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Local taxation licences

the licences is given in Sched. I. of the Act. By s. 6 of the (English) Finance Act, 1908, power is given to levy the duties on certain of these licences, namely, dealing in game, killing game,

London, Port of

for the same period and on the same terms and conditions as if the Port of London Act, 1908, had not been partially repealed by this Act. (3) Subject to the provisions of the section the chairman

Mail

Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), ss. 12, 18, 33 and (English) Post Office Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 48), ss. 50, 52, 55. Also, armour. Mail, 1. One or more items that

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Mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record

'an appeal in disguise', Parsion Devi v. Somitri Devi, (1997) 8 SCC 717 (719). (Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, Order 47, Rule 1 and s. 114

Maintenance

Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11...

Malfesance, misfeasance, nonfeasance

is done in an improper manner, Khairul Bashar v. Thomas Lal, AIR 1957 All 553 (556). (Limitation Act, 1908, Art. 36)

Maritime lien

See, further, The Henrich Bjorn, (1886) 11 App Cas 270; Foong Tai & Co. v. Buchheister & Co., 1908 AC 458. A claim arising out of an agreement relating to the use and/or hire of the ship

Market garden

Market garden. A garden on which vegetables and fruit are grown for sale. The (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, which repealed the (English) Market Gardens Compensation Act, 1895, has itself been repealed and replaced by the (English)

Marriage

Foreign Marriages Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 23), and see also the (English) Naval Marriages Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 26), and generally, as to the Army and Navy, see 22 & 23 Geo.

Marriage, Promise of

Marriage, Promise of, need not be in writing, although an 'agreement in consideration of marriage' must be, by s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds. So it was decided, overruling an earlier decision to the contrary,...

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