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Warden, guardian or keeper. The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is prohibited from recommending Members of Parliament to those places by 2 W. & M. sess. 1, c. 7. As to wardens of the Society of Apothecaris, see 55 Geo. 3, c. 194; 3 Steph. Com.A person in charge of something esp. the official in charge of a prison or jail, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1577....
warden
warden [Anglo-French wardein gardein guardian, from warder garder to guard, protect] 1 : an official charged with special supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specified laws or regulations [a game ] 2 : an official in charge of the operation of a prison ...
Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports
Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports, a magistrate who has the jurisdiction of the ports or havens which are called the Cinque Ports. This office was first created amongst us, in imitation of the Roman policy, to strengthen the sea-coasts against enemies, etc., Camd. Brit. 238. See CINQUE PORTS...
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. See CINQUE PORTS....
Wild life warden
Wild life warden, means the person appointed as such under clause (b) of sub-s. (1) of s. 4. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(38)]...
Cinque Ports
Cinque Ports [quinque prtus, Lat.], certain anciently enfranchised havens, lying on the coast towards France. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were only there ports, viz., Dover, Sandwich, and Rommey; but in the time of William the Conqueror Hastings and Hythe were added, making five, whence the name Cinque Ports. Winchelsea and Rye were afterwards added by or before the accession of King John, but the old name, though now become inappropriate, was still retained. The (English) Cinque Ports Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 48), abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, in or in relation to the administration of justice in actions, suits, or other civil proceedings at law or in equity, but with a saving (s. 10) of his Admiralty jurisdiction and certain other rights. The office of Lord Warden is still one of great dignity, and is always held by some person of eminence....
Shepway, Court of
Shepway, Court of, a Court held before the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. A writ of error lay from the Mayor and jurats of each port to the Lord Warden in this Court, and thence to the King's Bench. The civil jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports is abolished by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 48...
Stannary
Stannary [stannaria, fr. stannum, Lat.; stean, Cornish, tin], a tin mine.From very ancient times there were Stannary Courts in Cornwall for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, such courts being mentioned in charters of the reign of King John. In 1855 their jurisdiction was extended to Devonshire mines. The Stannaries Court Abolition Act, 1896, trans-ferred this jurisdiction (which was exercised by a Vice-Warden with an appeal to the Lord Warden and a further appeal to the Court of Appeal by virtue of s. 18 of the Judicature Act, 1873 [see now Judicature Act, 1925, s. 26)], to county courts; see Companies Act, 1929, ss. 163 (jurisdiction in winding up), 297 to 299 (attachment of debts, preferential payments, and mine club funds), 339 (1) (contributories), 357 (prohibition of unregis-tered companies having more than twenty members not to apply), 375 (jurisdiction of the Court exercising Stannaries jurisdiction); Dunbar v. Harvey, (1913) 2 Ch 530.The 'Stannaries' cove...
Undivided family
Undivided family, the words 'undivided family' in the context mean undivided qua the dwelling house as that the family which owns the house had not been divided by metes and bounds, Dorab Cawasji Warden v. Coomi Sorab Warden, AIR 1990 SC 867: (1990) 2 SCC 117: (1990) 1 SCR 332....
custodian
custodian : an individual entrusted with guarding and keeping property or having custody of a person: as a : the warden of a prison b : a person given custody of a child by court order c : a person named to manage a child's property under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act d : a person or entity appointed by a bankruptcy court to take charge of the debtor's property for purposes of administration cus·to·di·an·ship n ...
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