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BENEFIT OF CESSION, Civil law (law) and Macphail, Agnes Campbell (sh)


BENEFIT OF CESSION, Civil law (law)


BENEFIT OF CESSION, Civil law. The release of a debtor from future imprisonment for his debts, which the law operates in his favor upon the imprisonment for his debts, which the law operates in his favor upon the surrender of his property for the benefit of his, creditors, Poth. Proced. surrender of his property for the benefit of his, creditors, Poth. Proced. Civ. 5@eme part., c. 2, Sec. 1. This was something like a discharge under the Civ. 5@eme part., c. 2, Sec. 1. This was something like a discharge under the insolvent laws, which releases the person of the debtor, but not the goods insolvent laws, which releases the person of the debtor, but not the goods he may acquire afterwards. See Bankrupt; Cessio Bo. Insolvent. he may acquire afterwards. See Bankrupt; Cessio Bo. Insolvent.

Macphail, Agnes Campbell (sh)




born March 24, 1890, Grey county, Ont., Can.
died Feb. 13, 1954, Toronto

Canadian politician.

Originally a schoolteacher, she entered Politics to represent the farmers in her region. In 1921, the first year women could vote in national elections in Canada, she was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as its first female member; she served until 1940. She advocated prison reform and women's rights as well as a protective tariff. She was the first female Canadian delegate to the League of Nations. Elected to the Ontario legislature (1943-45, 1948-51), she sponsored the province's first equal-pay legislation.