The Law Relating to Light Railways: Comprising the Light Railways Act, 1896, Together with the Enactments Relating Thereto with Notes and Index : Also the Rules Made by the Board of Trade and the Standing Orders Applicable, AnnotatedShaw, 1896 - 334 pages |
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... enter into contracts with landowners to purchase their land , provided the scheme is authorised by an order . visional owners . Such conditional contracts entered into by an existing Pro- railway company about to apply for an order ...
... enter into contracts with landowners to purchase their land , provided the scheme is authorised by an order . visional owners . Such conditional contracts entered into by an existing Pro- railway company about to apply for an order ...
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... enter into binding arrangements with regard to matters outside or beyond the scope of its incorporation . Ashbury Company v . Riche , L. R. 7 H. L. 653 ; Wenlock v . River Dee Com- pany , 10 App . Cas . 354 , 360 , 362. Apart from the ...
... enter into binding arrangements with regard to matters outside or beyond the scope of its incorporation . Ashbury Company v . Riche , L. R. 7 H. L. 653 ; Wenlock v . River Dee Com- pany , 10 App . Cas . 354 , 360 , 362. Apart from the ...
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... enter- prise of councils leading them into attempts to obtain orders permitting them to embark , at the risk of their rate- payers , in the making or working of railways outside their own particular areas to an extent beyond what is ...
... enter- prise of councils leading them into attempts to obtain orders permitting them to embark , at the risk of their rate- payers , in the making or working of railways outside their own particular areas to an extent beyond what is ...
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... enter into . The third of such exceptions occurs in cases where by statutory enactment the corporation is authorised to contract otherwise than under seal . Examples of these exceptions may be found in cases such Excep- as one where ...
... enter into . The third of such exceptions occurs in cases where by statutory enactment the corporation is authorised to contract otherwise than under seal . Examples of these exceptions may be found in cases such Excep- as one where ...
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... enter into contracts with the councils of which they are members as freely as they might Members do if they had not been such members . The restrictions of council imposed upon them are to be found in the statutes regulat- ing those ...
... enter into contracts with the councils of which they are members as freely as they might Members do if they had not been such members . The restrictions of council imposed upon them are to be found in the statutes regulat- ing those ...
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Page 293 - Act any action, prosecution, or other proceeding is commenced in the United Kingdom against any person for any act done in pursuance, or execution, or intended execution of any Act of Parliament, or of any public duty or authority, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such Act, duty, or authority, the...
Page 100 - Railway, or injuriously affected by the construction thereof, full compensation for the value of the lands so taken or used, and for all damage sustained by such owners, occupiers and other parties, by reason of the exercise, as regards such lands, of the powers by this or 25 the Special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, vested in the Company...
Page 193 - ... and if no such tender shall have been made it shall be lawful for the defendant, by leave of the court where such action shall...
Page 138 - Party making the same be deemed a Trespasser, on account of any Defect or Want of Form in the Summons, Conviction, Warrant of Distress, or other Proceeding relating thereto, nor shall such Party be deemed a Trespasser ab initio...
Page 280 - Speed be paid into the Bank of England in the Name and with the Privity of the Accountant General of the Court of Exchequer, to be placed to his Account there ex parte " The Copyhold Commissioners...
Page 166 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and ability, execute the duty of making the valuation hereby referred to me.
Page 272 - Act, or to any other remedy against them,) be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, and to a further penalty not exceeding five pounds for...
Page 287 - ... the costs of the reference and award shall be in the discretion of the arbitrators or umpire, who may direct to and by whom and in what manner those costs or any part thereof shall be paid...
Page 218 - A contract which if made between private persons would be by law required to be in writing, signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing signed by any person acting under its authority, express or implied...
Page 288 - To state an award as to the whole or part thereof in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court ; and (c.) To correct in an award any clerical mistake or error arising from any accidental slip or omission.