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Bill of Exchange

in use among the Florentines in the twelfth, and the Venetians in the thirteenth century. In 3 Rich. 2, c. 3, they are referred to as a means of conveying money out of the realm though not … Bill of Exchange. Defined in the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 3, as an 'unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person

Yorkshire Registry Act, 1884

wide meaning of the term in s. 3 of the Act of 1884) in the North (8 Geo. 2, c. 6), East (6 Anne, c. 2), and West (2 & 3 Anne, c. 4, and 6 Anne,

Feasts

29th of September; and Christmas-day on the 25th of December. A still unrepealed Act of 1551-2 (5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 3), directs certain days therein mentioned (being all Sundays, and the Saints' Days printed in … the payment of rents on leases, are the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Lady-day, being the 25th of March; the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, held on the 24th of June; the feast of

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Unclaimed property

to be kept at the Bank of England [or Ireland, but see 13 Geo. 5, c. 2, s. 6 (d)] and at the National Debt Office, open to inspection, and also kept in duplicate at the National … 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

Leave to defend

to sign judgment on proof of service. This procedure was retained by the (English) Judicature Act, 1875, Ord. II., r. 6, but abolished in 1880 by Ord. II., r. 6 (annulled 1917). By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord.

Average

of the wages payable to a workman during the period he actually worked. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, s. 2 (aaa)] (6) Average prices, such as are computed on all the prices of any Articles sold within a

Employee

of the Corporation, other than person on deputation. [Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995, s. 2(1)(e)] Means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University, Manipur University

Corsepresent

second-best beast was, according to custom, offered or presented to the priest, and carried with the corpse; see 21 Hen. 8, c. 6. In Wales a corsepresent was due upon the death of a clergyman to the

Material facts

AIR (SC) 1828: (2006) 3 SCC 100: (2006) 2 JT 48: (2006) 2 SCALE 30: (2006) 1 Supreme 677: (2006) 2 SLT 612: (2006) 3 SCJD 291: (2006) 3 SRJ 229, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 6, … expiry of the period of limitation prescribed for an election petition, H.D. Revanna v. G. Puttaswamy Gawda, (1999) 2 SCC 217. Material facts, are facts upon which the plaintiff's cause of action or defendant's defence depends and

Offence

being in force and includes any act in respect of which a complaint may be made under s. 20 of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2(n)] The word 'offence' … offences as contemplated by Article 20(3), Collector of Customs v. Calcutta Motor and Cycle Co., AIR 1958 Cal 682 (685). [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)] The word 'offence' is not limited to offence against the Bombay Police

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