Category: Legislation
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Ecclesiastical Law
Definition of Ecclesiastical Law In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ecclesiastical Law : (canon law, ecclesiastical law) Church law, such as the Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law and, in England, the law of the Church of England. Unless subsequently […]
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Reduction
Reduction of Company's Capital under s646 Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: How to effect a reduction Reduction by private company Reduction by any company
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Bailie
In Scotland the word bailiff has taken the form of bailie, signifying a superior officer or magistrate of a municipal corporation. Bailies, by virtue of their office, are invested with certain judicial and administrative powers within the burgh for which they are appointed. They sit as […]
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Non Conformists
English Law: Non Conformists in the Past A name given to certain dissenters from the rites and ceremonies of the church of England (see more about this legal system). [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about non conformists is […]
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Sokemans
English Law: Sokemans in the Past Those who hold their land in socage. 2 Bl. Com. 100. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about sokemans is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the […]
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Sokemans
English Law: Sokemans in the Past Those who hold their land in socage. 2 Bl. Com. 100. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about sokemans is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the […]
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Chancery Division
Definition of Chancery Division In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chancery Division : The division of the *High Court of Justice created by the Judicature Acts 1873-75 to replace the *Court of Chancery. The work of the Division is principally concerned […]
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Original Writ
English Law: Original Writ in the Past A mandatory letter issued in the king’s name, sealed with his great seal and directed to the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia) of the county where the injury (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) was […]
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Wager Of Battel
English Law: Wager of Battel in the Past A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law. Developments The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817, but not procceded in to judgment; and at the next session of the British parliament an act was passed to […]
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Wager Of Battel
English Law: Wager of Battel in the Past A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law. Developments The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817, but not procceded in to judgment; and at the next session of the British parliament an act was passed to […]
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Tale
English Law: Tale in the Past The declaration or count was anciently so called in law pleadings. 3 Bl. Com. 293. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about tale is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a […]
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Petty Bag
English Law: Petty Bag in the Past An office in the court of chancery, appropriated for suits against attorneys (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) and officers of the court; and for, process and proceedings, by extent on statutes, recognizances, ad quod damnum […]
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Perdonatio Utlagariae
English Law: Perdonatio Utlagariae in the Past A pardon for a man who, for contempt in not yielding obedience to the process of the king’s courts, is outlawed and afterwards, of his own accord, surrenders. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this […]
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Shire
English Law: Shire in the Past A district or division of country. Co. Lit. 50 a. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about shire is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s […]
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Purlieu
English Law: Purlieu in the Past A space of land near a forest, known by certain boundaries, which was formerly part of a forest, but which has been separated from it. Developments The history of purlieus is this. Henry III., on taking possession of the throne, manifested so great a taste for […]