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Treasury Bills
Definition of Treasury Bills Under the Treasury Bills Act, 1877, the Treasury, when authorised by any other Act to raise money, may do so by means of bills (known as Treasury Bills) payable not more than twelve months after date. See Exchequer Bills Browse You might be interested in these […]
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Mutiny Act
Definition of Mutiny Act The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), declares that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is illegal. Consequently, an Act of Parliament was passed annually to legalise the Army […]
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Money-bill
Definition of Money-bill A bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains provisions dealing with finance and taxation.A money-bill can only originate in the House of Commons, and any bill certified by the Speaker to be a money-bill must be presented for the Royal […]
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Lawford V. Billericay Rural Council
Definition of Lawford V. Billericay Rural Council ((1903), L. R. 1 K. B. 779). Held, that if a corporation has accepted the benefit of necessary work done, or necessary goods supplied, it is liable to pay for the same, although the contract is not under seal Browse You might be interested in […]
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Chose In Action
Definition of Chose In Action A right of proceeding in a Court of law to procure the payment of a sum of money (e.g., a bill of exchange, a policy of insurance), or to recover pecuniary damages for the infliction of a wrong or the non-performance of a contract. A legal chose in action is…
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Bill Of Rights
Definition of Bill Of Rights The statute 1 Will & Mary, sess. 2, c. 2. It provided as follows :(1) The suspending power, when exercised by the Crown without the assent of Parliament, is illegal ;(2) The dispensing power, as of late exercised, is illegal ;(3) Levying money by prerogative is […]
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Bill Of Sale
Definition of Bill Of Sale A deed assigning personal property either absolutely or by way of mortgage to secure a debt. It is the only way of transferring a registered shipA bill of sale given as security for money must set forth the consideration for which it is given, it must be in the […]
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Bill Of Sight
Definition of Bill Of Sight The importer of goods, if unable to make a perfect entry thereof, may make an entry by bill of sight. (Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, ss. 58-62.) See Entry Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Bill Of Sight in the […]
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Bill Of Store
Definition of Bill Of Store A document for the entry duty free into the United Kingdom of dutiable goods which have been exported therefrom within the five years preceding their re-importation. (Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1879, s. 6.) Browse You might be interested in these references […]
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Billeting
Definition of Billeting The quartering of soldiers and their horses in the house of a subject. Billeting was restricted by the Army Act, 1881, to inns and victualling houses, but by the Army (Annual) Act of 1909, when the Territorial Force is embodied by Proclamation, soldiers of the Regular […]