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Gloucester, Statute of
1278, by which (among other things) a plaintiff recovering damages was first given a right to costs. Impliedly superseded by R.S.C., Ord. LXV., and expressly repealed by the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act, 1879 (42 & 43
Gilbert Acts (English)
Gilbert also introduced 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, first establishing unions of parishes with guardians of the poor, superseded by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, and repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1871.
Gavelkind
and INFANT. Gavelkind, before A.D. 1066, was the general custom of the realm; the feudal law of primogeniture superseded it. It was retained in Kent, because, according to the historical legend, the Kentish men surrounded William I.
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Gas
came into use and also the use of gas for cooking and heating increased, a prescribed calorific standard superseded the illuminating standard, as the latter had become of subsidiary importance. See gas (English) (Standard of Calorific Power)
Frater fratri uterino non succedet in h'reditate paterna.
in h'reditate paterna.--(A brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the paternal inheritance.) The maxim is now superseded; for by the Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), s. 9, the half-blood inherit
Foreign judgment
to which the Act of 1920 extends at the date of an Order under the Act of 1933, superseding an Order under Part II of 1920. See also JUDGMENT EXTENSION ACTS. Consult Piggott on Foreign Judgments; Dicey's
Fire brigade
Fire Brigade Act, 1855 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 90), intrusts to the London County Council, which has superseded the Metropolitan Board of Works, the duty of extinguishing fires in the metropolis. On the occasion of a
Federal Government
Federal Council of Australasia Act (48 & 49 Vict. c. 60), passed in 1885 (see AUSTRALASIA), is now superseded by the federating (English) Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12) (see AUSTRALIA), which
Penal Servitude
Penal Servitude, a punishment in the United King-dom which by the Penal Servitude Act, 1853, has superseded transportation (see that title) beyond the seas; but is in all respects as to hard labour, etc., similar
Order of Revivor
order as of course for an order as of course for the continuance of an abated suit. It superseded the bill of revivor. See 15 & 16 Vict. c. 86, s. 52, and Cons. Ord. 1860, XXXII.,
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