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Definition of Statute Law Revision Acts Since 1861 have been passed every few years to remove from the statute book Acts or parts of Acts which have become wholly obsolete. The legal effect of anything repealed by the Acts remains notwithstanding the repeal Browse You might be interested in […]

Definition of Stock (1) A family. (2) The capital of a company was formerly called its joint-stock meaning the common or joint fund contributed by the members. (See Company.) (3) A fund or capital which is capable of being divided into and held in any irregular amount Browse You might be […]

Definition of Statutory Rules And Orders Regulations made by the King in Council, Government Departments, or other authorities pursuant to Acts of Parliament, which regulations have the force of law, usually after having laid on the table of the House of Commons for a prescribed period Browse […]

Definition of Statute Merchant A bond acknowledged before the chief magistrate of some trading town pursuant to the statute De mercatoribus, 13 Edw. 1 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Statute Merchant in the Dictionaries, Statute Merchant in our […]

Definition of Stock Exchange An association of stock brokers and jobbers. It has many rules which, unless they are recognised by the law, are binding upon its members only to such extent as they can be enforced by disciplinary action on the part of the committee, and upon persons who are not […]

Definition of Stealing See Larceny; Embezzlement; Robbery. Stet processus. An entry on the record in an action in the old Common Law Courts, whereby it was ordered, with the consent of the parties, that all further proceedings in the action be stayed Browse You might be interested in these […]

Definition of Statute Of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3). Passed for the prevention of frauds and perjuries. It enacted (sections 1 and 2) that leases of lands, tenements or hereditaments (except leases not exceeding three years, reserving a rent of at least two-thirds the value of the land) shall […]

Definition of Stock Dale V. Hansard ((1839), 9 Ad. & E. 1). A report containing a libel on the plaintiff had been printed by the defendants by order of the House of Commons. Held, the House of Commons alone could not legalise the publication of the libel. Judgment for the plaintiff Browse You […]

Definition of Stop Order In Chancery practice, when a fund (in cash, stock or other securities) is in. Court in a cause or proceeding, any person claiming an interest in it may apply to the Court for an order to prevent it from being paid out or otherwise dealt with without notice to the […]

Definition of Statute Of Uses (27 Henry 8, c. 10). See Use Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Statute Of Uses in the Dictionaries, Statute Of Uses in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, […]