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Act

Act, Something done or performed especially voluntarily; a deed, Black's law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. Is used with

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

an outgoing agricultural tenant in respect of the improvements effected by him during his tenancy. The operation of this Act could be and frequently was excluded by agreement, but now the tenant cannot deprive himself by contract of

Act of God

Act of God, a direct, violent, sudden, and irresistible act of nature, which could not, by any reasonable care,

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Building Acts (English)

Building Acts (English). The Acts commonly so called apply only to the metropolis, and have been called the Metropolitan Building

Judgments Extension Act, 1868

Judgments Extension Act, 1868 (English). By this Act (31 & 32 Vict. c. 54) (preserved by the Judicature Act, 1925, s. 224) the judgments of the … forced. By the Inferior Courts Judgment Extension Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 31), the principle of this Act was, with the limitation of personal service, extended to inferior courts. See INFERIOR COURTS; IRISH JUDGMENTS. Part II.

Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935

Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935, (English) for pen-sioning the civil servants of the Crown or public authorities. The (English) principal Act is

Conveyancing Acts (English)

Conveyancing Acts (English). See LAW OF PRO-PERTY. These Acts, of which the principal were the Vendor and Purchaser Act, 1874

Provincial Act

Provincial Act, shall mean an Act made by the Governor-in-Council, Lieutenant Governor-in-Council or Chief Commissioner in Council of a Province

Locke's Act

Locke's Act (English), (23 & 24 Vict. c. 127), the Solicitors Act, 1860, amending the law as to the admission

Reform Acts

Reform Acts (English) [2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45 (1832), 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 (1867)], commonly called

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