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Valuable consideration
v. Dakshina Maharashtra Digambar Jain Sabha, AIR 1953 SC 514 (516): (1954) SCR 235. (Limitation Act, 1968, s. 10) The classic definition of 'valuable consideration' is given in Currie v. Misa, (1875) 10 Ex. 153 (162), thus:
Property
dispose of it in accordance with law. In Ramanatha Aiyar's The Law Lexicon, Reprint Edn., 1987, at p. 1031, it is stated that the property is the most comprehensive of all terms which can be used, inasmuch … is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252. Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation
Succession duties
duties, varying in amount from 1 per cent. in the case of a child succeeding a parent to 10 per cent. in the case of succession to a stranger in blood, upon real or personal property to
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Uses
mortmain.' These grievances led to the passing of the Statute of Uses. This Act, 27 Hen. 8, c. 10, is usually called the Statute of Uses; its title on the Parliament roll is, 'An Act concerning Uses
Woman
Woman, the word 'woman' denotes a female human being of any age. (Indian Penal Code, s. 10) By the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 1, reproducing 13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, s. 3, words
Harbours
to the constitution of Port Health Authorities, see (English) Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 2-10. By 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 2, the powers of the Board of Trade over harbours, docks and piers
Immovable property
as part of land because they are attached and rooted in the earth, Suresh Chand v. Kundan, (2001) 10 SCC 221 (224). Immovable property shall include land, benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to
Company
a company formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1985 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 10, p. 9. Includes any body corporate, whether incorporated in Great Britain or else where, and references to directors
Gold
to the duty of the Bank of England under the Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), s. 8, to coin gold bullion for any person bringing the same for that purpose, which was suspended
Beer
Beer, a liquor, compounded of malt and hops. The selling of it by retail is regulated by various Acts. The (English) Licensing Act of 1828, which did not allow the sale of beer by retail except...
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