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Collector

Collector by this Act, State of Bombay v. Mulji Jetno, AIR 1955 Bom 325. [Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (5 of 1879), s. 67]

Pawnbroker

Pawnbroker, contemplates that every person who keeps a shop for the purchase or sale of goods or chattels and who purchases goods or chattels and pays or advances thereon any sum of money, with or under...

Racecourse

Racecourse. By the Racecourse Licensing Act, 1879, no metropolitan suburban racecourse (i.e., no racecourse within ten miles of Charing Cross) is allowed without an annual

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Queen's Coroner and Attorney

side of the Queen's Bench (6 & 7 Vict. c. 20), who by the (English) Judicature Officers) Act, 1879, became a 'Master of the Supreme Court.'

Public policy

Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition. Concept of 'public policy' is considered to be vague, susceptible to narrow or wider meaning depending...

Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871

(English) (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112). This Act, which was amended by the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 55), and which repeals and replaces the Habitual Criminals Act, 1869, provides for

Possibility on a possibility

Possibility on a possibility. Lord Coke lays it down as a rule that the event on which a remainder is to depend must be a common possibility, and not a double possibility, or a possibility on...

Peace, Breach of the

towards any other person on his complaint is regulated by s. 25 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'justices.'

Payment of Money into Court

into Court in actions of libel, but this provision was repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1879. Payment into court is now regulated by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXII, by which, where any action is

Ne exeat regno

Ne exeat regno, a writ to prevent a person from leaving the realm to the damage of a person to whom he is indebted until he has given security for the amount of the debt; since...

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