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Crown

and abolishing all Foreign Power repugnant to the same,' after repealing 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 8, reviving the Foreign Citations Act,the Act of Appeals, Abolition of Annates Act, the Act of Submission, the Confirmation

Uses

the well-known 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

Deed

Declaration of Uses in deeds executed before 1926 operating by virtue of the Statute of Uses (27 Hen. 8, c. 10). A person may take an estate under this declaration, although not a party to the deed.

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Plant

(1971) 3 SCC 550: (1971) 82 ITR 44; Scientific Engineering House (P) Ltd. v. C.I.T., (1986) 1 SCC 11: 1986 SCC (Tax) 143: (1986) 157 ILR 86. Plant, the fixtures, tools, machinery, and apparatus necessary to carry … a certain mechanical operation or process, Steel City Beverages Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1996) 1 Pat LJR 868. Plant, has frequently been used in fiscal and other legislation. It is one of a fairly large category

Warranty

see Lawrence v. Cassell, (1930) 2 KB 83, and Miller v. Cannon Hill Estates Ltd., (1931) 2 KB 113, or to any other agreement or transaction, and in so far as it is a contract a warranty … transfer of property, or collateral to the contract for such transfer, see Lawrence v. Cassell, (1930) 2 KB 83, and Miller v. Cannon Hill Estates Ltd., (1931) 2 KB 113, or to any other agreement or transaction,

Lottery

Lottery, a game of chance; a distribution of prizes by lot or chance, Taylor v. Smetten, (1883) 11 QBD 207. By 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared … 'a scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance', Emperor v. Gurbaksh Singh, AIR 1934 Lah 840. Lottery means a scheme, in whatever form and by whatever name called for distribution of prizes by lot

Nuncupative Will

Nuncupative wills are abolished by the (English) Wills Act, 1837, s. 9, but with a proviso by s. 11 that any soldier being in actual military service, or any marine or seaman being at sea, may dispose

Adulteration

corrupt production of any article, especially food: indictable at common law, see R. v. Dixon, (1814) 3 M&S 11. The adulteration of bread, corn, meal, or flour is made a statutory offence by the Bread Act, 1836,

Glass

Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39Vict. c. 55), s. 171; (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 28. (English) Under Factories and Workshops Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), 'Glass … Glass. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 81(1), every person who steals or with intent to steal breaks any glass belonging to any building, shall be

Actus curiae neminem gravabit.

Actus curiae neminem gravabit. Jenk. Cent. 119.--(An act of the Court will hurt no person) See Broom's Leg. Max., citing Cumber v. Wane, (1719) 1 … Arunugham, (1990) 1 SCC 513; AIR 1990 SC 1828; Suresh Chand v. Gulam Chisti, 593: AIR 1990 SC 897; Ramji v. Ramadevi, 1990 Supp SCC. 758: AIR 1991 SC 211:; Bhoop v. Matadin Bhardwaj, (1991) 2 SCC

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