An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...J. Whitaker, 1899 |
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Page 401 - Kingdom, with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalization, be deemed to be a British subject unless he has ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect.
Page 402 - Gives, lends, sells, transmits, or exposes, without previous disinfection, any bedding, clothing, rags, or other things which have been exposed to infection from any such disorder, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds...
Page 399 - And each of the parties shall say to the other, ' I call upon these persons here present to witness that I, AB, do take thee CD to be my lawful wedded wife [or husband.'] Provided also, that there be no lawful impediment to the marriage of such parties.
Page 399 - ... office and in the presence of the superintendent registrar and some registrar of the district, and in the presence of two witnesses, between the hours of eight am and three in the afternoon, with open doors.
Page 248 - The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge." This commonwealth is a union of seventeen colleges, or societies, devoted to the study of learning and knowledge, and for the better service of the Church and State. All these colleges', or halls, have been founded since the beginning of the reign of King Edward I.
Page 409 - ... or to place over any footway any blind, shade, covering, awning, or other projection less than eight feet in height from the ground ; or to place any goods, wares, merchandise, matter, or thing whatsoever, so that the same project in such a manner as to obstruct or incommode the passage of any person over or along a footway ; or to...
Page 402 - Any person who : — (1) While suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder wilfully exposes himself without proper precautions against spreading...
Page 401 - An alien to whom a certificate of naturalization is granted shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in the United Kingdom...
Page 110 - Connanght and Strathearn. Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Louis of Battenberg. HRH the Duchess of Albany. HRH Princess Louise of Wales (Duchess of Fife). HRH Princess Victoria of Wales.
Page 77 - The barometer generally falls with a southerly and rises with a northerly wind ; though sometimes the contrary happens, and then the southerly wind is dry and the weather fine, or the northerly wind wet and violent. When the...