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Archbishop

superintends the conduct of other bishops, his suffragans. The archbishops are said to be enthroned when they are vested in the archbishopric, whereas bishops are said to be installed. An archbishop, if promoted from a bishopric, as

Arches, Court of

the Court of Probate Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77). The Judicature Act, 1925, s. 20, vests the jurisdiction of 1857 in the present Court. By the Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874 (37 & 38

As far as possible

As far as possible, these words are not prohibitory in nature, they rather connote a discretion vested in the prescribed authority which can exercise that discretion at the time of carving the surplus area from

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Assessing Officer

Assessing Officer, means the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax or the Assistant Commissioner or the Income-tax Officer who is vested with the relevant jurisdiction by virtue of directions or orders issued under sub-s. (1) or sub-s. (2) of

Assignee, or Assign

Assignees in bankruptcy (now called trustees, see BANKRUPTCY) are those persons in whom the property of a bankrupt vests by virtue of their appointment. (3) includes an assignee of the assignee and the legal representative of a

Assize, or assise

Justice and the President of the Probate Division. The commissioner has all the powers and duties which are vested in the Probate Division in respect of such causes. Undefended causes and certain others brought or defended by

Attendant term

cease, but where attendant terms with a leasehold reversion were satisfied on the1st January, 1926, and were also vested in the owner of the reversion, the merger is not to affect any protection which the owner of

Australia, Commonwealth of.

Commonwealth of Australia v. Colonial Sugar Refining Co., 1914 AC 237. The judicial powers of the Commonwealth are vested in a High Court of Australia, consisting of a Chief Justice and not less than two puisne Judges

Bare trustee

para 3, the legal estate, if any, in a bare trustee (not being a trustee for sale) automatically vested in the person who could call for a conveyance of it. Although this simplified conveyancing where the legal

Caution

entered an appearance. Cautions may be lodged against first registration to protect unregistered mortgages, contracts for purchase, the vesting of equitably settled estates and other purposes. Cautions to protect unregistered mortgages under s. 106 of the (English)

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