Category: Definition
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Young Person
Definition of Young Person A person between fourteen and sixteen years of age. (The Children Act, 1908, s. 131.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Young Person in the Dictionaries, Young Person in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]
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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 […]
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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…
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Wounding And Maiming
Definition of Wounding And Maiming Aggravated forms of battery (q.v.). See Mayhem; Malicious Injury to the Person Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Wounding And Maiming in the Dictionaries, Wounding And Maiming in our legal dictionaries, Related […]
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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 […]
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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…
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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Writ
Definition of Writ A document in the King’s name and under the seal of the Crown, a Court or an officer of the Crown, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or forbear from doing some act. Writs are of two principal kinds prerogative and of right(1) Prerogative writs are so called…