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Penal statute

recoverable by the Crown, or the party aggrieved, or a common informer, as the case may be. See 4 Hen. 7, c. 20; 31 Eliz. c. 3; 18 Eliz. c. 5; 21 Jac. 1, c. 4; the

Contingent remainder

legal estate in contingent remainders has been abolished by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1. S. 4, whoever, provides that they can take effect as equitable interests, and any instrument creating a contingent remainder has

Drunkenness

when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, ss. 1, 3, by a fine of five

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Lighthouse

634-675, as amended by the (English) Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 44), which creates a General Lighthouse Fund in substitution for the Mercantile Marine Fund, and, subject to the rights … them is a branch of the royal prerogative. By the (English) Harbours, Docks and Piers Clause, etc. Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), lighthouses are not to be erected without the sanction of Trinity House.

Parliamentary Committee

in respect of resolutions varying or renewing taxation, see (English) Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 3, c. 5). Parliamentary Committees are of four kinds: (1) of the whole House; (2) standing or

Prior or previous

8(2) and 31, the expression 'general or special permission' is qualified by the word 'previous', whereas in s.s 13(2), 19(1), 19(4), 20, 21(3), 24, 25, 28(1) and 29, the expressions 'permission' and 'general or special permission' remain

Accessories

(1976) 2 SCC 273 (277): AIR 1976 SC 1418. (AP General Sales Tax Act, 1957, Sch. I, Entry 4) An object or device that is not essential in itself but that adds to the beauty or convenience … kind of instrument, Annapurna Carbon Industries Co. v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1976) 2 SCC 273 (277): AIR 1976 SC 1418. (AP General Sales Tax Act, 1957, Sch. I, Entry 4) An object or device that is

Land grabbing

to attract the penal provision, N. Srinivasa Rao v. Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, (2006) 4 SCC 214: 2006 (3) SCALE 386: 2006 (3) Supreme 145: 2006 (5) SLT 1: 2006 (4) SCJ 328:

Public policy

Corporation Ltd. v. Broja Nath Ganguly, AIR 1986 SC 1571; Shri Parsar v. Municipal Board, (1997) 1 WLC 443. Public policy, demands that where fraud might have been contemplated but was not perpetrated, the defendants should not

Telegraph line

lines' within the meaning of s. 3(4) of the Telegraph Act, Senior Electric Inspector v. Laxminarayan Chopra, AIR 1962 SC 159 (161): (1962) 3 SCR 146. [Telegraph Act, 1885, s. 3(1) 2(4)] Means a wire or wires

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