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Rem, Judgment in

adjudication is conclusive against the world, see opinion of judges, per Blackburn J., in the House of Lords, supra. The chief instances are in the Admiralty Courts; foreign judgments, declar-ing status of a ship; or in the

Stannary

the Stannaries Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 19), and the ss. of the Companies Act, 1929, supra.

Sale or return

Sale or return. By s. 18, Rule 4, of the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, supra:- When goods are delivered to the buyer on approval or 'on sale or return' or other similar terms

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Open Court

courts of justice are open to all so long as there is room see Scott v. Scott, ubi supra, where the whole question of hearing cases in camera is discussed. See also R. v. Gov. of Lewes

Ultra vires

ratification. See also Att. Gen. v. Mersey Ry., 1907 AC 415; Baroness Wenlock v. River Dee Co., ubi supra; Sinclair v. Brougham, 1914 AC 398. Consult Brice, Street or Beattie on ultra Vires. Unauthorised; beyond scope of

Undivided shares in land

for sale in like manner as if the persons beneficially entitled were tenants in common (see s. 34, supra), but not so as to sever their joint tenancy inequity. Sec. 37 declares that a husband and wife

Vide

Vide [Lat., see], a word of reference; vide ante, or vide supra, refers to a previous passage; vide post, or vide infra, to a subsequent passage in a book.

Wharfage

Ltd., (1907) 97 LT 863; and Harbours and Clauses Act, 1847, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, supra. It means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of

Widow

connection means the persons named and their issue respectively attain-ing vested interests upon trusts corresponding to s. 47, supra [see s. 47 (3)]. Husband and wife, beneficiaries, count as two persons. In default of the above, see

Tail

Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest which may be created after 1925 in respect of personalty as well as realty by way...

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