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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 27
New Zealand Law
New Zealand Law.
(Solicitors need not answer the last two questions.)
| 1. | What provision has been made in aid of the defective execution of powers of appointment, and how must an appointment to be made by deed be executed? |
| 2. | "No conveyance shall create any estate by wrong, or work a forfeiture, or have any other effect than a conveyance by lease and release would have had before the passing of this Ordinance." Explain this enactment. |
| 3. | What are the provisions of the Conveyancing Ordinance as to the appointment of new trustees? |
| 4. | What amendment has been made by the same Ordinance as to the effect of releases of part of the land in respect of which rent is payable? |
| 5. | What effect has been given to bills of lading as evidence of shipment, and by what Act? |
| 6. | Under what statutory conditions, and to what extent, may a carrier free himself from his common-law liability? |
| 7. | By whom may a marriage be solemnized, and whose consent is requisite to the marriage of a minor? |
| 8. | Name some instruments which cannot be stamped after execution, and state the consequences. |
| 9. | What provisions have been made to enable a person erecting a boundary-fence to secure contribution of part of the cost from the adjoining proprietor? |
| 10. | Upon an information coming on before Justices of the Peace, what courses are open to them in dealing with same? |
| 11. | State the jurisdiction conferred on Justices of the Peace by the Act of 1866 in cases of larceny? |
| 12. | Name the principal Act relating to the disposal of waste lands of the Crown; and what is the machinery for, and principal method of, disposing of such lands? |
| 13. | What is a miner's right, and what privileges does it confer? |
| 14. | On an application to forfeit a claim under "The Mines Act, 1877," is there any other course open to the Court than forfeiture, assuming sufficient grounds of forfeiture proved? |
| 15. | What effect is given to a certificate of title by "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," in a suit for specific performance of sale of land? |
| 16. | What is the effect of the insertion of the words "no survivorship" in a transfer to joint proprietors? |
| 17. | Give an abstract of the existing provisions as to the mode of trial of election petitions. |
| 18. | For what causes of action may claims be made against the Crown under "The Crown Suits Act, 1881"? |