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Tax
resolution of the House of Commons, see the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Revenue.' See also DEATH DUTIES; ESTATE DUTY; INCOME-TAX; LAND-TAX. A 'tax' is a compulsory … are collected by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (Inland Revenue Regulation Act, 1890 53 & 54 Vict. c. 21), subject to the direction of the Treasury, of excise, by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise: see Finance
Disability
[The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (i) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)] 'Disability' means the absence of power, Shanti Kumar & Chanji … continues, wholly disables the person 'such were outlawry, excommunication, attainder (but see the Forfeiture Act, 1870 (32 & 33 Vict. c.23), s. 1, abolishing attainder on conviction for treason or felony), and acts by statutory bodies or
act
: the failure to do something that one has a legal duty to do called also negative act 2 a often cap : the formal product of a legislative body : the formally declared will of a … : a decision or determination of a sovereign, a legislative council, or a court of justice compare bill 3 often cap : a formal record of something done or transacted [given as my free and deed] [matters
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Gas
s. 161 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 (see also (English) Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 23), any urban authority may contract with any person for the supply of … The word 'gas' in the entry will take colour from the other word 'gaswork'. In Ballantine Law Dictionary, 3rd Edn., 1969 'gasworks' is defined as 'a plant for the manufacture of artificial gas'. Similarly in Web-ster's New
Court
3 SCC 563: 2003 Cri LJ 1575: AIR 2003 SC 1828 (1831). (Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, ss. 2, 3) [fr. Curia, Lat.; cour. Fr.; keort, Dut.]. 1. The person and suite of the sovereign; the place where
Building
Building, defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. … Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building'
Import
1968 (46 of 1968), s. 3 (d)] Means bringing into India. [Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), s. 2 (3)] Means to bring into India from a place outside India by land, sea or air. [Explosives Act, 1884
Costs
Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac. 1, c. 3, to a victorious defendant; see Garnett
Children
pronounced on or recorded against a person under eighteen and a young person under seventeen cannot (s. 52 (2) (3) be sent to penal servitude and can only be imprisoned if of an unruly or depraved character, and
Roman Catholics
name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus … any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and
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