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Bullion
Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), s. 9, which provides that the Treasury may, from time to time, issue to the Master of the Mint such sums as may be necessary to enable him
County Courts
enacts as follows:' Area.--The area for each court is an fixed by order of the Lord Chancellor from time to time (s. 2). Judges.--The judges, who are appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and may not exceed sixty
union shop
is free to hire nonmembers as well as members of the union but union membership within a specified time (as 30 days) is a condition of continued employment compare agency shop, closed shop, open shop NOTE: State
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juris doctor
juris doctor often cap J&D [New Latin, doctor of law] : the lowest degree conferred by a law school usually after three years of full-time study or its equivalent compare master of laws, doctor of laws,...
Executor
the will, when obtained, is only evidence of his title; as a rule it relates back to the time of the testator' death, and as the executor derives full power from the will he can act as
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
other future estate or interest) the right to recover land etc., is limited to six years from the time when the estate shall have vested in possession or twelve yeas from the date when the right first … must be brought or proceedings taken. In the case of simple contract the remedy on the contract is barred, leaving the creditor free to enforce his claims by other means which may be still available, such as
Tail
would have been vested in, or might have been claimed by, the person making the disposition, at the time of his making the same, and also as against all persons, including the King's most excellent Majesty, his … after 1925 in respect of personalty as well as realty by way of trust and which (if not barred or disposed of by will after 1925) will devolve inequity on the person who would have taken realty
Presumption of life or death
been living, the law will in general presume that he is still alive, unless after a lapse of time considerably exceeding the ordinary duration of human life; but if there be evidence of his continued unexplained absence
Commissioners for Oaths
Commissioners for Oaths. Masters extraordinary in Chancery acted in very early times as commissioners to administer oaths to persons making affidavits (see that title) before them concerning Chancery suits, and
Stamp duties
document to render it admissible in evidence was not the stamp in accordance with the law at the time of affixing it, but the stamp in accordance with the law in force at the time when the … may be, for not stamping the instrument within thirty days after execution in ordinary cases. The same Act barred any right to sue for moneys assured by an unstamped assignment of a life policy, made void every
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