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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,

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.'

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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,

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.

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

Commissioners, Perpetual

c. 74), and the (English) Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 5), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Fines and Recoveries.' See s. 81 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1881, proper persons were appointed such

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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