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Partnership

the limited partners themselves being termed commanditaires. A 'limited partner' is person(including in this word a company [s. 4 (4)] who, at the time of entering in to the partnership, contributes thereto a sum or sums as … profit--so defined by s. 1, sub-s. 1, of the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), a codifying Act of fifty s.s, 'to declare and amend the law of partnership,' which, in effect, transfers

Money lender

Ch D 679. As to the jurisdiction of the county court, see Crossingham v. Park, (1928) 1 KB 330. By the (English) Money-lenders Act, 1927, s. 17, protection is given to the rights of bona fide holders … money-lender has reference to canvassers acting with the money-lender's authority, see Verner Jeffreys v. Pinto, (1929) 1 Ch 401. Under s. 6 there must be a note or memorandum in writing of a money-lending contract and a

Habitual

several times. Management of Monghyr Factory of I.T.C. Ltd. v. Presiding Officer, AIR 1978 SC 1428 (1434): (1978) 3 SCC 504: (1978) 3 SCR 1044. The expression 'habitual' would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread … was a habitual defaulter, Vijay Amba Das Diware v. Balkrishna Wamon Dande, AIR 2000 SC 1414 (1416): (2000) 4 SCC 126. (Rent Control and Eviction) A habitual offender or a person habitually addicted to crime is one

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Commission, the promoter's

emoluments depends to any extent on the profits of the promoter, Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1963, s. 4(3), Sch. 2, para 23(2) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(1), para 116, p. 84.

Marriage

and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), passed to prevent clandestine marriages, required, under pain of nullity, that banns should be published according to the … marry, it would order the parties to solemnize marriage 'in facie ecclesi'', Baxter v. Buckley, (1752) 1 Lee 42, and declare any subsequent intermediate marriage by either party invalid. But whether or not a mere contract 'per

Building

Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267.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' … Corporation v. Attorney-General, 1906 AC 53. With regard to the (English) Disused Burial Grounds Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 72), an electricity transformer chamber, Rector and Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Nicholas Acons v.

Roman Catholics

or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by … 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

State

Board is therefore not state, Zee Telefilms Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 2005 SC 2677. In Article 3 of Constitution of India as amended by the fifth Amendment Act 1955. It obviously refers to the States … include a Union territory also, Joginder Nath v. Union of India, AIR 1975 SC 511: (1975) 3 SCC 459: (1975) 2 SCR 553. Other authorities under the control of the Government of India are comprehensive enough to

Executor

replacing and amending s. 29 of the Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35) and 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 38), the executor may and should shortly after the funeral publish … replies to the advertisement or any other claim of which he may have notice; see Re Bracken, (1889) 43 Ch D 1. Under s. 26 of the (English) Trustee Act, 1925, and the (English) L.P. Amendment Act,

Title

Title: 1, a general head, comprising particulars, as in a book; 2, an appellation of honour or dignity; 3, the means whereby the owner of lands has the just possession of his property--titulus est justa causa pos … estate of the owner is in such cases said to be totally divested and put to a right. 4. A complete legal title. This exists where the right of possession is joined with the right of property.

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