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Nuncupative Will

Nuncupative wills are abolished by the (English) Wills Act, 1837, s. 9, but with a proviso by s. 11 that any soldier being in actual military service, or any marine or seaman being at sea, may dispose

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 … not amount to a lottery, H. Anraj v. Government of Tamil Nadu, AIR 1986 SC 63: (1986) 1 SCC 414. There are three ingredients in the sale of lottery tickets namely (i) prize, (ii) chance and (iii)

London

expressly mentioned, namely, the provisions of Part III. relating to Joint Committees, Part X, Accounts and Audit, Part XI, Local Financial Returns and Schedule XI, Part V, Repeals. The Public Health Act, 1875 (English), and the Public

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Glass

Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39Vict. c. 55), s. 171; (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 28. (English) Under Factories and Workshops Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), 'Glass

Adulteration

corrupt production of any article, especially food: indictable at common law, see R. v. Dixon, (1814) 3 M&S 11. The adulteration of bread, corn, meal, or flour is made a statutory offence by the Bread Act, 1836,

Legal representative

an individual, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation v. Ramanbhai Prabhat Bhai, AIR 1987 SC 1690 (1699): (1987) 3 SCC 234: (1987) 3 SCR 404. [Motor Vehicles Act, (4 of 1939), s. 92A] The definition of 'legal representatives'

Means of livelihood

depend on its own facts and circumstances, Mohan Lal v. Mohun Ram, AIR 1970 SC 1022: (1970) 3 SCC 177. [H.P. Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1954, s. 11 (2)] … Means of livelihood, the expression 'means of livelihood' in s. 11(2) had not been used in any artificial sense but in its ordinary meaning, that the said expression would

Martial law

3 Car. 1, c. 1, s. 7, but was specially authorized by the temporary 43 Geo. 3, c. 117, 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 4, and the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, 1920 (10 &

London, Port of

London, Port of. The administration is provided for by the Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.); s. 6 enacts:- (1) There shall be a chairman and vice-chairman and other members

Local Government Board (Ministry of Health)

in statutes to the Local Government Board must be read as referring to the Ministry of Health (S. 11, Sched. I.).

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