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constitute

constitute 1 : to appoint to an office or function [those who are constituted heirs or named legatees "Louisiana Civil … s all magistrates] 2 : establish found [to tribunals inferior to the supreme Court "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 3 a : to put (as an agreement) into required form b : to qualify as [a letter can

Newly set up establishment

been defined, though in a different context, by this Court in Gymkhana Club Employees' Union v. Management, (1968) 1 SCR 742: AIR 1968 SC 554: (1967) 2 Lab LJ 720 to mean 'any business or any work … Newly set up establishment, the word 'establish-ment' is also found used in s. 3 and that section clearly indicates that an establishment may consist of different departments or undertakings and it is,

Benefit

benefit which a mutawalli is entitled to claim solely by reason of his being such mutawalli. [Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995), s. 3 (b)] The word 'benefit' in the context means for the immediate benefit of

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commit

commit com·mit·ted com·mit·ting vt 1 a : to put into another's charge or trust : entrust consign [committed her children to her sister's … : perpetrate [to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 3 : obligate bind vi : to obligate or bind oneself [would not to the irrevocable order]

Uses

maxim, 'quitas sequitur legem. (2) They were devisable even before the Statute of Wills, 32 Hen. 8, c. 1. (3) They were transferable, although at law they were mere choses in action. (4) A cestui que use in

Workmen's Compensation Act

by s. 1 (2)]; contracting out is not allowed except under a scheme made under the Act [s. 1 (3)] Notice, verbal or written, is necessary (s. 14) within six months from the accident, or in case of

Equitable estates and interests

more flexible disposition of legal interests in land. Under the (English) Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 7) trusts creating equitable estates or interests in land, including leaseholds and copyholds, were required to be … although the statute did not extend to any use or trust upon a use (Tyrrel's case (1557) Dyer, 155 a), and the statute did not more than to impose a simple and merely verbal formality in the

Distress

with the following exceptions:- (1) Fixtures [see Provincial Bill-posting Co. v. Law Moor Iron Co., (1909) 2 KB 344]; (2) Animals fer' natur': (3) Goods delivered to a person in the way of his trade, as a … rent payable by a tenant to a landlord, technically termed 'rent-service,' and by particular reservation, or under s. 121 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, for rent-charges, and also for rents-seck since the (English) Landlord

Equitable mortgage

the Chancery Division to redeem the estate. Now under the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, Sched. I., Parts VII. (1), (3), and VIII. (1), (3), and see ss. 85, 86, ibid., a mortgagor retains a legal estate in fee … redeem the estate. Now under the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, Sched. I., Parts VII. (1), (3), and VIII. (1), (3), and see ss. 85, 86, ibid., a mortgagor retains a legal estate in fee simple or for a

Joint-tenancy

because it did not induce fractions of estates, and returning to early principles the (English) Land Legislation of 1925 has employed the tenure generally as the machinery by which legal estate may in such cases always be … in cases of trustees for sale upon the statutory trusts for sale [see (English) L.P. Act, 1925, ss. 34 et seq.], assignees in bankruptcy, and others, though they differ in some respects from simple joint-tenants. Before 1926

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