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Import

(3)] Means to bring into India from a place outside India by land, sea or air. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (f)] With its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means bringing into India from

Explosive

of all descriptions and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as defined in this clause. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (d)]

Escheat

not leave any lineal descendants, since he cannot have any collateral descendants. By the (English) Intestates Estate Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 71), s. 4, now repealed in regard to successions after 1935 by the

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Electoral franchise

(1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows: (a) Originally the freeholders elected the members for the

Consideration

Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment...

Carriage

other means of conveying goods or passengers by land in whatever manner the same maybe propelled. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (b)] Means the carriage of passengers or goods by a railway administration. [Railways

Public prosecutor

assistant, was appointed shortly after the commencement of the Act in 1880; but the Prosecution of Offences Act, 1884, revoked all appointments made under the Act of 1879, and constituted the Solicitor to the Treasury Director of

Justifiable homicide

Justifiable homicide, the killing of a human creature without incurring any legal guilt. It is of various kinds:- (1) The due execution of public justice, inputting a malefactor to death who has forfeited his life by...

Navy

the Naval Discipline Act (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), as amended by the (English) Naval Discipline Acts, 1884, 1909, 1915 (2), 1917, and 1922. See Chit. Stat., tit. 'Navy.' As to the self-governing Colonies, see the

Mistake

Mistake, misconception, error. Money paid under a mistake of a material fact, as where a person discounts a forged bill, is recoverable (though a banker paying the forged cheque of a customer cannot charge the customer...

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