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Empire Settlement Act, 1922 (English) (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 13)

Empire Settlement Act, 1922 (English) (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 13), 'to make better provision for furthering British settlement in His Majesty's Overseas Dominions,' provides for the … Overseas Dominions,' provides for the raising up to 1,500,000l. for this purpose in 1922-23, and not more than 3,000,000l. in any subsequent year.

Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-s. (3) (Essential Commodities Act, 1955)

(3A) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955; Panipat Co-operative Sugar Mills v. Union of India, AIR 1973 SC 537: (1973) 1 SCC 129: (1973) 2 SCR 860.

Goodwill

or 'stock in trade and premises.' It cannot be sold apart from the business, Smale v. Graves, (1850) 3 De G. & Sm. 706; it may be local, or attached to premises, or personal such as the … Vallabhdas Madhwani v. Taraben Pravinlal Madhwani, (2004) 1 SCC 407: AIR 2004 SC 1084 (Partnership Act, 1932, s. 55). A business's reputation, patronage, and other intan-gible assets that are considered when apprising the business, esp. for purchase;

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Holding

Holding. For the purposes of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 9), holding is defined [s. 57(1)] as follows: 'Holding' does not include an allotment garden or include … to treat as a separate holding, Cochin Devaswom Board v. Vamana Setti, AIR 1966 SC 1980 (1985): (1966) 3 SCR 724. The word 'hold' used in s. 7A of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 would mean

Resides

abode for a time, Jeewanti Pandey v. Kishan Chandra Pandey, AIR 1982 SC 3 (5): (1981) 4 SCC 517. [Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (25 of 1955)]

Overcrowding

the 5th Sched. To the Act, i.e., in effect-- TABLE I Rooms. Persons. (a) 1 2 (b) 2 3 (c) 3 5 (d) 4 7 1/2 (e) 5 10 and TABLR II (in the aggregate) Square feet. … Overcrowding. By Part IV. of the (English) Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw. 8), s. 58, it is provided that a dwelling-house shall (subject to the provisions of

Jus

(in judicio). Originally, even the magistratus was called judex, as, for instance, the consul and pr'tor (Liv. iii. 55); and under the empire the term 'judex' often designated the pr'ses, Smith's Dict. of Antiq. All law 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

Expand

Expand, means (1) v.t. spread or stretch (a thing) out. (2) become extended: spread out, unfold. (3) v.t. give full expression to.

Supersede

by reason of superior right, to make useless by superior power, to replace, to set aside, Food Inspector v. Hameed, (1983) Ker LT 901: (1983) FAJ 443: (1984) 1 FAC 41. The word 'supersede' in law, means

Quare impedit

archbishop and a judge against a bishop's refusal to institute (see BENEFICE), quare impedit is abolished by s. 3 (5) of the (English) Benefices Act, 1898. Quare impedit, commands the disturbers, the bishop, the pseudo-patron, and his

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