ABJURATION, oath of, 4.
Act of Bankruptcy, what constitutes
an, 69.
Action at Law, in County Courts, 58;
in Local Courts of Record, 59; in
Superior Courts, 57; costs in, 61.
ADMINISTRATOR, office of, 307; who
entitled to be an, 320, 321; proceed-
ings for appointment of, 322; to an
intestate, ib.; de bonis non adminis-
tratis, 330; with the will annexed,
325; form of oaths for, 326, 328;
bond to be entered into by, 324;
list of fees to be paid by, 341; remu-
neration by, 330; form of letters of
administration, 335, 338; caveat
against appointment of, 324; direc-
tions for describing persons applying
to become, 346; powers of, 331;
duties of, 307, 331; disabilities of,
331; order in which debts should be
paid by, 332; legacies, 333; con-
tracts by, 41; liability of, for testa-
tor's debts, 332; rights of, to bring
and defend suits and actions, 338;
Statute of Distributions, 336.
Adultery, action for committing, 229;
ground for divorce, 225.
Agent, how constituted, 51; rights of,
ib.; liabilities of, ib.; authority of,
Agreement, when required to be in
writing, 43, 44, 46, 147, 151; when
in writing must be stamped, 48;
exemptions, ib.; stamp duty on,
151; between master and servant,
92; for a lease, requisites of, 151;
consideration in, 49.
Alien, who is an, 8; how naturalized,
9.
Alimony, what is, 228; how calculated,
229.
Apartments, furnished, contract for
letting and hiring, 151; must be in
habitable condition, 178.
Appeal, in divorce cases, 230.
APPRENTICE, who may take, 29; con-
tracts of, 30; how made, ib.; how
dissolved, 33; parties to, 30; rights
of, 31; misconduct of, consequence
of, ib.; may not be taken out of the
kingdom, ib.; penalties for enticing
away, ib.; punishment of, ib.; can-
not be assigned without consent,
32; disputes of with master, how
settled, ib.; at sea, 36; jurisdiction
of justices over, 32, 33. (See also
Master and Apprentice.)
Authorization of contracts, by parents,
16; by partners, 252; by husbands,
ASSIGNEE, official, 72;
trade, ib.;
what property of a bankrupt passes
to, 73; duties of, ib.
Auctioneer, contracts by, 46.
BANKERS' cheque, what is a, 235.
BANKRUPTS, who may become, 67;
obligations of, 77; proceedings to
make, 71; Act of Bankruptcy, 69;
property of, how seized, 72; pro-
perty in order and disposition of,
how dealt with, 74; misconduct of,
what constitutes, 79; criminal of-
fences of, 81; allowances to, 78;
certificate of, ib.
BANKRUPTCY, consequences of, 68
proceedings in, 71; proof of debts
in, 75; by creditors holding secu-
rity, 77.
Bastards, who are, 11; disabilities of,
ib.; immunities of, 12; claim against
stepfather, 15.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, origin of, 231;
parties to, 233; for what amount to
be drawn, 236; for what payments,
ib.; stamps on, 237; penalty for
not stamping, 239; inland bill,
what, 232; foreign bill, what, ib.;
when negotiable, 233; who may
make, 235; agents, ib.; partners,
236; consideration for making, 239;
form of, 233; liability of parties
in, 243; effects of giving, 244; alter-
ations in, 243; noting, 241; pro-
testing, ib.; notice of dishonour of,
ib.; proceedings on, 244; when
lost, ib.; how extinguished, ib.
Bond, administration stamp on, 224.
Borough rates (see Rates).
CAVEAT, against grant of letters of
administration, 324; marriage li-
cense, 211; probate of wills, 316.
Certificate, of Bankrupt, 78; of what
classes, 79; in what cases refused or
suspended, ib.; for marriage from
registrar, form of, 210; forbidding
issue of, 211.
Chattels, what are, 73; real, what, ib.
Cheque, Bankers', what is a, 235;
effect of crossing, 245.
CHILD (see Parent and Child).
Church Rates (see Rates).
CODICIL (see Will).
Collusion, in applications for divorce,
Condonation, what, 226.
Consideration in contracts, what is a,
49; where good, 50; where bad, ib.;
in bills and notes, 289.
CONTRACTS, who may make, 41; when
to be in writing, 43, 46; by letter,
47; by infants, 37; by married
women, 40; by foreigners, 41; by
aliens, ib.; by foreign enemies, ib.;
by prisoners at war, ib.; ingredients
of, 37, 38; void, if for an immoral
purpose, 50; illegal, ib.; in restraint
of trade, 91; when written not to
be varied, 47; consideration in, 49;
Contractor, liability of, for accident to
workmen, 112.
Coparceners, who are, 144.
Copyhold estates, what are, 143.
County Rates (see Rates).
CREDITOR (see Debtor and Creditor).
Cruelty, a ground for divorce, 225;
what constitutes, ib.
DEATH, civil, what, 6.
DEBTS, who may contract, 39; not
contract, 41; how contracted, 43;
when demandable, 70; payment of,
how enforced, 58; how avoided, 61;
by Statute of Limitations, 62; by
bankruptcy, 66; by insolvency, 85;
by deed of arrangement, 82, 87; who
to be sued to recover, 56; how dis-
charged, 53; proof of in bankruptcy,
75; who may oppose, 75.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, 37. (See
Debt, and Bankrupts.)
Deeds of Arrangement, 82, 87.
Denizen, what, 8.
Desertion of family, by husband or
wife, consequences of, 225.
DIVORCE, when granted, 225, 228; by
what court, 224.
Disabilities, religious, of papists, 4; of
Jews, ib.
DISTRESS FOR RENT, who may dis
train, 153; for what rent, 154; how
made, 155; proceedings in, 156;
what things may be levied, 155, 161;
not be levied, 157; sale of goods
taken as, 159; charges for levying,
160; penalty for making exorbitant
charges in, ib.; how avoided, ib.;
how replevied, 161; when illegal,
ib.; irregular, ib.; excessive, 162;
remedies for illegal, irregular, or ex-
cessive, 161.
Double rent, when demandable, 182.
EDUCATION of children employed in
factories, &c., 18.
Ejectment, action of, in County Courts,
184; in Superior Courts, ib.
Embezzlement, crime of, what, 116,
Entailed Estate, what, 142.
Equitable Estate, what, 142.
Estate, legal, 142; equitable, ib.;
freehold, ib.; copyhold, 143.
Excessive distress, remedy for taking
an, 162.
EXECUTORS, office of, 306; who may be,
ib.; appointment of, ib.; interest of,
37; duty of, 310; powers of,310, 331;
obligations of, 308; disabilities of,
331; contracts by, 41; forms of
oath for, 314, 315; de son tort, 309;
order in which debts should be paid
by, 333; legacies, ib.; when annui-
ties should be paid by, ib.; liability
for testator's debts, 332.
FEE SIMPLE, what, 141.
FEES, of barristers, 55; of physicians,
ib.; in granting probate, 340; admin-
istration, 341.
FIXTURES, what are, 171; removable
when for purposes of trade, 172;
agriculture, 173; ornament, 174;
list of things held removable, 175,
176; not removable, 175; doubtful,
176; when to be removed, 177; how,
ib.; consequences of not removing,
ib.; may not be taken in distress
for rent, 159.
FOREIGNER, obligations of, 9.
FRAUDS, Statute of, 43.
Freehold Estate, what, 142.
FURNISHED APARTMENTS
HOUSES, contract for letting and
hiring, 151; must be in writing,
179; what is to be engaged in, ib. ;
must be in habitable condition, 167.
GAME, what is, 287; seasons for kill-
ing, 289; qualifications to kill and
take, 288; certificate, cost of, ib.;
penalties for sporting without certi-
ficate, ib.; right of occupiers of
land to kill, 289; trespass in pur-
suit of, ib.; gamekeeper, his rights
and duties, 290; poaching, how
punished, ib.
Governess, authority of, 20.
GUARDIAN, how appointed, 24, 26;
when appointed, 14; by nature, 23;
for nurture, ib.; must account for
estate of ward, 26; advice to, 27;
how discharged, 24.
HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 2; writ, how
obtained, 3; penalties for refusing or
disobeying, ib.; when suspended, ib.
Highway Rates (see Rates).
Hiring-of Servants, 90; by agents, 91;
of houses and lands (see Landlord
and Tenant); of furnished lodgings
(see Landlord and Tenant).
Houses-furnished, contract for letting,
HUSBAND AND WIFE, who may
marry, 193; legal age for marriage,
197; hours for marriage, 203; mar-
riages solemnized abroad, validity
of, 197; by banns, 21, 198; by
license, 201; by special license, 205;
by registrar's certificate, 206; li-
cense, 211; rights and liabilities of,
between themselves, 218; and third
persons, 220; transfer of property by
wife, 219; actions and suits by and
against, 220; rights and obligations
of husband, 15, 216, 221, 223; mar-
riage of, how dissolved, 224.
ILLEGAL DISTRESS, 162; remedy for
taking, ib.; contracts, what, 50, 91;
sales, 43.
Imprisonment beyond seas, remedy for
illegal, 2.
INFANTS, who are in law, 20; disabili-
ties of, 27; responsibilities of, ib. ;
rights of, 28; crimes by, ib.; mar-
riage of, 20; actions and suits by
and against, 27; ratifications of debts
by, 40; jurisdiction of Courts of
Equity over, 24.
Infancy, plea of, 40.
Immoral contracts, void, 50.
IOU, what is an, 231.
Innkeeper, obligations of to receive
travellers, 179.
INSURANCE, Contract of, what, 293;
who may insure lives, ib. ; premises,
295; proceedings in effecting, 294;
risks in, ib.; against accident, 295;
fire, ib.
INSOLVENT, who may be deelared, 83;
vesting of property of, 85; order,
ib.; schedule of, 86; future pro-
perty of, 87; proceedings in bank-
ruptcy, 83; Insolvent Debtors' Court,
ib.; effect of discharge of, 86.
Irregular distress, remedy for, 162.
JEWISH Relief Act, 4.
Joint Tenants, who are, 144.
JOINT STOCK COMPANY, what is a,
255; with limited liability, formation
of, 256; regulations for governing,
268.
Judical Separation, when granted, 224.
Justices of the Peace, jurisdiction of
over apprentices, 32, 33; masters and
servants, 102.
LANDLORD AND TENANT, who may
be, 145; relationship of, how created,
147; estates in land-the several,
141; mutual rights and obligations
of, 152; payment of taxes (see
Rates); distress for rent (see Dis-
tress); repairs, who bound to make,
167; mutual remedies for not re-
pairing, 170; landlord's remedy for
wilful injury to premises, 180; fix-
tures, removal of (see Fixtures);
relationship, how dissolved, ib. ;
proceedings for recovery of premises
after the expiration of the term, 184,
187; deserted premises, 189; in the
Metropolitan Police District, 191.
(See also Leases.)
LEASES-must be by deed, 147; by
infants, 145; by married women,
ib.; by executors and administrators,
ib.; by trustees and receivers, ib.;
by committees of lunatics, ib.; by
idiots and the insane, 146; agree-
ment to give and take, 151; descrip-
tion of, 148; stamp-duty on, 150;
condition of demised premises, 153,
166; assignment of, 179. (See also
Landlord and Tenant.)
LEGACY, stamp-duties on, 335.
Legal Tender, what is a, 53.
Legal Estate, what is a, 142.
Legitimacy, proceedings for substan-
tiating, 12.
LICENSE, common for marriage, form
of, 202; cost of, ib.; special form of,
205; cost of, ib.; from registrar,
207; form of, 211; for killing game,
Lighting Rates (see Rates).
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, how
formed, 256; table of fees payable in
forming, 282; regulations for man-
aging, 268; transfer of shares in,
form of, 284; license to hold lands
by, form of, ib.; mortgage to, form
of, for England, ib.; for Scotland,
Lodgings (see Furnished Apartments).
Lunatics, legacies to, to whom payable,
MARRIAGE, by banns, 21, 198; by
license, 301; by special license,
205; by registrar's certificate, 206;
license, 211; how solemnized abroad,
215; evidence of, 213; effect of, on
property of husband, 215; wife, 216;
proceedings for proving, 214; annul-
ling, ib.; of infant, 20; of ward in
Chancery, 25; settlement, effect of,
218; how dissolved, 224.
Married Women, contracts by, 222;
legacy to, 334.
Marine, will of a, 218, 298; adminis-
tration to effects of, 318.
MASTER AND APPRENTICE, 29; rights
of master, 30; jurisdiction of justices
over, 32, 33. (See Apprentice.)
MASTER AND SERVANT, relationship
between, 89; who may be, ib.; con-
tracts of hiring and service, 90;
disputes between, how judicially set-
tled, 102; combinations of masters
against servant, and vice versá, 111;
what warrants discharge of servant,
111, 114, 115, 116; remedy of servant
for wrongful discharge, 118; no ob-
ligation on master to give servants a
character, 119; penalty for giving
false character, 139; slander of ser-
vant by master, 119; bad character
maliciously given, remedies for, 120;
fraud of servant, 95; accidents by
servants, ib.; negligence of, 95, 112,
117; board and lodging of, 96;
chastisement of, 97; penalty for not
providing for young servants, ib.;
medical attendance on servants, who
bound to provide, 98; death of ser-
vant, master's liability on, 99; death
of master, servant's liability on, ib.;
bankruptcy of master, effect of, ib.;
wages, how payable, 100; liability of
master for act of incompetent servant,
12, 128; marriage of servant, 113;
enlistment of servant, 114; respon-
sibility of master for contracts of
servant, 122; agency of servant, ib. ;
personal responsibility of servants,
126; responsibility of master for
wrongful acts of servants, 127, 133;
criminal acts of servants, 130; burn-
ing of property by servants, 137.
NATURAL RIGHTS, 1.
Nationality, proceedings for proving, 9.
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS, 231;
origin of, ib.; requisites of, 236.
(See also Bills of Exchange and Pro-
missory Notes.)
Necessaries to infant, what are, 39.
Notice to quit, requisites of, 182;
when to be given, ib.
OATH OF ABJURATION, 4; in obtain.
ing probate, 314; administration,
322, 326.
Official Assignee, 72.
PAVING RATES (see Rates).
PARENT AND CHILD.-Parent, obliga-
tions of, 12; liability of, for debts of
child, 16; liability of, for parochial
relief to child, 15; right of to earn-
ings of child, 18; duty of, to child,
14, 18; wrongs by, 14.-Child, duty
of, 20; rights of, 14, 18; when
legitimate, 11; when bastard, ib.;
liability of for debt, 16; estates
of, 17; desertion of, 15; provision
for, 21; allowance to by Court of
Chancery, 17; earnings of, 18;
custody of, 13; liability of, for debts
of parent, 18; punishment of, 20;
crimes by, ib.; marriage of, 21.
PARTNERSHIP, what is a, 247; how
created, ib.; rights and liabilities of
partners amongst themselves, 248;
with regard to strangers, 250; lia-
bility of partners, when commerced
and determined, 252; dormant
partner, liability of, ib.; contracts
by partners, 249, 251; jurisdiction
of equity over, 249; how dissolved,
Petitioning creditor's debt, amount of,
Poor rates (see Rates).
Principal and Agent, 51; agent how
constituted, ib.; liability of prin-
cipal, 52.
PROBATE (see also Will, Executor),
directions for describing persons
applying for, 346; proceedings for
obtaining, 313; how disputed, 316;
how renounced, 319; how revoked,
ib.; list of fees for granting, 340;
stamp-duty on, 318.
PROMISSORY NOTES, origin of, 231;
parties to, 233; for what amount to
be drawn, 236; for what payments,
ib.; consideration for making, 239;
stamp on, 238; penalty for not
stamping, 239, who may make, 235;
agents, ib.; partners, 236; how
extinguished, 244; proceedings on,
240, 244.
Proof, of debt in bankruptcy, 75; of
marriage, 214.
RATES AND TAXES, how levied, 5;
general principle as to payment of,
163; different descriptions of, ib.;
parliamentary taxes, what are, 163,
165; when payable, 163; how to be
paid, ib.; appeal against rates, 5;
distress for, 163; covenants to pay,
164, 165; deductions in respect of,
from rent, 166.
RECEIPT, definition of, 54; effect of,
55; liability to give, 54; exemptions
of from stamp-duty, ib.
REPAIRS, who bound to make, 167;
descriptions of, ib.; when to be
made, 169; covenants to make, ib. ;
remedies for not repairing, 170. (See
also Landlord and Tenant.)
REPLEVY (see Distress for Rent).
Residuary Estate, what, 334.
RIGHTS, Bill of, 7; definition of, 1;
various descriptions of personal, ib.;
how enforced, 5.
SAILOR, will of, 318, 298; administra-
tion to effects of, exempt from stamp-
duty, 318.
Schoolmaster, power of, over pupil, 20.
Separation, judicial, 224.
Sewer Rates (see Rates).
Soldier, will of, 318, 298; administra-
tion to effects of, exempt from stamp-
duty, 318.
STAMP-DUTY, on agreements, 151; on
administration bonds, 324; exemp-
tions, ib.; on bills of exchange,
238; on indentures of apprentice-
ship, 30; on legacies, 335; exemp.
tions from, 336; on leases, 150; on
letters of administration, 329; on
probate, 318; on promissory notes,
238.
Statutes, of Distributions, 336; of
Frauds, 43, 90, 147, 151; of Limi-
tations, 62, 64, 152.
Subjects, natural-born, 8.
Suit in Chancery, proceedings in, 61.
TAXATION, how imposed, 5.
Taxes (see Rates and Taxes).
Tender, legal, what is a, 53.
Tenant (see Landlord and Tenant).
Tenants in common, who are, 144; by
courtesy, 142.
Tenures, different descriptions of, 141,
Timber, reservation of right to cut,
149; trees, what are, 170.
Tippling Act, 42.
Trader, who is under Bankruptcy Laws,
67.
Trading, what constitutes, under Bank-
ruptcy Laws, 68.
Traveller, rights of, 179.
Trees, timber, what are, 170.
Truck Act, 101.
Tutor, power of, over pupil, 20.
WAGES, who must pay, 90; must be
paid in money, 100; when demand-
able, 98; disputes as to payment,
how settled, 102.
Warehouse-room, letting and hiring
of, 179.
Watching Rates (see Rates).
Ward in Chancery, what, 25; mar-
riage of, ib.; offences against, ib.;
may not be sent out of the country,
ib.
Widow, dower of, 142, 215; liability to
repay parochial relief to her children,
15; right to be administratrix, 320.
Wife (see also Husband and Wife),
contracts by, 222, 219; loans to, 223;
property of, 217, 219, choses in
action of, 216; earnings of, how pro-
tected against husband, 217; how
to be maintained, 215, 232; equity
to a settlement, 219; dower of, 215.
Wills, who may make, 297; form of,
ib.; signature to, ib. ; attesting sig-
nature of, 299; witnesses to, 300;
how modified and revoked, 301;
codicils to, ib.; destruction of, how
effected, 304; how revoked, 301;
how revived, 302, 305; probate of
(see Probate and Executor); defi-
nition of, 1.
Wrongs, how redressed, 6.
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