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Frauds, Statute of

Frauds, Statute of, 29 Car. 2, c. 3 (A.D. 1676). This famous statute is said to have been famed by Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Keeper Guilford,

Any inam village

Any inam village, in s. 3(2) (d) means 'a whole village granted in imam and not anything less than a village however big a

Kennelworth edict

had been in arms against him; so called because made at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, anno 51 Hen. 3, A.D. 1266. It contained a composition of those who had forfeited their estates in that rebellion, which composition

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Curtesy of England

as to corporeal hereditaments, it must be a seisin indeed, either actualor virtual (Co. Litt. 29 a, n. 3; 8 Rep.96 a), but as to incorporeal hereditaments, a seisin in law is sufficient, where a seisin in … which a husband has for his life in his wife's fee-simple or fee-tail estates, generalor special, aftr her death. Tenancy by the curtesy has been abolished by the (English) A.E. Act, 1925, s. 45, with regard to

Jus

explains Natura by the term Jus Gentium, and makes Leges equivalent to Jus Civile. In the partitiones (c. 37) he also divides Jus into Natura and Lex. There is a threefold division of Jus made by Ulpian … Jus, law, right, equity, authority, and rule. A Roman 'magistratus' generally did not investigate the facts in dispute in such matters as were brought before him; he appointed a judex

Sale of goods

pursuant to that agreement, T.V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons v. State of Madras, AIR 1974 SC 2309: (1975) 3 SCC 424: (1975) 2 SCR 372. On the true interpretation of the expression 'sale of goods' there must … ultra vires the powers of the Provincial Legislature to impose tax on the supply of materials, Pandit Banarsi Das Bhanot v. State of M.P., AIR 1958 SC 909 (912): (1959) SCR 427. It is now settled law

With respect to such goods

s. is applicable, Assistant Collector of Customs (Prevention) v. Babu Miya Sheikh Imam, AIR 1983 SC 974: (1983) 3 SCR 500: (1983) 3 SCC 447. [Customs Act, 1962, s. 135 (i)(a) (ii)] … 'such goods' have clearly reference to 'any goods' at the commencement of the s. These words are not descriptive of the kind of goods to which the first part of the s. is applicable, Assistant Collector of

Collusion

suit by the Judicature Act, 1925, s. 178, replacing the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (c. 85), ss. 30 and 31; and a collusive penal action is no bar to a bona fide penal action by virtue … to unite in the same play or game, and thus to unite for the purposes of fraud or deception], an agreement or compact between two or more persons to do some act in order to prejudice a

Communication of such order

have been communicated to him, no matter when he actually received it, Stateof Punjab v. Khemi Ram, (1969) 3 SCC 28: AIR 1970 SC 214 (219): (1970) 2 SCR 657. [Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules,

High public or political office

the nation, State (Delhi Administration) v. V.C. Shukla, AIR 1980 SC 1382 (1411): (1980) Supp SCC 249: (1980) 3 SCR 500. (Special Courts Act, 1979, Preamble) … politicians who may be categorised as follows: (1) officials wielding extraordinary powers entitling them to take major policy decisions and holding positions of trust and answerable and accountable for their wrongs; (2) persons responsible for giving to

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