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Labourers, Statute of

Labourers, Statute of (English), 31 Edw. 3, c. 7 (repealed as long obsolete by Statute Law Revision Act, 1863), whereby justices of the

Save with the authority of law and except by authority law

by authority law, there is no distinction between the expression, 'save with the authority of law' in art. 31(1) and the expression 'except by authority of law' in art. 265. Laws under art. 31(1) must lay down

Institutions

the legal existence, the persona of the testator. By the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 39), an institution (s. 5) carried on for charitable or reformatory purposes where 'any manual labour is

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Distress

may within thirty days take and seize such goods wherever found (11 Geo. 2, c. 19, ss. 1-3, 7). All chattels and personal effects found upon the premises may be distrained by a landlord, with the following

Goods

Tangible or movable property other than money, esp. articles of trade or items of merchandise, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 701. To become 'goods' an article must be something which can ordinarily come to the market

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see (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 27, amended by the (English) Law of Property (Amend.) Act, 1926, s. 7, and extending the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 29;

Age

of males and females, and their power to do certain acts, depends upon their age. A child under 7 cannot commit any offence; between the ages of 7 and 14 is presumed to be doli incapax, but

Building

wall; but the definition depends on circumstances, and may include a reservoir, Moran v. Marsland, (1909) 1 KB 744. The London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), has no definition. The term 'new

Election

taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR 2004 SC 3601 (3604). The act of selecting one or more from a greater number

Emphyteusis

he pleased (Nov. vii. 3, 2); he could create a servitude over it or mortgage it (D xiii. 7, 16, 2); he had a real action (which, however, was said to be a utilis vindicatio, because he

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