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Commorth, or comorth

when young priests said or sung the first masses, by 4 Hen. 4, c. 27, and prohibited in Wales and the Marches, 26 Hen. 8, c. 7, Jacob.

House of Commons

Acts, 1918 to 1926, the number of members was increased to 707, 492 of whom representing England, 36 Wales, 74 Scotland, 105 Ireland. The House is now reduced to 615 members through the decrease of Irish representation

Commodity contract

contract for the sale of goods regularly dealt with on a commodity market or exchange in England or Wales which is specified for the purpose of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State,

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Colony

are acquired either (1) by conquest, (2) by cession under treaty, (3) by occupancy, as Newfoundland, New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land, or (4) by hereditary descent. By far the greater part of the colonies was

Client (Professional)

by whom a barrister in independent practice is retained: Code of Conduct for the Bar of England and Wales (4th Edn., 1989) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 458, p. 364.

Highness

of the sons of a sovereign, and the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales sall bear the title of Royal Highness and of Prince or Princess. The children of crowned heads generally

Lords Marchers

Lords Marchers, those noblemen who lived on the marches of Wales or Scotland, who in times past had their laws and power of life and death, like petty kings.

Housing of the working classes

is implied only where the rent does not exceed, in London, 40l., or 26l. elsewhere in England and Wales. These provisions do not apply to a contract made before 31st July, 1923, in the case of houses

Married women's property

36; s. 3 of the (English) M.W.P. Act, 1882, being repealed, so for as relates to England and Wales. S. 5 provided that property acquired after the commencement of the Act (1st January, 1883) bya woman married

Welsh Church

Welsh Church. The Welsh Church Act, 1914, provided of the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire. Its operation was suspended by the Suspensory Act, 1914, but it came into effect under, and

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