Encyclopaedia of the laws of England: with forms and precedents by the most eminent legal authoritiesAlexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Alexander Robertson Sweet & Maxwell, Limited, 1906 |
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... entitled to be present in all Parliaments as " peers of the realm , " and then explaining that the nature of the proceedings compelled them to retire , stated that they intended to do so , but " saving always the right of our peerage ...
... entitled to be present in all Parliaments as " peers of the realm , " and then explaining that the nature of the proceedings compelled them to retire , stated that they intended to do so , but " saving always the right of our peerage ...
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... entitled to a seat in the House of Lords are as follows : - ( 1 ) Generally . The course of descent must be one known to the law . ( a ) A peer cannot be created for life with a denial of succession to his descendants unless it be as ...
... entitled to a seat in the House of Lords are as follows : - ( 1 ) Generally . The course of descent must be one known to the law . ( a ) A peer cannot be created for life with a denial of succession to his descendants unless it be as ...
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... entitled to trial by peers . Peeresses ( whether such in their own right or by marriage ) are entitled to trial by peers , but a widowed peeress ( by marriage ) forfeits her rights of peerage if she marries a commoner ( Co. Litt . 166 ...
... entitled to trial by peers . Peeresses ( whether such in their own right or by marriage ) are entitled to trial by peers , but a widowed peeress ( by marriage ) forfeits her rights of peerage if she marries a commoner ( Co. Litt . 166 ...
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... entitled to these pensions are- ( 1 ) Persons holding office directly from the Crown . ( 2 ) Persons admitted to the service on certificate from the Civil Service Commissioners ( 1859 , c . 26 , s . 17 ; 1887 , c . 57 , s . 2 ) . ( 3 ) ...
... entitled to these pensions are- ( 1 ) Persons holding office directly from the Crown . ( 2 ) Persons admitted to the service on certificate from the Civil Service Commissioners ( 1859 , c . 26 , s . 17 ; 1887 , c . 57 , s . 2 ) . ( 3 ) ...
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... entitled to deduct such payments for the purposes of income tax assessment ( Hudson v . Grittle , [ 1903 ] 1 K. B. 517 ) , but otherwise in the case of payments under the Poor Law Super- annuation Act , 1896 ( Beaumont v . Bowers ...
... entitled to deduct such payments for the purposes of income tax assessment ( Hudson v . Grittle , [ 1903 ] 1 K. B. 517 ) , but otherwise in the case of payments under the Poor Law Super- annuation Act , 1896 ( Beaumont v . Bowers ...
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Page 165 - The Court or a Judge may, at any stage of the proceedings, either upon or without the application of either party, and on such terms as may appear to the Court or a Judge...
Page 518 - Where a mercantile agent is, with the consent of the owner, in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods any sale, pledge or other disposition of the goods made by him, when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be as valid as if he were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same...
Page 165 - Every pleading shall contain, and contain only, a statement in a summary form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence, as the case may be, but not the evidence by which they are to be proved, and shall, when necessary, be divided into paragraphs, numbered consecutively.
Page 521 - procuration" operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign, and the principal is bound only in case the agent in so signing acted within the actual limits of his authority.
Page 477 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 227 - That the Father and Grandfather, and the Mother and Grandmother, and the Children of every poor, old, blind, lame, and impotent Person or other poor Person not able to work, being of a sufficient Ability, shall, at their own Charges, relieve and maintain every such poor Person...
Page 524 - In the same transaction with respect to which a question of notice to the purchaser arises, it has come to the knowledge of his counsel, as such, or of his solicitor, or other agent, as such, or would have come to the knowledge of his solicitor, or other agent...
Page 469 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed.
Page 246 - ... before a justice of the peace to be dealt with according to law...
Page 608 - ... shall as regards personal estate be held to be well executed for the purpose of being admitted in England and Ireland to probate, and in. Scotland to confirmation, if the same be made according to the forms required either by the law of the place where the same was made...