ATUTES OF PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE PASSED act to amend the County Courts Acts, ib. act to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, act for assimilating the law and practice in cases of high provisions of, ib. recent decisions as to the liability of companies in certain provisions for the purpose of obviating, ib. act for enabling witnesses out of the jurisdiction to be act for preventing frauds upon creditors by secret bills of review of the provisions of, ib. remarks upon, ib. review of the above statutes continued, 345 act for the suppression of gaming-houses, ib. act for the examination of witnesses in the Ecclesiastical act to provide for the taking of oaths in the Admiralty provisions of, ib. acts relating to friendly societies, 346 acts relating to Parliament, ib. sheriffs of counties may be returning officers for boroughs, provisions as to bribery, treating, and undue influence, ib. acts relating to cruelty to animals, ib. TATUTES, PUBLIC GENERAL, 17 & 18 VICT., cap. 13. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Militia cap. 20. An Act to repeal an Act of the 53 Geo. 3, c. 72, cap. 25. An Act to amend the Industrial and Provident Rent when Parts of Lands in Lease are taken for cap. 34. An Act to enable the Courts of Law in England, cap. 36. An Act for preventing Frauds upon Creditors cap. 47. An Act to alter and improve the Mode of taking cap. 56. An Act to make further Provisions in Relation to STATUTES ABSTRACTED—(continued). cap. 75. An Act to remove Doubts concerning the due cap. 77. An Act to provide for the Mode of passing Let- cap. 78. An Act to appoint Persons to administer Oaths, cap. 79. An Act for further regulating the Sale of Beer cap. 82. An Act further to improve the Administration cap. 84. An Act to extend the Provisions of the Acts for cap. 87. An Act to make further Provision for the Burial cap. 88. An Act to render valid certain Marriages of cap. 95. An Act to make better Provision for the Admi- cap. 100. An Act to make further Provision for the more cap. 102. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- cap. 104. An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts re- cap. 105. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the cap. 106. An Act for amending the Laws relating to the cap. 108. An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the cap. 109. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, cap. 115. An Act to amend the Law relative to the Re- cap. 117. An Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of cap. 119. An Act for regulating Appointments to Offices 431 STATUTES ABSTRACTED-(continued). cap. 120. An Act to repeal certain Acts and Parts of Acts cap. 125. An Act for the further Amendment of the Pro- amended by the 10 & 11 Will. 3, c. 24, s. 14, ib. and by the 2 Geo. 3, c. 15, s. 7, ib. case of Rex v. Younger, ib. judgment of Lord Kenyon, C. J., in, ib. SUPERSTITIOUS USES, GIFTS TO, ANOMALOUS STATE OF THE LAW AS TO, UNDER THE effect of the 53rd section is to retain them, ib. SURETY, RELEASE OF, AS BETWEEN THE CRE- SURETY, RELEASE OF-(continued). doubt and conflict of opinion as to some portions of, 225 distinction which may be gathered from, ib. it is not clearly established, ib. difficulty in understanding grounds of, ib. effect of the decision in, 225, 226 objections to equity interfering in the way proposed, 226 case of Jenkins v. Robertson, ib. decision in, ib. difficulty of reconciling this with the principle that the SURETY AND CREDITOR, FRAUD AS BETWEEN. TENANT, LIABILITY OF, TO REPAIR PREMISES, liability of, for rent, although premises out of repair, ib. nor sue landlord for injury, ib. liability of, under void agreement, ib. French law on the above questions, ib. TESTAMENTARY CAUSES, PROPOSED TRANSFER must be to the Court of Chancery, ib. history of the acquisition of this jurisdiction by the Eccle- limits of, 38 concurrent jurisdiction of the Court of Chancer y,ib. sioners as to, ib. proposed new court of probate, 77 procedure of the Court of Chancery to be adopted in, 78 TION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. fruitless attempts on this subject hitherto made, ib. passages in the Queen's speech on this subject, ib. to what "civil courts" are matrimonial causes to be re- recommendation of Divorce Commissioners as to, ib. proposals as to testamentary jurisdiction, ib. transfer must be to the Court of Chancery, ib. on the same subject, 37 history of the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in these cases, ib. title deeds, USUAL CONDITION GIVING CUS- | WARBUTTON v. WARBUTTON—(continued). 262 WAR, RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS DURING A STATE discussion of the question of free ships free goods, 246 WARBUTTON v. WARBUTTON, CASE OF, AS TO it departs from established principles, ib. throws doubt on decisions of authority, ib. Review of this is shewn by O'Hara v. Chaine, 198 decided by Lord St. Leonards himself, ib. other objections to Vice-Chancellor Stuart's decision, ib. suggestions as to, ib. WESTMINSTER, CHANCERY SITTINGS AT. Re- WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT BONDS, POINTS acts by which they are authorised, ib. power of commissioners to borrow money, ib. to sell ground-rents and reversions, ib. proviso in sect. 50 of second act, ib. power of mortgage, ib. sects. 18, 19, and 20 of third act, ib. general observations on these powers, ib. no limit to amount which may be borrowed, ib. responsibility of commissioners, ib. bonds are charges on the property, ib. rights of bondholders, ib. as to mortgagees, ib. as to each other, ib. remarks upon, ib. distinction taken between a life interest and a gross sum, ib. absurdity of, ib. illustrations of this, ib. cases of Wilkinson v. 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