Commissioners, Perpetual
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Commissioners, Perpetual, for taking acknowledge-ments of married women under the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), and the (English) Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 5), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Fines and Recoveries.' See s. 81 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1881, proper persons were appointed such Commissioners by the Lord Chief Justice of England from time to time. The (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 167, has abolished the statutory requirements for acknowledgments by married women as respects settlements executed after 1925.
Definitions are for legal research. Always verify meaning in the context of the statute, judgment, or jurisdiction cited.