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Borough Funds Acts

Borough Funds Acts. The (English) Borough Funds Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 91) (commonly called Leeman's Act), authorized borough councils and governing bodies of other

Conciliation

(Arbitration) Act, 1824, the (English) Councils of Conciliation Act, 1867, and the (English) Arbitration (Masters and Workmen) Act, 1872, the Act of 1824 not having been enforced for half a century and the Acts of 1867 and

Accused of any offence

Accused of any offence, The expression 'accused of any offence' in s. 25 of the Evidence Act, 1872 would cover the case of an accused who has been put on trial, whether or not at the

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Crown

the Act of Submission, the Confirmation of Bishops Act, the Archiepiscopal Licenses Act (23 Hen. 8, Contract Act, 1872 '. 9, 20; 24 Hen. 8, c. 12 l 25 Hen. 8, Contract Act, 1872 -. 19-21; 26

House of Commons

1918. As to electors, see ELECTORAL FRANCHISE. Secret voting at elections was first introduced by the Ballot Act, 1872, which was a temporary Act, continued annually by an Expiring Laws Continuance Act, until made permanent by s.

Misrepresentation

mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject of the agreement. [(English) Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 18)] Misrepresentation, i.e., suggestio falsi, if a matter of substance essentially material to the

Distinctly

provision, Mohd Inoyatallah v. State of Maharashtra, (1976) 1 SCC 828: AIR 1976 SC 483 (485). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 27) The word 'distinctly' means 'directly', 'indubitably', 'strictly', 'unmistakably'. The word has been advisedly used to limit

Accomplice

witness, M. Shamsudhin v. State of Kerala, (1999) 3 SCC 351 (357): 1995 SCC (Cri) 509. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 133) A person is an accomplice of another in committing a crime if, with the intent to

Examination in chief

The examination of a witness by the party who calls him shall be called his examination-in-chief. [Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 137)

Experts

Experts, referred in Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 45. The witnesses who give evidence upon matters of their own professional knowledge, as

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