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Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1897 (No. 1513), s. 20 — Trustee's remuneration — "Net amount realized and available for distribution" — Interpretation of statutes — Intention of Legislature — Redundancy.
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Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1897 (No. 1513), s. 20 — Trustee's remuneration — "Net amount realized and available for distribution" — Interpretation of statutes — Intention of Legislature — Redundancy.
Practice — Costs — Review of taxation — Criminal charge — Instructions for brief in petty sessions — Instructions for brief in Supreme Court — Work otherwise charged for in the bill — Common Law Procedure Statute 1865, Schedule XXXIX. — "Attending and conferring with witness subpnaed by the Crown" — "Ascertaining opinion of jurors with a view of challenging" — Work authorized by client.
Divorce — Practice — Desertion — Existence of several ground — Only one ground brought forward — Marriage Act 1890 (No. 1166), s. 74.
Practice — Parties — Joinder of parties — Action against promoters and directors — Joinder of several defendants in respect of independent causes of action — Misjoinder — Order XVI., r. 1 — Order XVIII., rr. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8.
Practice — Parties — Joinder of parties — Joinder of causes of action — Misjoinder — "Injuria" or "cause of action" — Action against promoters and directors — Joinder of several defendants in respect of independent causes of action — "Rules of the Supreme Court 1884" — Order XVI., rr. 4, 5, 7 — Order XVIII.
Order to review — Amount under 5l. — "Important question or principle of law" — Justices Act 1898 (No. 1584), s. 2 — Bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques — Interest in courts of petty sessions — Jurisdiction — Justices Act 1890 (No. 1105), s. 59 (4) — Instruments Acts, 1890 (No. 1102), s. 58; 1896 (No. 1423), ss. 7, 8, 9.
Health Act 1890 (No. 1098), ss. 255, 271-273 — Spreading nightsoil, offence of — Order of Governor in Council — "Corresponding provisions of any Act hereby repealed" — "Shall be and shall be deemed to be and may be cited as" — Repeal of and substitution for section — Application of section — Mind of Governor in Council.
County Court judgment — Execution upon in the Supreme Court — Certificate of County Court judgment — "Day named in such certificate" — Interest upon County Court judgment — County Court Act 1890 (No. 1078), s. 104, Schedule IX.
Lunatic — Beneficiary under a will — Executor relieved of trust — Payment of lunatic's share to Master in Lunacy — Lunacy Act 1890 (No. 1113), s. 213.
Trustee — Breach of trust — Reinstatement of fund — Constructive trust — Trusts Act 1896 (No. 1421), s. 29.
Practice — Parties — Different causes of action — Different defendants — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order XVI., r. 4 — Building society — Directors — Secretary — Commission on business introduced — Breach of trust — Statute of Limitations — Trusts Act 1896 (No. 1421), s. 29 — Debt provable in insolvency — Certificate of discharge — Insolvency Act 1890 (No. 1102), ss. 77, 114 — Statutes — Consolidation, effect of.
Customs Act 1890 (No. 1081), sec. 12, Schedule III. — Duties of Customs Act 1893, No. 2 (No. 1321), Schedule — Customs and Excise Duties Act 1895 (No. 1401) — Schedules II. and IV. — "Molasses refined."
Insolvency — Jurisdiction — Trader carrying on business in England and Victoria — Distribution of estate — Lex loci — English Bankruptcy Act 1883, 46 & 47 Vict., c. 52, s. 118 — Insolvency Act 1890 (No. 1102), s. 123, sub-s. iv.
Transfer of Land Statute — Mallee allotment — Transfer — Consent of Governor in Council — Fieri facias — Sheriff's sale — Partnership — Land Act 1890, ss. 157, 180.
Settlement, deed of — Construction — Bond — Testamentary expenses — Interest — Calls — Dividends — Corpus — Income — Mistake — Perpetual Annuity — Gift — Lapse — Vesting — Abatement — Fund to provide annuities — Rate of interest.
Mines Art 1890 (No. 1120) ss. 118, 133, 254, 257 — Appeal from Warden — Jurisdiction — Adjournment — Special case — Power to sit outside district — Order made in Melbourne — Costs — Practice — Prohibition.
Health Act 1890 (No. 1098), ss. 221, 249 — Nuisance — "Premises" — Pig-sty — Neglect to keep premises clean.
Action for malicious prosecution — Evidence, admissibility of — Precious transactions, evidence of — Wrongful rejection of evidence.
Health Amendment Act 1867 (No. 310), s. 49 — By-law — Construction — Deposit of nightsoil — Manuring of land — "Deposit."
Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1890 (No. 1100), sec. 22: Fourth Schedule, Form I. — Court of Petty Sessions — Summons to debtor — Examination of debtor, scope of — "Means you have of paying" — Past means — Order for commitment — Ground of order for commitment.
Criminal law — Larceny — Money deposited to abide the event of a wager — Refusal to pay bet — Felonious intent — Crimes Act 1890 (No. 1079), s. 389.
Practice — Reserved judgment — Case or point reserved — "At the trial" — "Rules of the Supreme Court 1884" — Order XXXVI., r. 39.
Contruct — Prospectus — Calling for tenders — Offer — Loan — Municipality — Local Government Act 1890 (No. 1074), s. 74.
Company — Company in liquidation — Companies Act 1896 (No. 1482), ss. 139, 141 — Rules of 1st January 1900 under Companies Act 1896 — Rule 4 thereof — Jurisdiction — Dispensation with observance of rules or forms.
Petition for advice — Practice — Affidavit in support — Service of petition upon persons interested — Intestate estate — Determination of next of kin — Doubtful matter of fact — Reference to the Chief Clerk — Trusts Act 1890 (No. 1150), s. 60.
Insolvency — Petition for sequestration — Estate of deceased person — Objections — No assets — Burden of proof — Insolvency Acts, 1890 (No. 1102), s. 37; 1897 (No. 1513), s. 113 — Bankruptcy Act, 46 & 47 Vict., c. 52, s. 125.
Friendly society — Friendly Societies Act 1890 (No. 1094)s. 16, sub-s. (8) — "Wilfully applies" — Intent.
County Court Act 1890 (No. 1078), Part V., ss. 138, 139, 140, 144 — County Court — Process of intercolonial court served in Victoria — Jurisdiction.
Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1897 (No. 1513), s. 20 — Trustee's remuneration — "Net amount realized and available for distribution" — Interpretation of statutes — Intention of Legislature — Redundancy.
Arbitration — Enforcement of award — Submission made a rule of Court — Appointment of arbitrator.
Companies Act 1890 (No. 1074), s. 124 — Rules under Companies Act 1896, 1st January 1900, rr. 7, 8, 9 — Voluntary liquidation — Unclaimed dividends — Payment into Court.
Practice — Costs — Taxation — Counsel's fees — Refreshers — "Clear day" — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order LXV., r. 27, sub-r. 48.
Trade mark — Expunging from register — Delay in moving to expunge trade mark — Open user of trade mark for three years — Allowing trade mark to remain on register on terms — Fraudulent intention to deceive — Evidence of expert that trade mark is calculated to deceive — "Calculated to deceive" — Trade Marks Act 1890 No. 2 (No. 1183), ss. 16, 29.
Insolvency — Payment in full to all creditors who have proved — Right of insolvent to surplus moneys — Certificate of discharge — Effect of grant of certificate of discharge — Debt proved after grant of certificate of discharge — Statute of Limitations.
Trustee — Trust funds — Solicitor acting as financial agent — Trust money lent and secured in name of solicitor agent — Misappropriation of trust funds by solicitor agent — Ledger entries in pencil, undated and unsigned — Evidence of appropriation of security to a particular fund — Onus of proof.
Practice — Divorce — Undefended suit — Proof of service of citation — Affidavit — Receipt.
Practice — Divorce — Wife's costs — Application to settle issues — Proceeding — Marriage Act 1890 (No. 1166), ss. 111, 116.
Practice — Supreme Court Act 1890 (No. 1142), ss. 85, 87 — Foreign procedure — Service out of jurisdiction — Foreign company — British company — Notice.
Executor — Commission — Passing accounts — Trustee company co-executor — Administration and Probate Act 1890 (No. 1060), s. 26.
A personal executor may be allowed commission on passing his accounts, his co-executor — a trustee company — having already received commission.
Insolvency Act 1890 (No. 1102), s. 37 (1) — Insolvency Act 1897 (No. 1513), ss. 75, 76, 81 — Act of insolvency — Assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Taxation — Bills of costs — Criminal proceedings — Scale of costs — Common Law Procedure Statute 1865 — Crimes Act 1890 (No. 1079), s. 494 — Court fees and percentages — "Rules of the Supreme Court 1884" — Order LXVIII., r. 1 — Order LXXIII., r. 4 (b).
Trustee — Breach of trust — Reinstatement of fund — Constructive trust.
Practice — Appeal — Security for costs — Special circumstances — Poverty of appellant — Discretion — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order LVIII., r. 15.
Practice — New trial — Verdict of jury — Amount — Verdict against evidence.
Practice — Pleading — Defamation — Defence — Fair comment — Embarrassment — Particulars — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order XIX., rr. 47, 27.
Practice — Divorce — Jurisdiction — Money for investigation of wife's case — Onus on husband to prove his inability to pay — "Marriage Act 1890" (No. 1166), s. 111.
Will — Construction — Life interest.
Will — Devise during widowhood — Estate for life.
Will — Construction — Joint tenancy — Land held under license from the Crown — Power of disposition — Terms of art — Interpretation of — "Bequeath" — "Freehold property" — Intestacy — Land Act 1869 (No. 360), s. 20.
Practice — Appeal — County Court — Jury — Verdict for plaintiff — Reservation of leave to move for nonsuit or verdict for defendant — Security for costs — Waiver — County Court Act 1890 (No. 1078), s. 133 — Negligence — Injury — Evidence — Question for jury.
Income Tax — Endowment policy — Mutual life assurance society — Participating member — Annual investigations of society's profits — Dividends of surplus of assets over liabilities amongst members — Reversionary additions to policies — Option of reduction of premium — Option of commutation for cash bonus — Payment of reversionary additions on maturity of policy — Liability to tax — Contract made by policy — Accretions of capital — Intention of Legislature as to taxation — Taxpayer's receipts which recur from year to year — Income Tax Act 1895 (No. 1374), s. 14 (1) (3).
Practice — Security for costs — Plaintiff resident out of the jurisdiction — Discretion of the Court — Consideration of the merits of the action.
Trustee — Trust funds — Investments — Breaches of trust — Lending trust moneys to a company — Loan on mortgage security — Financial position of borrower — Whether interest obtainable by entering into possession of mortgage property — Determination of value of land — Limit of amount proper to be lent by trustees on real estate — Interest chargeable against trustees — Trusts Act 1890 (No. 1421), ss. 25, 26.
Will — Construction — Contingent interest — "Become actually receivable" — "Entitled in expectancy" — Ascertainment of share — Right to interim income till happening of contingency — Maintenance of infant beneficiary — Accumulations of income.
Legal Profession Practice Act 1891 (No. 1216), s. 11 (3) — Articled Clerk — Absence of clerk through illness — Master absconded before completion of articles — Application for discharge of articles — Service of rule nisi — Supplementary articles — Non-assignment of original articles — English practice — "Rules for Admission of Barristers and Solicitors 1892," r. 18.
Infant — Custody of — Parent and child — Voluntary parting with custody by parent — Continuance of custody by other persons — Interference with parental right — Child interviewed by the Court — Facts influencing the discretion of the Court — Jurisdiction and control of Court — Habeas corpus — Sufficiency of return to writ of habeas corpus.
Trust — Breach of trust — Trust for sale to pay legacies, debts, testamentary expenses, and duties — Vacant and unproductive lands — Lands subject to mortgage and encumbrances — Delay in realizing — Large surplus of assets over liabilities depleted — Evidence disclosing prim facie breach of trust — Intervention of superior power or authority — Onus of proof — Person acting both as trustee and executor under a will — Trustee company — Liability for breach of trust.
Company — Banking law — Private company — One-man company — Existence of company separate from shareholders — Ultra vires — Blank cheque — Memorandum of association — Business "in connection with any other person" — "Incidental and conducive to" — Articles of association — Powers of managing director — Presumption of regularity — Liability of bankers — Negotiable instrument — Debts of co-partner antecedent to partnership — Liability of co-partner — Companies Act 1890 (No. 1074), 2nd Schedule, Table A, r. 55.
Practice — Security for costs — Jurisdiction — Payment out of Court — Retention in Court pending appeal — Limited company — Rights of successful party — Curtailed by special circumstances — Appeal to the Privy Council — Supreme Court Act 1890 (No. 1142), Part VI., s. 231 — Order in Council, 9th June 1860 — Companies Act 1890 (No. 1074), s. 68 — Order XXII., r. 11.
Practice — Rule nisi, setting down of for hearing.
Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1890 (No. 1100), ss. 4, 15, 22 — Proceedings under — Summons to debtor — Prior issue of distress warrant — Court of petty sessions — Who may be summoned and examined — Substitution of new order for imprisonment — "In default of distress or otherwise."
Garnishee — Moneys in hands of clerk of petty sessions.
Police Offences Act 1890 (No. 1126), s. 5, sub-s. (xxiv.) — Discharging firearms within a town — Public place.
Practice — Pleading — Particulars — Affidavit — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order XIX., r. 7.
Equitable execution — Appointment of receiver — "Just and convenient" — Discretion of Court — Upon what considerations based — Supreme Court Act 1890 (No. 1142), s. 63 (8) — English "Rules the of Supreme Court 1883" — Order L., r. 15(A).
Infant — Illegitimate — Custody — Right of mother — Marriage of mother — Marriage Act 1890 (No. 1166), s. 35.
Practice — Interrogatories — Belief founded on documents not admissible in evidence.
Health Act 1890 (No. 1098), ss. 223, 224 — Noxious trade — Consent of council — Registration fees, payment of — Waiver.
Practice — Petty sessions — Jurisdiction — Special contract — Landlord and tenant — Use and occupation — Justices Act 1890 (No. 1105), s. 59.
Company — Accounts — Auditor — Chief Clerk — Cash book — Companies Act 1896 (No. 1482), s. 141 — "Rules of 28th February 1900," rr. 4, 9 (1), Schedules IV., IX.
Factories and Shops Acts, 1890 (No. 1091), s. 47, Schedule IV.; 1896 (No. 1445), ss. 3, 38; 1898 (No. 1597), s. 5 (2) — Shops — Closing — Half-holiday — Regulation — Validity — Petition — Majority — "Class to be affected" — Mixed shops.
Customs and Excise Duties Act 1895 (No. 1401), s. 3, Schedule IV. — "Ships' fittings."
Pounds Act 1890 (No. 1129), ss. 3, 9 — Trespass by cattle — Orchard — "Tillage" — "Mean and include" — Excessive trespass rates.
Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1897 (No. 1513), s. 20 — Trustee's remuneration — "Net amount realized and available for distribution" — Interpretation of statutes — Intention of Legislature — Redundancy.
Trade name — Words sufficient to convey trade name — Advertisement for tenders — Tender — Formal contract — Implied contract — "As a going concern," meaning of — "Goodwill," meaning of — Assignment to trustee for benefit of creditors — Assignment under pressure of creditors — Relations between assignor and purchaser from trustee — Right of assignor to use his old trade name — Right of assignor to canvass old customers — Inability of assignor to restrain person using his trade name — Rights of purchaser of trade implements or fixtures bearing trade name — Abandonment of trade name by non-user — Trade mark — "London and American Supply Stores" — Geographical name — Registration of trade name of another person as a trade mark — User of part of trade mark — Infringement — Trade Marks Act 1890 (No. 2) (No. 1183), s. 8.
Negligence — Destruction of rabbits — Use of fire — Agent — Authority.
The Water Act 1900 (No. 1651), ss. 59, 60 — Rates made a charge on land — Mode of enforcing charge — Demand for payment.
Practice — Interrogatories — Solicitor and client — Privileged communications — Letters — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order XXXI., r. 14.
Practice divorce — Marriage Act 1890 (No. 1166), s. 78 — Application for jury — Adultery, charge of — Direction to set suit down for trial — "The Divorce and Matrimonial Rules 1885," r. 44.
Limitations, Statute of — The Crown — Applicability to — 21 Jac. I., c. 16.
Certiorari — Rule nisi — Imprisonment of Fraudulent Debtors Act 1890 (No. 1100), s. 22 — Order of court of petty sessions — Summons to debtor to attend as witness — Place of attendance, sufficient description of — Heading of summons — Tender of expenses as witness — "Just excuse" for non-attendance — Fine for non-attendance as a witness, how enforceable — "Conviction" — "Order" — Jurisdiction to issue warrant of distress — Jurisdiction to imprison in default of distress — Justices Act 1890 (No. 1105), ss. 4, 36 (4), 59 (5), 94, 100, 113, 146, 147 — Crown Remedies and Liability Act 1890 (No. 1080), ss. 4 to 16 — Practice.
Company — Difficulty in obtaining eligible securities — Alteration of memorandum of association — Enlargement of list of authorized securities — Enlargement of local area of company's operations — No immediate enlargement contemplated — Confirmation of alteration by Court — "Carry on business more economically or more efficiently" — Protection of shareholders and others — Interpretation — Sufficiency of notice — Companies Act 1896 (No. 1482), Division 4, ss. 77, 78, 79, 80.
Local Government Act 1890 (No. 1112), ss. 49, 166, 248, 257 — Election of shire councillor — Ouster from office — Whether grant of rule for ouster discretionary — Qualification of councillor — Determination of "rateable value" — Rateable property — "Land" for the purposes of rating — Occupier — Separate occupations — Part of building structurally separate from the rest — Separate ratings — Principles of rating — Applicability of English decisions on questions of rating — Payment into court "to abide the event."
Mortgage — Payment by mortgagor to mortgagee's solicitors — Authority of solicitors to receive mortgage money — Implied authority — Embezzlement by a partner in a firm of solicitors — Liability of co-partners — Joint debt — Rights of joint creditors — Liabilities of joint creditors — Transfer of Land Act 1890 (No. 1149), ss. 92, 121, 123, 124, 131 and Schedule xii. — Mortgage — Covenant to repay — Effect of discharge of mortgage.
Insolvency — Insolvency Act 1897 (No. 1513), s. 20 — Trustee's remuneration — "Net amount realized and available for distribution" — Interpretation of statutes — Intention of Legislature — Redundancy.
Trustee — Trust funds — Solicitor agent — Moneys lent in name of solicitor — Misappropriation — Pencil entries by solicitor — Following trust moneys — Evidence.
Will — Construction — Gift to charity — Rule against perpetuities — Conditional gift — Condition precedent or subsequent — Tenant for life — Remainderman — Live stock — Household furniture and effects.
Practice probate — Caveat — Order nisi to remove caveat — The Administration and Probate Act 1890 (No. 1060), ss. 18, 19.
Taxation — Bill of costs — Criminal proceedings — Scale of costs — Common Law Procedure Statute 1865, s. 440 — Crimes Act 1890 (No. 1079), s. 494 — Supreme Court Act 1890 (No. 1142), s. 25 — "The Rules of the Supreme Court 1884" — Order LXVIII., r. 1.
Executor — Commission — Company — Co-executor.
Administration and Probate Act 1890 (No. 1060), Part V. — Power of appointment by deed or will — Will operating as exercise of power of appointment — Direction to pay debts out of property subject to power of appointment — "Personal estate of or to which deceased was at his death possessed or entitled" — "Real estate comprised in such will" — Liability to probate duty — Nature of testator's interest in property in his lifetime — Intention of testator as to disposition of property subject to power of appointment — Wills Act 1890 (No. 1159), s. 25.
Licensing — The Licensing Act 1890 (No. 1111), ss. 58, 60, 61, 102 — Victualler's license — Objections to transfer — Fitness of transferree — Transfer of license — Application for — Judicial act.
Divorce — Desertion — Antenuptial agreement — Marriage induced by fraud — Defence — Evidence — Public policy — Marriage Act 1890 (No. 1166), s. 74.
Divorce — Desertion — Domicile — "Resorting to" — Marriage Act 1890 (No. 1166), s. 74.
Health Act 1890 (No. 1090), s. 223 — Offensive trade or business — Business causing effluvia — Carriage of nightsoil.
Practice — Commission to examine witnesses abroad — Delay and expense — Expert evidence.
Practice — "The Rules of the Supreme Court 1884" — Order L., r. 3 — Order for preservation of property — Bank notes.
Company — Director — Acceptance of shares — Prospectus — Secret profits — Promoter — Liability of director — Breach of trust — Measure of damages — Value of shares — Interest — Joint and several liability — Companies Acts, 1890 (No. 1074), sec. 152; 1896 (No. 1482), sec. 104 — Trustee — Statute of Limitations — Trusts Act 1896 (No. 1421), sec. 29 — Actio personalis moritur cum person — Supreme Court 1890 (No. 1122), s. 220.
Landlord and tenant — Lease — Insolvent proprietor — Trustee in insolvency — Mortgage — Default — Registration — Transfer of Land Act 1890 (No. 1149), ss. 236, 237 — Insolvency Act 1890 (No. 1102), s. 3.
Criminal law — Death caused by an act done in committing a felony — Death caused by the act of one of several persons engaged in committing a felony — Murder — Constructive murder — Sufficiency of evidence.
Company — Building Society — Winding-up — Amalgamation of companies — Administration of assets — Ultra vires.
Trustee — Mortgage — Possession — Foreclosure — Sale — Tenant for life — Remainderman.
Police Offences Act 1890 (No. 1126), s. 6 — Regulation — Obstructing footway.
Mines Act 1890 (No. 1120), ss. 235, 254 — Appeal — Decision — Order.
Income Tax Act 1895, 58 Vict. (No. 1374), s. 46 — Evading tax — Wilful neglect to furnish return — Two convictions.
Dog Act 1890 (No. 1084), ss. 14, 15, 17 — Dog — Wandering at large — Municipal officer — Wrongful seizure of dog — Owner informant.
Practice — Writ — Service out of the jurisdiction — Action on contract — Work done in New South Wales — Place of payment — Duty of debtor to seek creditor — "Breach within the jurisdiction of any contract wherever made" — Supreme Court Act 1890 (No. 1142), s. 85.
Trustee company — Trust fund — Investment of trust fund — Investment not authorized by trust deed — "Security" — Construction of deed — Assignment of right to sue for prior breaches of trust — Deposit with bank — Breach of trust — Omission to sue for trust money due — Duty of trustee to make personal investigation — Discretion of trustee — Scheme of reconstruction of company — Inaction by trustee — Liability of trustee — Trustee acting under the compulsion of an Act of Parliament — Companies Act Amendment Act 1892 (No. 1269), s. 3.
Criminal law — Crimes Act 1891 (No. 1231), s. 33 (2) — Unsworn testimony of child — Corroboration.
Company — Winding-up — Voluntary liquidation — Agreement — Interest — Supervision order — Reconstruction — Companies Acts, 1890 (No. 1074), ss. 124, 137, 146, 147, 148, 157; 1892 (No. 1269); 1896 (No. 1482), s. 153 (2); 1900 (No. 1699), s. 14 — Reconstructed Companies Act 1893 (No. 1356), s. 13.
Probate duty — Rules as to locality of assets for probate purposes — Locality of mortgage debt secured upon land — Lex domicilii — Simple contract debt — Specialty debt — Inability of mortgagee to re-convey mortgaged property — Statement for duty — Transfer of mortgage by father to son — Gifts by father to son — Valid alienation — Intent of donor — Intent of donee — Construction — "With intent to evade the payment of duty" — Change in form or value of property given away — Upon what duty chargeable — Duty paid to obtain probate so as to administer estate — Money voluntarily paid under mistake of law — "Voluntary" — Procedure to recover back probate duty — Action for money had and received against the Crown — Mandamus — Laches — Administration and Probate Act 1890 (No. 1060), ss. 105, 106, 115 — Real Property Act of New South Wales (26 Vict., No. 9), ss. 35, 40, 78.
Factories and Shops Act 1900 (No. 1654), s. 4; s. 15 (1), (10), (11), and (14); ss. 16, 17, and 18 — "Improvers," meaning of — Special Boards, appointment of — Determination of Special Board, effect of.
Public service of Victoria — Public servant — Residence in Government building — Deduction from salary for rent — "Quarters" — "Entitled" — Appropriation Acts — Contract — Acquiescence — Statute of Limitations — Public Service Acts (Civil Service), 1862 (No. 160), s. 52; 1883 (No. 773), s. 89; 1890 (No. 1133), s. 136.
Criminal law — Habeas corpus — Warrant — Evidence — Identity — Accused person — Signature of warrant — Jurisdiction — Police magistrate — The Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict., c. 69), ss. 3, 5, 9.
Articled clerk — Service under articles — Continuous service — Supplementary articles — Legal Profession Practice Act 1891 (No. 1216), s. 15 (3).
Factories and Shops Act 1890 (No. 1091), s. 3 — Shop — Half-holiday — Occupier — Auction — "Exposed or offered for sale."
Costs — Review of taxation — "Issues" — General costs of action.