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Lottery
Lottery, a game of chance; a distribution of prizes by lot or chance, Taylor v. Smetten, (1883) 11 QBD 207. By 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared...
Lunatic
1893, s. 2. Lunatic has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912. [Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), s. 2 (b)]
Minimum wage
established for the first time a minimum wage in certain trades. The (English) Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, made provision for the settlement of minimum rates of wages for workmen employed underground in coal mines. The
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Misfeasance
Misfeasance, a misdeed or trespass; also, the improper performance of some lawful act. As to the distinction between misfeasance and nonfeasance, see McClelland v. Manchester Corporation, (1912) 1 KB 118, and cases there referred to, Guilfoyle...
Necessaries
is indispensable, needful or essential, J. Jayalalitha v. Union of India, (1999) 5 SCC 138: AIR 1999 SC 1912 (1922). [Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, s. 3(1)] [S. 9(1), Cr.P.C.]
Non-feasance
Non-feasance, an offence of omission. The term is usually applied to a failure to perform a duty to the public. As to liability to an action for damages for non-feasance as distinguished from mis-feasance, see Maguire...
Outstanding term
Outstanding term, a term in gross at law, which, in equity, may be made attendant upon the inheritance, either by express declaration or by implication. See the (English) Satisfied Terms Act, 1845, extended by the (English)...
Palmer's Act
Staffordshire, who was tried and convicted at the Central Criminal Court in 1856. See Trial of William Palmer, 1912, Edn. by George H. Knott. And see HINDE PALMER'S ACT.
Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854
to the other. The law has been further amended by the Railway and Canal Traffic Acts, 1894 and 1912, and Railways Act, 1921. See last title.
Piscary, Common of
Piscary, Common of, a right or liberty of fishing in the waters of another person, see Ecroyd v. Coulthard, (1898) 2 Ch 358; Chesterfield (Earl) v. Harris, (1908) 2 Ch 397; 1911 AC 623; Staffordshire, etc.,...
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