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Warranty

365 a. In that form it has been superseded in practice by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, cc. 27 (s. 39) and 74 (s. 14). See RECOVERY. More generally, a warranty is any agreement either accompanying a … the implied warranty, the latter is not excluded: cf. (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, ss. 14 and 55; and see Drummond v. Van Ingen, (1887) 12 App Cas 284. The expression 'warranty' in the Sale of

National insurance

National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering

Settled land

being limited to or in trust for any persons by way of succession' (Settled Land Act, 1882, s. 2) (see infra for the statutory definitions in the Settled Land Act, 1925, which has repealed the S.L. Acts, … 2 Ch 96; Re Munday & Roper, (1899) 1Ch 275; Re Lord Wimborne & Browne (1904) 1 Ch 537; Wolstenholme & Cherry, Conveyancing, etc., Acts. Prior to 1856 settled estates could not be sold or leased except

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Consumer

be countenanced, State of Mysore v. West Coast Papers Mills Ltd., (1975) 3 SCC 448: AIR 1975 SC 5: (1975) 2 SCR 127. The word 'consumer' is a comprehensive expression. It extends from a person who buys … Jiyajee Rao Cotton Mills Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1963 SC 414: (1962) Supp 1 SCR 282. The definition of the word 'consumer' shows that it would include a person who consumes energy generated by

Information

to the time within which proceedings under (English) Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 112, may be brought by the Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, … by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)] Information in chancery. Where a suit was instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or

Occupier

owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building. [The Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(i)] Means a person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors … owner who is in occupation othe premises. [Uttar Pradesh Water Supply and Sewerage Act (43 of 1975), s. 52, 2(16)]

Unclaimed property

Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 provides that stock on which no dividend has been claimed

Apportionment

and the executors of his predecessor take nothing (Clun's Case, 1Rep. 127). This was remedied by 11 Geo. 2, c. 19, s. 25, which apportioned rent between the representatives of a deceased tenant for life, and the … the representatives of a deceased tenant for life, and the person succeeding in remainder, and by 4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 22, passed to obviate doubts which had arisen upon the earlier Act. The (English) 'Apportionment

Judge

s. 12), repeating in effect a provision of the Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), that the judges of the Supreme Court (with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, who goes out with … secure the dignity and political independence of the judges of the Supreme Court, it is enacted by s. 5 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1875 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 12), repeating in effect a provision

Justices

are commonly called justices of the peace. They were first appointed in 1327 by 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16, and are now appointed by the king's special commission under the Great Seal, the form of … value would of itself give a qualification by the Justices Qualification Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 54); but both these Acts are repealed by the (English) Justices of the Peace Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7,

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