now having or exercising jurisdiction to grant been granted by this Act, and the said clauses, probate or administration, or other person or provisions, rules, and regulations relating persons having the custody of the documents thereto were herein repeated and specially and papers of or belonging to such Court, or enacted; s. 93. person, or body politic or corporate, shall upon receiving a requisition for that purpose from the principal registrar, and at the times and in the manner mentioned in such requisition, transmit all wills, administration bonds, notes of administration, Court books, calendars, papers, and documents appertaining exclusively to such jurisdiction, to the record keepers of the Court, to be deposited in the Testamentary Office of the Court, and to be there arranged so as to be easy of reference; s. 84.

Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill.

fects of any person dying domiciled in Scotland shall be as valid and effectual with respect to the personal estate of the deceased in England, Wales, or Ireland as with respect to his personal estate in Scotland: Provided always, that no person transferring any personal estate to any person claiming under any such probate, administration, or confirmation as aforesaid shall be bound to inquire into the domicile of the deceased, if the fact of such domicile shall be stated on the face of the probate, administration, or confirmation, or be in anywise affected, though the domicile of the deceased may be untruly stated therein; s. 117.

In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, or any instrument, document, or legal proceeding, it shall be sufficient to use the expression "The Testamentary Jurisdiction Act, 1855;" s. 118.

This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland, except where expressly mentioned;

person or one of the persons] applying for probate [or administration] of the [Insert the nature of the grant, and description of the deceased], late of

1. The said A. B. died on or about the One thousand

hun

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day of

deceased, make In the Testamentary Court. oath [In case of Quakers, solemnly affirm] Be it known, That on the and say as follows:18 the last will and testament of A. B., late of deceased, hereunto annexed, was proved and registered in the Testamentary Court, and that the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased, and any way concerning his will, was granted by the Court to C. D.,

day of dred and

at [Insert place of death, or set forth the reason why the same cannot be furnished].

the sole executor named in the said

2. The personal estate and effects of the said deceased which he any way died possessed of or entitled to, and for or in respect of which will, he having been already sworn well and probate [or administration] is to be granted, faithfully to administer the same, and to make exclusive of what the said deceased may have a true and perfect inventory of all and singular been possessed of or entitled to as a trustee for the goods, chattels, and credits, and to exhibit any other person or persons, and not bene- the same into the Testamentary Office of the ficially [Insert as to leasehold estates, if said Court on or before the any], and without deducting anything on account of the debts due and owing from the said deceased, are under the value of pounds, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief [If no leasehold estates, insert so here].

day of true account thereof. 18, and also to render a just and Sworn under £ that the testator died at in the county of

and

day of

on the 18

(L.S.)

Form of Letters of Administration.

3. The Schedule hereunto annexed, to which I have set and subscribed my name, contains, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, the nature and description of the said In the Testamentary Court. personal estate and effects.

Sworn at

Before me

granted by the Testamentary Court to C. D.,
of
the widow of the said in-
testate, she having been already sworn well and
faithfully to administer the same, and to make
a true and perfect inventory of all and singular
the said goods, chattels, and credits, and to
exhibit the same into the Testamentary Office
of the said Court on or before the
day of

18 and also to render a just

and true account thereof.
Sworn under £

that the intestate died at
in the county of
day of

and

on the

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to explain and enlarge the power of the Lord Chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid, in the matter aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

1. Where a lunatic is seised of or entitled to land in tail, and it appears to the Lord Chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid, to be for his benefit, the Committee of the estate may in the name and on behalf of the lunatic, under order of the Lord Chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid, make any such leases of the land or any part thereof as in the said section of the said Act are mentioned, and every such lease shall be (L.S.) good and effectual in law against the lunatic and his heirs, and all persons claiming the lands entailed by force of any estate tail which shall be vested in such lunatic, and also against all persons, including the Queen's most excellent Majesty, her heirs and successors, whose

NEW STATUTES EFFECTING ALTE
RATIONS IN THE LAW.

LUNACY REGULATION ACT, 1853, AMEND- estates are to take effect after the determination

MENT.

18 VICT. c. 13.

Lord Chancellor, in matters of lunacy, enabled to empower Committees of estates to grant leases binding on issue or remainder-men; s. 1.

Interpretation; s. 2.

of or in remainder or reversion expectant upon such estate tail, according to such estate as is comprised and specified in every such lease, in like manner as the same would have been good and effectual in law if the lunatic at the time of the making of such leases had been lawfully seised of the same lands comprised in such lease of a pure estate in fee simple to his own use, and had been of sound mind, and not the subject of a Commission of lunacy,

The following are the Title and Sections and had himself granted such lease; and every of the Act :

person to whom from time to time the reverAn Act to explain and amend the Lunacy Re-after the death of the lunatic shall and may sion expectant upon the lease shall belong gulation Act, 1853. [26th April, 1855.] have such and the like remedies and advanWhereas by the section numbered 129 of an tages, to all intents and purposes, against the Act passed in the 16 & 17 Victoria, entituled lessee, his executors, administrators, and as"An Act for the Regulation of Proceedings signs, as the lunatic or his Committee would under Commissions of Lunacy, and the Con- or might have had against him or them: And solidation and Amendment of the Acts respect- the powers given by sections numbered 130 ing Lunatics so found by Inquisition, and their and 131 of the said recited Act shall and are Estates," it was enacted, that where a lunatic to operate as extensively as the power given is seised or possessed of or entitled to land in by the said section 129 of the said Act as exfee or in tail, or to leasehold land for an abso-plained and enlarged by this Act. lute interest, and it appears to the Lord Chan- 2. Where any of the expressions in this Act cellor, intrusted as in the said Act mentioned, are used in the said recited Act they shall reto be for his benefit that a lease or under-lease ceive the same interpretation in this Act as by should be made thereof for terms of years, for the said recited Act is imposed upon them. encouraging the erection of buildings thereon, or for repairing buildings actually being thereon, or otherwise improving the same, or for farming or other purposes, the Committee of the estate may, in the name and on behalf of the lunatic, under order of the Lord Chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid, make such leases of the land or any part thereof, according to the lunatic's estate and interest therein, and to the nature of the tenure thereof, for such term or terms of years, and subject to such rents and covenants, as the Lord Chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid, shall order: And whereas it has been considered that the Lord Chancellor, intrusted as aforesaid, cannot by force of the said enactment empower the Committee of a lunatic tenant in tail to grant leases as extensively as was intended by the said enact- Whereas the Inclosure Commissioners for ment, which will bind his issue in tail and the England and Wales have, in pursuance of remainder-men: And whereas it is expedient "The Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and

COMMONS INCLOSURE. 18 VICT. C. 14. Inclosures mentioned in schedule may be proceeded with; s. 1. Short title; s. 2.

The following are the Title and Sections of the Act:

An Act to authorise the Inclosure of certain
Lands in pursuance of a Report of the In-
closure Commissioners for England and
Wales.
[26th April, 1855.]

New Statute's effecting Alterations in the Law.-Law of Attorneys and Solicitors.

Improvement of Land," issued their provisional orders for and concerning the proposed inclosures mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, and have in their Tenth Annual General Report certified their opinion that such inclosures would be expedient; but the same cannot be proceeded with without the previous authority of Parliament: Be it enacted, as follows:

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1. That the said several proposed inclosures mentioned in the Schedule to this Act be proceeded with.

2. In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, and in legal instruments, it shall be sufficient to use either the expression "The Annual Inclosure Act, 1855," or "The Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land."

LAW OF ATTORNEYS AND SO-
LICITORS.

TAXATION OF BILL, WHERE SPECIAL
AGREEMENT.

a

22nd June, 1854.

22nd June, 1854.

13th July, 1854.
4th October, 1854.
9th September, 1854.
8th June, 1854.
4th October, 1854.
18th May, 1854.
14th January, 1853.
27th October, 1854.
27th July, 1854.
3rd January, 1855.
3rd January, 1855.
11th January, 1855.
18th January, 1855.

17th January, 1854.

25th January, 1855.
4th January, 1855.
26th January, 1855..

The petitioner insisted, that the respondent was only entitled to charge costs out of pocket, and he presented a petition for taxation on the footing of the above undertaking, and specifying items of alleged overcharge. The respondent, by his affidavit, denied that any part of the business in the bill of costs had been transacted upon the footing of the undertaking of 1849, but on the contrary, under the belief, impression, and understanding that he was to be paid in the usual way, as he said, Lyddon had promised him.

THIS was a petition for the taxation of bill of costs presented by Mr. Lyddon, who had been formerly a solicitor, but had retired in 1844. It appeared that in 1849, he employed Mr. Ransom, a solicitor, who succeeded him in business, and that on January 29, 1849, Mr. Ransom had signed the following undertaking:-"Doe d. SharThe Master of the Rolls said-" I think land v. Roe, Richard Lyddon and others that the proper order to be made in this case I hereby undertake and agree to charge is the common order to tax the respondent's you only the different sums of money paid out of pocket by me in the above actions, or in any other business in which I may be concerned for you, provided you are unable to recover the proper costs in the above actions, or in any other business in which I may be concerned for you."

In 1853, the respondent had transacted some business for the petitioner, for which, in December, 1853, he delivered his bill of costs, amounting to 1127.

bill of costs, reserving all the costs. I intend to express no opinion whether the Master ought to regard this agreement at all, or what construction he ought to put upon it. I cannot but feel there is a good deal of obscurity in the decisions on this subject; and I think it extremely desirable that the law upon it should be clear and distinct. I shall reserve the costs of taxation until the Master has made his certificate." In re Ransom, 18 Beav. 220.

INFANTS' MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS. | settlement of all or any part of his or her property, whether real or personal, and whether THE following is the Bill introduced by Mr. in possession, reversion, remainder, or exMalins to enable infants, with the approbation pectancy; and every conveyance and assignof the Court of Chancery, to make binding set- ment of such real or personal estate, or contlements of their real and personal estate on tract to make a conveyance or assignment marriage. It recites that great inconveniences thereof, executed by such infant, with the apnd disadvantages arise in consequence of per-probation of the said Court, for the purpose of sons who marry during minority being incapable of making binding settlements of their property: for remedy whereof it is proposed that

1. From and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for every infant upon or in contemplation of his or her marriage, with the sanction of the Court of Chancery, to make a valid and binding settlement or contract for a

giving effect to such settlement, shall be as valid and effectual as if the person executing the same were of the full age of 21 years.

2. The sanction of the Court of Chancery to any such settlement or contract for a settlement may be given, upon petition presented by the infant or his or her guardian, in a summary way, without the institution of a suit.

Blincow, Valentine Budd, Pentonville; Leamington-priors; and Burton-latimer

Booth, John, jun., 15, Oxford-terrace, Old Kentroad; Arthur-street; and Sherburn-grange Brennan, John, 51, Devonshire-street, Portlandplace

Brooke, Richard Arnaud, 16, Tavistock-pl., Tavis-
tock-square; Upper Albany-st.; and Liverpool
Brunskill, Jonathan Ward, 35, Holford-square,
Pentonville; and Gibson-square

Cann, Edwin Newman, 4, Heathfield, Wandsworth-
common; and Crystal-terrace.
Cardale, Edward, 51, Torrington-square; and Bed-
ford-house, Tavistock-square.
Chapman, Lawrence Foster, Old-friars, Richmond.

Davies, Henry Gilbert Rice, 2, Gloucester-terrace,
Hyde-park; Calthorpe-st.; and Haverfordwest
Davison, Thomas John Robert, 9, March-place,
Putney; and Worcester

Dickinson, John Abraham, 8, Duke-street, Port-
land-place; and Wells

Eddowes, Charles Kirk, 23, Davies-st., Berkeleysquare; and Store-street

Evans, Robert, Ashton-under-Lyne

Faithfull, Henry, 1, Howard-place, Montpelier

Harrison, George, Newark-upon-Trent
Harrison, George Sandford, 22, Tavistock-place,
Tavistock-square; John-street; and Richmond
Heard, Henry, 34, Southampton-row, Russell-
square; Euston-grove; and Exeter

To whom Articled, Assigned, &c.

W. B. Ogden, St. Mildred's-court; T. Loughborough, Austin-friars

R. J. Child, Old Jewry

T. S. James, Birmingham

John Sims Weir, deceased, Nicholas-lane