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Trade dispute

matters related to international commerce, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500. This expression is defined in s. 5 (3) of the (English) Trade Disputes Act, 1906, as follows:- 'Trade dispute' means any dispute between employers and

Adoption society

consist of or include the making of arrangements for the adoption of children, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., Para 506 Note 5, p. 244.

Attendance centre

given under supervision appropriate occupation or instruction in pursuance of attendance centre orders. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 4th Edn., 2001, Para 1673, Note 5, p. 810.

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Hynden

from among whom the consacramentals were to be chosen in the case of deadly feud. From Ath. V. iii. It appears that the members of the 'first-guilds' (congildones) were formed into associations of ten, the enactment running … Hynden, an association of ten men, first mentioned in In. 54, where it signifies the person from among whom the consacramentals were to be chosen in the case of

Reward

is punishable by penal servitude up to seven years. [(English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 34, and cf. s. 5 (3)] The offering of rewards by the Government has been discontinued for several years in England on the … charged with felonies a reasonable sum to compensate for expense, exertion, and loss of time, and by s. 30, if a man be killed in attempting to take such offenders the Court may order compensation to his

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 … and the Court appealed from were equally divided on the point in Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.'

Consideration

or suffered by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration is one … a departure from the rule and the third party can sue: see Gregory v. Williams, (1817) 3 Mer 582; Gandy v. Gandy, (1884) 30 Ch D 57. A promise under seal, such as a covenant or bond,

Person

as a common informer unless expressly empowered by statute to do so, Guardians of St. Leonards v. Franklin, 3 CPD 377. Apart from the provisions of the Interpretation Act, 1889, a firm of partners is not a … is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516. According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm Pannaji v. Devichand Kapurchand, 99 IC

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

Uses

the land. See DOWER. (6) The cestui que use might have been impanelled on a jury, 2 Hen. 5, c. 3. (7) The feoffee to uses, being complete owner of the land at law, performed the feudal … illustration of the well-known maxim, 'quitas sequitur legem. (2) They were devisable even before the Statute of Wills, 32 Hen. 8, c. 1. (3) They were transferable, although at law they were mere choses in action. (4)

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