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May
849; Narayana Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh, 1957 SC 737. [See also Civil Procedure Code, 1908, s. 39] The word 'may' in Article 226 of the Constitution has reference to sanction and does not control the
Married women's property
wife's property not being deemed sufficient by the Legislature, the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 93) (amended in 1874 by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 50), enacted (inter alia) that the
Gift
by will coming into operation after 1925, carry the intermediate income; see also (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 3; and (English) A.E. Act, 1925, ss. 41 and 42. BLACK'S Law DICTIONARY (Fourth Edition) defines gift thus: A
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Joint-tenancy
in cases of trustees for sale upon the statutory trusts for sale [see (English) L.P. Act, 1925, ss. 34 et seq.], assignees in bankruptcy, and others, though they differ in some respects from simple joint-tenants. Before 1926
Insurance
the existence of the person or thing insured, and some prejudice from its destruction, Lucena v. Crauford (1806), 3 Bos & P 75; 2 Bos & PNR 269; a mere hope of profit is not insurable (ibid.).
Hire
Hire [locatio, conductio, Lat.], a bailment for a reward or compensation. It is divisible into four sorts:-(1) The hiring of a thing for use (locatio rei). (2) The hiring of work and labour (locatio operis faciendi)....
Distress
with the following exceptions:- (1) Fixtures [see Provincial Bill-posting Co. v. Law Moor Iron Co., (1909) 2 KB 344]; (2) Animals fer' natur': (3) Goods delivered to a person in the way of his trade, as a
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
Cross-examination
to assume the form of cross-examination. It is provided by (English) R. S. C., 1883, Ord. XXXVI., r. 38, that the judge may disallow vexa-tions and irrelevant questions, and by s. 25 of the C.L.P. Act, 1854,
Cause of action
claim, he cannot afterwards seek to recover the balance by independent proceedings, Sidramappa v. Rajashetty, (1970) 3 SCR 319: AIR 1970 SC 1059: (1970) 1 SCC 186. The expression 'cause of action' with regard to a civil
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