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  • Workmen's Compensation

    Definition of Workmen’s Compensation The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906, s. 1, provided If in any employment personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to a workman, his employer shall be liable to pay compensation. A workman is defined (section […]

  • Zamora, The

    Definition of Zamora, The ([1916] A. C. 77). Held, that it is the primary duty and function of the Prize Court to administer international law. The Prize Court is bound by an Act of Parliament, but it is not bound by an Order of the King in Council which is contrary to international law. But…

  • Yorkshire Deed Registry

    Definition of Yorkshire Deed Registry A registry of deeds and wills relating to land in Yorkshire. If a deed or will is not registered it is void as against a subsequent purchaser for value, who has registered his deed. By the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 11, instruments which do not deal […]

  • Yonge V. Toynbee

    Definition of Yonge V. Toynbee ([1910] 1 K. B. 215). If an agent continues to act after the death or lunacy of his principal, even in ignorance of it, he is liable on a warrant of authority.A solicitor employed to conduct litigation on behalf of X accepted service of the writ, entered […]

  • Year Books

    Definition of Year Books A series of reports of cases written in the AngloNorman language, commencing in the thirteenth century and extant either in manuscript copies or in print from 1290 to 1535 with very few gaps. It is generally agreed that they were notes of cases taken by apprentices to […]

  • Wrong

    Definition of Wrong A violation or infringement of a right. A private wrong or tort (q.v.) is an offence against an individual; a public wrong, an offence against the community. See Crime Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Wrong in the Dictionaries, […]

  • Writing

    Definition of Writing The following contracts are required to be in writing:(1) Bills of exchange, promissory notes, and acceptances(2) Assignments of copyright. (Copyright Act, 1911.)(3) Contracts of marine insurance. (Marine Insurance Act, 1906.)(4) Acceptances or transfers of shares in a […]

  • Writ Of Right

    Definition of Writ Of Right (1) One which is grantable as a matter of right, as opposed to a prerogative writ. See Writ(2) A real action which lay to recover lands in fee-simple, unjustly withheld from the rightful owner. It might be brought in any case of disseisin. There were also writs in […]

  • Wreck Commissioners

    Definition of Wreck Commissioners Persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor ander the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to hold investigations at the request of the Board of Trade into shipping casualties Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Wreck […]

  • Wreck

    Definition of Wreck If a ship was lost at sea, and the cargo or a portion of it came to land, the goods saved belonged to the Crown. This privilege was frequently granted to lords of manors. The owners of shipwrecked goods were allowed to reclaim them within a year and a day, if they…