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Preventive detention

Preventive detention. By the (English) Prevention of Crime Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 59), s. 10, as amended by the (English) Indictments Act, 1915 (5 & 6

Labourer

a labourer, G. Venkatachalam Pillai v. Labour and Co. (Pte.) Ltd., AIR 1961 Mad 358 (359). [Limitation Act, 1908, Art. 7] Means servants in husbandry or manufactures, not living intra m'nia. Various repealed Acts of (English) Parliament

Landlord and tenant

Landlord and tenant. A tenancy arises when the owner of an estate inland, called the lessor or landlord, agrees expressly or by implication to allow another person, called the lessee or tenant, to enjoy the exclusive...

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Law Reform (UK)

'child' have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846 to 1908; and (b) the reference in this section to 'the judgment first given' shall, in a case where that

Length of service rendered in the cadre

Additional District and Sessions Judge in permanent or temporary capacities, G.R. Luthra v. Lt. Governor, AIR 1974 SC 1908: (1975) 1 SCR 974: (1975) 3 SCC 258. [Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970, R. 6(3)]

Lex loci contractus

to recognise or enforce any contracts injurious to its own interests, or its subjects.' See Odgen v. Ogden, 1908, P. 46; CONFICT OF LAWS; and consult Dicey's Conflict of Laws, and Westlake on Private International Law.

Libel

is the common convenience and welfare of society, and not the convenience of individuals, see Macintosh v. Dunn, 1908 AC 390. The (English) Libel Law Amendment Act,1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 64), gives 'privilege' to fair

Licence

Licence [fr. licentia, Lat.], a permission given by one man to another to do some act which without such permission it would be unlawful for him to do. It is a personal right, and is not...

Light

Light. No right to have the access of the sun's rays to one's windows free from any obstruction exists at Common Law (see DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA) but by virtue of the (English) Prescription Act, 1832 (2...

Local authority

(English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 4) The (English) Local Authorities (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 43), defines (s. 2 (a)) a 'local authority' as meaning:- A council of a

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