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Local Government Board (Ministry of Health)

in statutes to the Local Government Board must be read as referring to the Ministry of Health (S. 11, Sched. I.). … Local Government Board (Ministry of Health). This Board was established by the (English) Local Government Board Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 70), which concentrated in one department of the Government 'the supervision of the

Wilful

with evil intent or with a bad motive or purpose, Ashok Paper Kamgar Union v. Dharam Gowdas, (2003) 11 SCC 1 (15). Wilful act must be intentional, deliberate, calculated and conscious, with full knowledge or legal consequence

Instrument

'does not include a Statute, unless the Statute cre-ates a Settlement.' See also Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117; see also TRUST INSTRUMENT; VESTING INSTRUMENT. A telegram and an envelope with a falsified postmark have been held … a record, charter, deed or transfer, or agreement. By s. 205(1)(viii.) of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, 'Instrument' (for the purposes of the Act) 'does not include a Statute, unless the Statute cre-ates a Settlement.'

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Maxim

called, says Coke, quia maxima est ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas, atque quod maxime omnibus probetur, 1 Inst. 11. Modern opinion, however, does not rate maxims so highly, and Lord Esher, M.R., in Yarmouth v. France, (1887)

Appraiser

9 Vict. c. 76, they are required to take out an annual license. According to an old statute, 11 Edw. 1, stat. Acton Burnel, appraisers valuing goods too highly were compelled to take them at their own

Who has been a Judge of the High Court

office and no longer enjoys it, AIR 1966 All 45 (49). [Allahabad University Act (3 of 1923), s. 11(4)(i)(b)] … expression refers to a person who of one time occupied that office and no longer enjoys it, AIR 1966 All 45 (49). [Allahabad University Act (3 of 1923), s. 11(4)(i)(b)]

Acton-burnel

Acton-burnel, the statute enacting that a debtor's property might be sold to pay his debts, 11 Edw. 1, A.D. 1283, so termed from the place where it was made, situated in Shropshire. Repealed by

Employer

artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)] Employer, means: A person who controls and direct a worker under an express or implied contract of hire … or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within

Dixieland

the 11 southern states that seceded from the U S in 1861 … the 11 southern states that seceded from the U S in 1861

Desertion

Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and

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