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Time
time appointed or allowed.' As to time in County Courts, see County Court Rules, 1936, Ord. XIII., r. 5; Ord. XLVIII., r. 10. As to computation of time under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, see s. 230 … 2. A point in or period of duration at or during which something is alleged to have occurred 3. Slang. A convicted criminal's period of incarceration, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Time in Acts of Parliament (see,
Forgery
as the party's own, by a fictitious name, was held not to be forgery, Reg. v. Martin, (1879) 5 QBD 34. The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used … party's own, by a fictitious name, was held not to be forgery, Reg. v. Martin, (1879) 5 QBD 34. The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used as if
Ferry
Cowes Urban District Council v. Southampton, etc., Co., (1905) 2 KB 287; Hammerton v. Dysart (Earl), 1916 AC 57; General Estates Co. v. Beaver, (1914) 3 KB 918. As to the duties of common ferrymen, see 1
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Heir
by the course of the Common Law be heir to his father on his death, 3 Prest. Abst. 5. Especially the eldest son of the Sovereign as heir to the Crown; or the eldest son of an
Receipt
which is a receipt given for or on account of salary, pay or wages (14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 21, s. 36), and now also a receipt of consideration money and for sums recovered by way … a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421. The act of receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received, Black's Law Dictionary,
Master and servant
to punishment in certain cases of false character under the Servants' Characters Act, 1792 (32 Geo. 3, c. 56). And if a bad character be untrully and maliciously given, the party giving it will be liable to
Conversion, equitable
had attained the age of 21 in 1925 and died intestate without having recovered his testamentary capacity (s. 51 (2) ibid.) and otherwise, cf. ss. 51 (1) and 51 (3) ibid. The doctrine is still of importance
Bribe
such an officer to conspire with others that he shall receive such a bribe, Rex v. Whitaker, (1914) 3 KB 1283. It has long been settled law that the secret profits of an agent belong to his … Vict. c. 102)] [see also (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51)] that to procure or to endeavour to procure any money or valuable consideration to or for any voter,
Fixtures
landlord notice before removal, and allowing the landlord an option of purchase. The Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875, s. 53, and the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 25), s. 3, contained very similar
Ballot
p. 138. Means a system of voting involving secret votes, Monsanto PLC v. TGWU, (1987) 1 All ER 358; Post Office v. UCW, (1990) 3 All ER 199. Means small ball, ticket or paper used in secret … short notice questions, adjournment motions. Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in Council of States, 5th Edn., July 2000. Ballot, is held through computerised auto-ballot systems in the presence of as far as possible
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