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Home Dictionary Name: supraSupra protest
Supra protest, after 'protest' (se PROTEST). There may be either acceptance or payment of a bill of exchange by a person other than the drawee or acceptor or other person liable, after it has been protested for non-acceptance or non-payment. The full term is 'acceptance (or payment) supra protest for honour,' i.e., for the honour or in relief of the person liable. The rights and liabilities o the parties are regulated by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, ss. 65-68; and see Byles on Bills, chs. 20, 21....
supra
supra [Latin] : earlier in this writing : above [in the discussion ] used in books, articles, and cases to refer the reader to previous pages, sections, or footnotes of the text or previous citations of other works [see cases cited note 16] compare idem, infra ...
Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum
Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum. 10 Rep. 102-(Extortion is that crime when, by colour of office, any person extorts that which is not due, or more than is due, or before the time when it is due.)...
Supra
Supra, [Lat. 'above'] above. This word occurring by itself in a book refers the reader to a previous part of the book, like ante....
Tithe Rent-Charge
Tithe Rent-Charge. A charge on land, substituted by commutation for that charge on the produce of the land for the benefit of the Church, which was called tithe from being the tenth part of the increase yearly arising and renewing from the profits of lands, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants; the first species being usually called pr'dial, the second mixed, the third personal.This commutation was effected by a procedure set on foot by the (English) Tithe Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 71), amended by subsequent Acts. See Chitty's Stat., tit. 'Tithe Rent-Charge.' The amount to be paid was annually adjusted, according to the price of corn.The commutation was effected in one of two ways-either by a voluntary parochial agreement, con-firmed by the commissioners, or by the compulsory award of the commissioners. The value, either voluntarily agreed upon or awarded by the commissioners, was considered as the amount of the total rent-charge to be paid in respect of ...
idem
idem [Latin, same] : something previously mentioned : the same authority used in citations to cases and other works to refer to an immediately preceding reference compare infra, supra NOTE: Idem is usually used in the form of its abbreviation id.[In Bally, the plaintiff also claimed…403 Mass. at 720-21. The [court] denied the claim…Id. at 721 "R. T. Gerwatowski"] ...
infra
infra : in the following text : below [see textual discussion accompanying note 22 "D. Q. Posin"] used in books, articles, and cases to refer the reader to later pages, sections, or footnotes of the text compare idem, supra ...
Acceptor for honour
Acceptor for honour, When the bill of exchange has been noted or protested for non-acceptance or for better security, and any person accepts it supra protest for honour of the drawer or of any one of the indorsers, such person is called an 'acceptor for honour'. [Negotiable Instruments Act, 26 of 1881, s. 7)...
Agricultural Marketing Acts, 1931 to 1933
Agricultural Marketing Acts, 1931 to 1933 (English), The Act of 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 42) enables schemes to be made for regulating the marketing of agricultural products, foods and drinks made or derived therefrom, and fleeces and skins of animals, to establish marketing boards in connection with such schemes, to establish funds for loans to these boards, and to encourage agricultural co-operation, research and education. The Act of 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 31) amends and extends the 1931 Act by provisions for restrictions on the importation and sale of agricultural products and for the production of such secondary agricultural products wholly or partly manufactured or derived from another agricultural products as may be specified by an order in force under s. 7, Part II., of the Act of 1933. Schemes under the Act of 1931 may be submitted by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries after consultation with the Board of Trade by laying a draft before each House of Parliament, and if...
Alien
Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 and 1933, infra. At common law aliens were subject to very many disqualifications, the nature of which is shown by the (English) Act of 1844, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 66, which greatly relaxed the law in their favour. It provided, inter alia, that every person born of a British mother should be capable of holding real or personal estate; that alien friends might hold every species of personal property except chattels real; that subjects of a friendly power might hold lands, etc., for the purposes of residence or business for a term not exceeding twenty-one years; and it also provided for aliens becoming naturalized.Alien, (UK) is a person who is neither a Common-wealth citizen nor a British protected person nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland. Aliens therefore include both persons having the nationality ...
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