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Home Dictionary Name: victoriaVictoria Colony
Victoria Colony. Separated from New South Wales by 13 & 14 Vict. c. 59; see also 18 & 19 Vict. c. 55, 56; and 22 & 23 Vict. c. 12. Included as a State in the Union of States (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia) by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12). See AUSTRALIA....
Victoria Park
Victoria Park. See 4 & 5 Vict. c. 27; 5 & 6 Vict. c. 20; 14 & 15 Vict. c. 46; 35 & 36 Vict. c. 53; now managed by the London County Council (see 50 & 51 Vict. c. 34); and see PARK....
VerbarGoura
One of several species of large crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands The Queen Victoria pigeon Goura Victoria and the crowned pigeon G coronata are among the best known species...
Australia
Australia, an island in the British Dominions, consisting before the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12), of the separately governed (see, e.g., the New South Wales Constitution Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 54), and the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 55) colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, and South Australia. See next title....
drosky
A low four wheeled open carriage formerly used in Poland and Russia consisting of a kind of long narrow bench on which the passengers ride as on a saddle with their feet reaching nearly to the ground Other kinds of vehicles have been so called esp a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses and used as a public carriage in German cities...
Nike
The Greek winged goddess of victory identified with Roman Victoria...
A.R
A.R., anno regni, the year of the reign as A.R.V. R. 22 (Anno Regni Victori' Regin' vicesimo secundo); in the twenty-second year of the reign of Queen Victoria....
Allegiance, Oath of
Allegiance, Oath of, A new form of this oath was substituted for the older form by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 48. A new form was again provided by 30 & 31 Vict. c. 75, s. 5, and this has in its turn been superseded by the (English) Promissory Oaths Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 72), which provides as follows: 'I, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.The 10th section of the Act provides that of Her present Majesty is expressed, the name of the Sovereign of this Kingdom shall be substituted from time to time.'See also Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922, Sch., Art. 4.The oath, or an affirmation in similar terms, must be taken by certain high officers of State, by Judges of the Supreme Court and justices of the peace on their appointment, by Members of Parliament on taking their seats, and by clergymen before their ordination. A like oath must be taken by an alien on obtaining a certifica...
Anchor
Anchor. The (English) Anchors and Chain Cables Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 23), consolidating, with small amendments, three Acts of 1864, 1871 and 1874, provides that unproved anchors are not to be sold or bought for a British ship, and regulates the made of testing by testing establishments licensed by the Board of Trade. See also (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, ss. 290, 538-40. As to recovering the value of an anchor which has been slipped to avoid a collision, see The Port Victoria, 1902, P. 25....
Australia, Commonwealth of.
Australia, Commonwealth of. The association of the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia in a federal Commonwealth comprising also Papua, the Northern Territory, and Norfolk, Ashmore and Cantier Island in the Pacific (and see MANDATED TERRITORIES), with a Constitution enabling its Parliament, consisting of the Sovereign of the British Empire, a Senate, and a House of Representatives, to legislate for the whole of Australia. The legislative powers of the Parliament, which may be found under 39 heads in the 51st paragraph of the Constitution, extend to trade, taxation, defence, coinage, bankruptcy, copyright, marriage, 'the people of any race other than certain aborigines,' immigrants and emigration, 'external affairs,' railway construction, and other matters too numerous to particularize; see Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (Imperial, 63 & 64 Vict. c. 12); A.-G. for Commonwealth of Australia v. Colonial Sugar R...
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