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Has sublet

Has sublet, when s. 13(2)(ii)(a) of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 speaks of a tenant who 'has sublet', it refers

Piracy

Geo. 1, c. 24, s. 1, made perpetual by 2 Geo. 2, c. 28). As to piracy, see 13 & 14 Vict. cc. 26, 27. As to the jurisdiction of the Admiralty in regard to the Colonies,

Consideration

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

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Stamp duties

Stamp duties, a branch of the revenue. They are a tax imposed on all parchment and paper whereon certain legal proceedings and certain private ins-truments re written; and on licences for various purposes. The consolidating Stamp...

Burial ground

Burial ground, includes a vault or other place where a body is buried, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 10, 4th Edn., Para 1187, p. 548. Burial ground, includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or

Metric system

These units and others derived from them are divided decimally and larger units are formed from multiples by 10 100 1000 and 10000 The successive multiplies are designated by the prefixes deka formerly deca hecto kilo and

Information

or heinous misdemeanors. See EX OFFICIO INFORMATIONS; and (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104). The most usual information are, in cases of intrusion, for trespasses on Crown lands; debt, for Crown moneys

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:

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 … may be required) be conveyed to a person of full age upon the requisite trusts; and see ss. 130 to 132 of the same Act; also s. 65 (reservations in lieu of grants of rent-charges, easements, etc.);

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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