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Audit

companies, e.g., banking companies, had been the subject of similar legisla-tion form any years. The (English) Companies Act, 1929, ss. 132 to 134 now provide for annual appointment of auditors and sets out their duties. Ss. 122-131

Bastard

Bastard [fornication], one born not of lawful marriage. [(English) Age of Marriage Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36)] The civil and canon laws did not allow a child to

Balance order

order, a method of enforcing payment of a call from contributories under s. 206 of the Companies Act, 1929, and (English) Companies Winding-up Rules 1929, rr. 84-88. The order is not a judgment and does not preclude

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Business names

been increased by s. 5 of the (English) Fees Increase Act, 1923. See also the (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 145, which applies and extends the provisions of the (English) Companies (Particulars as to Directors) Act, 1917,

Child

years of age, and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age. [Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (19 of 1929), s. 2 (a)] The word 'child' in s. 488 does not mean a minor son

Child marriage

means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child. [Child Marriage Restraint (English) Act, 1929 (19 of 1929), s. 2 (b)]

Chose

s. 95 of the (English) Companies Act, 1862 (see now s. 191 (2) of the (English) Companies Act, 1929), included claims in a winding-up against directors for misfeasance. Part of a debt is not assignable in law

Contacting party

party, to a marriage means either of the parties whose marriage is thereby solemnised. [Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (19 of 1929), s. 2 (c)]

Deceit

(1884) 9 AC 187, and Dery v. Peek, (1889) 14 App Cas 337]. Under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 37, a special action for deceit will lie at the instance of any subscriber for shares or

Dominion Register

register of members in any part of His Majesty's Dominions where a company registered under the Companies Act, 1929, may be carrying on business, of the names of members resident in that part. The register is to

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