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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,

Bread

Bread. The Acts (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Bread') relating to the sale of bread are the London Bread Act, 1822 (3 Geo. 4, c.

Bowling, game of

Bowling, game of, legalized by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109) (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming'), s. 1 of which repeals 33 Hen. 8, c. 9, which Act by s.

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Clergy

contains provisions for dealing with cases where ecclesiastical duties are inadequately performed. See CLERICAL SUBSCRIPTION, infra: also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy'; Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Law; Dale's Clergyman's Legal Handbook; and Whitehead's Church Law.

Cognizance

knowledge upon which a judge is bound to act without having it proved in evidence: as the public statutes of the realm, the ancient history of the realm, the order and course of proceedings in Parliament, the

Criminal Law

Criminal Law. Consult Archbold's Criminal Pleading; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law'; Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law; Russell on Crimes; and see titles ARSON, ASSAULT, BURGLARY,

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

Cremation

incumbent of the parish where the deceased died is not bound to perform a funeral service. See Chitty's Statutes, and the elaborte official regulations required by the 7th s. of the Act, ibid. See Cremation Rgulations, 28th

Covinous

Covinous, fradulent, 27 Eliz. C. 4; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Conveyancing.'

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,

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