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Monition
Monition, 1. Generally, a warning or caution; Admonition. 2. Civil & Maritime law. A summons to appear in court as a defendant or to answer contempt charges. 3. A formal Notice from a bishop demanding that...
Oath
Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists. The...
Open contract
without stipulations as to title or otherwise. See Vendor and Purchaser Act, 1874, ss. 1, 2; Conveyancing Act, 1881, s. 3, reproduced with amendments by ss. 44 and 45, Law of Property Act, 1925. See CONTRACT FOR
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Palace
Palace. A palace, which is a royal residence, is privileged from the execution of legal process within its precints; but the privilege does not, it seems, extend to a royal palace, e.g., Hampton Court, which is...
Pedlars
travels with a horse, whereas the pedlar does not. See HAWKERS AND PEDLARS, and Pedlars Acts, 1871 and 1881.
Payment in due course
for believing that he is not entitled to receive payment of the amount therein mentioned. (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1981), s. 10)
Peppercorn
'a receipt for the last payment due for rent' within s. 3 (4) of the (English) Conveyancing Act, 1881. See now (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 45 (2) and (3) (Re Moody and Yates, (1885)
Perpetuity
Perpetuity, concerns rights of property only, and does not affect the making of contracts, which do not create rights of property, Ram Baran Prasad v. Ram Mohit Hazara, AIR 1967 SC 744: (1967) 1 SCR 293....
Personal property
to another, Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859, s. 21. This was extended by the (English) Emergency Act, 1881, to conveyances of freehold land or choses in action by a husband to a wife or e contra.
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in...
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