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Consideration
Beer, (1884) 9 App Cas 605, showing, in accordance with the old law, that if A. owes B. 100l. and B. agrees to take and takes 90l. in full satisfaction for the debt, without any other or … the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration is one of the facts which the courts
Prescription
that acquiescence also supposes some reason for which the claim was foreborne, 1 Cruise's Dig., tit. Xxxi., 'Prescription,' c. i., s. 4, p. 421. There are two kinds of prescription, viz.: (1) negative, which relates to realty
Bill of sale
or by way of security. See Twyne's case, (1602) 3 Rep. 80 [44 Eliz.], and 1 Sm. L. C. 1 et seq., where the principal cases are collected. The registration of bills of sale was first required
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Crown
sovereign himself, or the rights, duties, and prerogatives belonging to him. The Act of Supremacy (English) (1 Eliz. C. 1), 'restoring to the Crown the Ancient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesistical and Spiritual and abolishing all Foreign
Scintilla juris et tituli
given to A. and his heirs, to the use of B. and his heirs until the marriage of C., and then to the use of C. and his heirs, here B. immediately becomes tenant in fee by … of which appears to be rendered unnecessary by s. 7 of the (English) Law of Pro-perty Amendment Act, 1860 (now repealed by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, 7th Sch.), has been warmly contested. Lord Coke
Land charge
tenant's improvements. See s. 4 of the Land Charges Registration and Searches Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 51), by s. 12 of which a 'land charge,' created after the commencement of that Act-i.e., after 1st … person, the money spent by him, or under that Act, as a charge under the Land Drainage Act, 1861 (see DRAINAGE), or s. 20 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, for repayment of compensa-tion of tenant's improvements.
H'retico comburendo, De
he might be burnt to death.-See Fitz. N.B. 269; Lely's Church of England Position, 179; 2 Hen. 4, c. 15; 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 6; 31 Hen. 8, c. 14. By 1 Eliz. c.
Curtesy of England
nor felons (Co. Litt. 30 b, n. 7), except under the Forfeitue Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23). A condition to restrain the husband of a feme-donee in tail from curtesy is repugnant and void, … estates, generalor special, aftr her death. Tenancy by the curtesy has been abolished by the (English) A.E. Act, 1925, s. 45, with regard to the inheritance of every person dying after 1925, but undr s. 130, (English)
Compensation
purposes and under Act of Parliament, e.g., the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), but where the land is acquired compulsorily by a Government Department or any local or Public Authority … or injuriously affected for public purposes and under Act of Parliament, e.g., the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), but where the land is acquired compulsorily by a Government Department or
Wages
any other person hired to do work or business for him. An infant can recover wages up to 100l. in the country Court, by s. 77 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1934, as if he were … 'payable to such person by reason of the termination of his employment, A.R. Sarin v. B.C. Patil, AIR 1951 Bom 423. Means remuneration payable to an employee under an award or settlement, Purshottam v. Potdar, AIR 1966
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