Tag: Featured
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District Councils
History Before the year 1848 there was not outside the municipal boroughs any system of district government in England. It is true that in some populous places which were not corporate boroughs local acts of parliament had been passed appointing improvement commissioners for the government of […]
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Borough Council
History The municipal borough and the Borough Council A municipal borough is a place which has been incorporated by royal charter. In the year 1835 the Municipal Corporations Act was passed, which made provision for the constitution and government of certain boroughs which were enumerated in […]
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Urban District
History The municipal borough and the Borough Council A municipal borough is a place which has been incorporated by royal charter. In the year 1835 the Municipal Corporations Act was passed, which made provision for the constitution and government of certain boroughs which were enumerated in […]
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Absolutism
Absolutism of the Tudors, 1485-1603 Absolutism had reached its high-water mark in England long before the power and prestige of the French monarchy had culminated in the person of Louis XIV. In the sixteenth century—the very century in which the French sovereigns faced constant foreign […]
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History of Divorce
Summary Although Henry VIII is usually described -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “law” – as having divorced Catherine of Aragon, he in fact arranged for Cranmer to annul his marriage – to declare not that it had ended, but that it had never begun. […]
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Parliament Dissolution
Background During a General Election period the Government retains its responsibility to govern and Ministers remain in charge of their departments. Essential business must be carried on. However, it is customary for Ministers to keep to a minimum decisions which would initiate new action of […]
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Court
Definition of Court In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court : 1. A body established by law for the administration of justice by judges or magistrates. 2. A hall or building in which a court is held. 3. a. The residence of a sovereig b. The […]
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Parish Councils
History: Parish Councils and the County Council The powers and duties of a county council under the Local Government Act 1894 are numerous and varied, and the chief of them are mentioned hereafter in connexion with parish councils. The county council may establish a parish council in a parish […]
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Anglicanism
In the Sixteenth Century Anglicanism is the name frequently applied to that form of Protestantism which stamped the state church in England in the sixteenth century and which is now represented by the Episcopal Church in the United States as well as by the established Church of England. The […]
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Company Director
History Directors, in company law, the agents by whom a trading or public company acts, the company itself being a legal abstraction and unable to do anything. As joint-stock companies have multiplied and their enterprise has extended, the position of directors has become one of increasing […]
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Explanatory Memoranda to Statutory Instruments
The purpose of the Explanatory Memorandum is to provide to the lay reader a plain English, stand alone, explanation of the effect of the legislation and why it is necessary. It is not aimed at lawyers, but to help people who know nothing about the law or the subject quickly to gain an […]
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Richard Tottell
Richard Tottell had been involved in the publication of Year Books. He was a King’s Printer. In 1553 Richard Tottell began his publications of the Year Books. . .Early in his publishing career Tottell began to publish the separate years in groups. Tottell received a second licencel, dated […]
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Year Book Reports
Year Book Law Reports Introduction The Year Books are the law reports of medieval England. The earliest examples date from about 1268, and the last in the printed series are for the year 1535. The Year Books are our principal source materials for the development of legal doctrines, […]
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Jane Yetsweirt
Jane Yetsweirt had been involved in the publication of Year Books. After the dead of her husband, she was a King’s Printer. In Old Printed Editions of the Year Books of the Reign of King Edward III Year 1326-1327 ; Yetsweirt (Date of Publication: 1596 ) Year 1327-1328 ; Yetsweirt (Date […]
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Administration
Definition of Administration In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Administration : 1. The collection of assets, payment of debts, and distribution to the beneficiaries of property in the estate of a deceased person See also grant of representation 2. The […]