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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

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

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& 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

Deprivation

contrary to law, after two former convictions for the same offence; or, secondly, in pursuance of divers penal statutes, which declare the benefice void, for some nonfeasance or neglect, or else some malfeasance or crime, as for

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

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

Bench warrant

arrest and production before the Court of any indicted person is old established. See Archbold's Crim. Pract., Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law.'

British protected persons

British protected persons, are those who have that statutes by virtue of the Solomon Islands Act, 1978, or the British protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Orders,

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