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OUR LAWYER. Conducted by a Barrister-at-Law. I Legal questions must be stated fully and clearly. and a full copy must be sent of any document on which advice is sought. All communications must Be endorsed "LEGAL," per Editor, WEEKLY MAIL," Cardiff. II" CONSISTENCY" (Oanton, Cardiff).—Wn agree with what yon say, but we cannot insert your letter because it is libellous. Means will be adopted, however, for bringing the matter before the proper authorities. NOTICE TO QUIT. Enquirer G." is advised that the notice to quit which reached him by registered letter at seven o'clock in the evening was In proper time, and must be obeyed. Many people are under the im- pression that a notice to quit to be valid must be served before twelve o'clock at noon on the rent day, but this is quite a mistake; the notice is in time if served at any time before midnight of the rent day. STAMPING AGREEMENT.—" A." (Llatidyssil) is informed that any agreement not under seal must be stamped within fourteen days after the day on which it bear. date, and any deed or agreement under seal within 30 days. He cannot now get ihtfRgreeraent stamped by altering the date. Such an ffteration would ensure the return of the agreement with a statement that the penalty must ba paid or that a statutory declaration must be made that the agreement was not signed until the later date. The best course is to have the agreement re-copied and signed, dated on the day when it is signed, and immediately sent up to be stamped. It will be a ery simple matter to alter the body of the agreement in accordance with the circum- stances LzoAcy DUTY. Shon Bach" is advised that the duty payable In respect of the legacy bequeathed to him will be at the rate of 3 per cent., and. therefore, will amount to very little more than one-quarter of what the executor wishes to deduct. He must insist upon no more than the proper amount being deducteda NOTICE TO Qljiw.-Il Business Man" (Olydach Vale) is advised that where premises are taken at an annual rent—whether p tyable half-yearly or quarterly—and no agreement is made as to what notice shall be re- quired to terminate the agreement, the tenancy is a yearly one, and can only be determined by half a year's notice to quit to expire at the same time of the year as the tenancy commenced. He must give half a year's notice to expire on the 1st of next June. COPYWILL. A. A. It." (Newport) is advised that If the deceased had any personal property situate in England his will must be proved in this country, and a copy it may then be obtained from the Registrar of Wills, Somerset House, London. If he had no personal property In England, a copy of It cannot be got here, and our correspondent will then have to make inquiries in Sweden. We have no knowledge of Swedish laws and customs, and cannot, therefore, tell him from whom in that country he can get a copy of the will. If he writes to the Swedish Ambassador in London, at 47, Charles-street, Ber- keley-square, B.W., or to the English Arabissador at Stockholm, he will be able to get the information he requires. DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER.—Felix" (Swansea) writes that he ordered some clothes from a tailor, and that shortly afterwards some person advised the tailor not to execute the order, as the goods would never be paid for. He wants to know whether this not a libel, and how he is to proceed to punish the offender. It Is not a libel, but a slander. To constitute a libel the defamatory matter must be committed to paper; anything defamatory which is spoken is a slander, For slander the only remedy is by an action for for damages, which can only be commenced in the High Court of Justice, and which. of course, entails considerable expense. In any such action he would have to prove that he had actually suffered Ion in consequence of the statements complained of before he could obtain a verdict. There is no such thing as a criminal remedy for slander, although there is for libel. WEIGHTS AND MISASUBES.—W«ter" (Machen) is bound to use Imperial measures only. The police ire under no obligation to .-Ive him any notice as to the change in the law, whi, took place some time IIg". Such notice has been ven in many cases, but it has only been doue as a matter of convenience; there is no necessity for it, as the maxim of the law is that Igno- rance of the law Is no excuse. He had better abandon his illegal practices before he g ts into trouble. RE-PAYMENT OF MORTGAGE MONEY. "Mortiboy" (Mumbles) is advised that so far as he is concerned all that is to be done is to receive and take the principal and interest, and give up the deeds. The mortgagor is entitled to have the property re-conveyed or re- assigned, but this must be done at his owu expense. If the mortgagor requires the mortgagee to execute any deeii the Titter Is entitled to have it perused by his own solicitor at the expense of the mortgagor. In all mortgage transactions the borrower has to pay all the cosis, both of his own solicitor and the tender's solicitor. COUNTY COURT. W. J." (CLrdiff) is advised that he will have to pay the plaintiff the whole of the court fees, Including the fee for the execution, although the execution was never levied. The execution may yet be levied an execution may be levied at any time within twelve months from the date when it was tot issued. PAKTHKBSHIP OR ASKNOY.—" Cymro is advised that if a corporation establish a public weighing machine and engage a man to attend to It, whom they remncerafe by giving him half the charges paid by persons using the machine, they do not thereby constitute the maD a paitner; lie is simply an agent remunerated by a commission of 50 per cent, of the takings. CLUB SECRIT.&RY. Cltib "(Cardiff) is ad vied that, if the secretary is a member of the club, he is entitled to vote at the meetings of the committee and members, unless there is anything in the rules expressly forbidding him to do so. The minute book, if paid for out of the club funds (as it ought to be), is the property of the club, and not of Lhe secretary. Subject to anything to the contrary contained In the rules, the minute-book should be open to the inspec- tion of the members at all reasonable hours, and should be kept on theolub premises. lfORTGAez TO TRUSTKU. Vera (Hereford) is advised that trustees ought not to lend truit moneys upon second mortgage, no matter how good the security may be. The best course to be adopted in this case is for the trustees to take a first mortgage for the whole sum now owing and to be advanced Indeed, this is the only proper course. Trustees have no right to advance money on an equitable mortgage by deposit of title deeds, but should always insist upon having a pro- parly executed legal mortgage. CHAJTGB OF TRUSTKKS.—" Lover of Falrplay (Ponty- pridd) Is advised that any person who is under the age of twenty-one years lias no power to remove his guardian or trustee from offioe, or to appointa new one in the place of one who has died,* resigned, been removed, or become incapable of acting. A trustee has no right to make any profit out of his office, and one who takes upon himself to live In one of the houses which he holds as trustee and to pay no rent for it is guilty of a groes breach of trust, upon proof 01 which a judge of the Chancery Division would remove Mm from the office. The trustee will have the sole management of the property until the boy comas of sge, and until then the boy has no power to interfere. CLAIM AS HEIB-AT-LAW.—" Next-of-kin" (Begelly) is advised not to waste bis time and money in- vestigating the advertisement which appeared In the Times exactly three-quarters of a eentury ago. Any claim which might have been made has become barred by the Statute of-Limitations longsgs. The lut-a of the next-of-kin agents consists principally of advertise- ments which, like this, are altogether out of date an i of no value to anybody* LETTEB-DELITJIBY.—" Poatal" (Llangwyryron) is advised to draw up a petition setting forth his grievance and any reasons which he can devise for the number of deliveries being increased, get it signed by as many people living In the district as he can persuade to sign it, and then send it to the Postmaster-Oenerai, London. Government officials are seldom in a hurry, and. therefore, he must not be disappointed if he has to wait a considerable time and write many letters before he can gsny answer to his petition,, except the stereotyped one that the matter Is under consideration. Divoncz.-l' One in a Fog" does not give us sufficient information in his letter to enable us to aajr that he has a good chance of succeeding if he takes pro- ceedings to obtain a divorce from his wife. His auc- gestion that he should endeavour to obtain an order for leave to take proceedings in formd pauperis is the best which could be made under the circumstances. If he can get a barrister to give a favourable opinion, he will get an order as a matter of course. We pre- sume he ia acquainted with the steps he will have to take to obtain such an order, as be does not ask us for Information on the subject; if we a e wrong in this we shall he happy to furnish him wit ti full infor- mation on th- subject upon hearing him. In stating a case for a banister to advise u'> in he will have to give the full names, addrefscs, and dates, commencing with the marriage. He must bear in mind that no barrister will give an opinion upon a case unless it is submitted to him through a solicitor. In writing for our opinion every correspondent ought to take the greatest care to state all facts and dates fully and correctly, and not send such a bald state- ment as One in a Fog has done. Our opinion is given without fee, and surely it is worth a little trouble to obtain It. M.4.TJ:R AND SERVANT.—" Ban quo (Oardiff) was not justified iu leaving his situation without not ice. His master Is entitled to sue him for the amount of a week's wages as damages in lieu of notice.

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