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partners, etc. 7 Geo! 4 c. 64 : 14.
Mode of stating ownership of church, etc.
Mode of stating ownership of public property..
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sufficient to name one of such persons and to state such property belong to the person so named and another or others, as the case may be.
(2.) Where, in any such document, it is necessary to mention any purpose whatsoever, any partners or other joint owners or possessors, it shall be sufficient to describe them in manner aforesaid.
(3.) The provisions of this section shall be construed to extend to joint stock companies and associations, societies, and trustees.
86. Where, in any document in any proceeding under this Ordinance, it is necessary to state the ownership of any church, chapel, or building set apart for religious worship, or of anything belonging to or being the same, it shall be sufficient to state that such church, chapel, or building, or such thing is the property of the clergyman, or of the officiating minister, or of the church body or of the churchwarden of such church, chapel, or building, without its being necessary to name him or them.
87. Where, in any document in any proceeding under this Ordinance, it is necessary to state the ownership of any work or building made or erected, or maintained, either in whole or in part, at the expense of the Government of the Colony or of any city, town, or village thereof,
the ownership of anything belonging to or being in or used in relation to the same, or of anything provided for the use of the poor or of any public institution or establishment, or of any materials or tools provided or used in making, altering, or repairing any such work or building or any public road or highway, or of any other property whatsoever of such Government as aforesaid, it shall be sufficient to state that such property is the property of the Government of the Colony or of the city, town, or village, as the case may be, without naming any of such inhabitants.
Criminal remedies of married woman against her husband and others in respect of property. 45 & 46 Vict. c. 75 s. 12.
88.—(1.) Every married woman, whether married before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, shall have in her own name against all persons whomsoever, including her husband (subject as regards her husband to the proviso hereinafter contained) the same remedies and redress, by way of criminal proceedings, for the protection and security of her own separate property as if such property belonged to her as an unmarried woman.
(2.) In any indictment or other proceeding under this section, it shall be sufficient to allege the property to which the indictment or other proceeding relates to be the property of the married woman, and in any proceeding under this section a husband or wife shall be competent to give evidence against each other, any statute or rule of law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided that no proceeding shall be taken