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Owner consignee
Port Trusts Acts, the expression 'owner' includes an 'agent for the custody of such goods', Sun Export Corporation v. Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay, AIR 1998 SC 92 (96): (1988) 1 SCC 142. [Major … (96): (1988) 1 SCC 142. [Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, s. 2(o); Bombay Port Trust Act, 1879, s. 3(5)]
Compromise, Settlement
'Settlement' is termination of legal proceeding by mutual consent, State of Punjab v. Phulan Rani, (2004) 7 SCC 555 (557): AIR 2004 SC 4105. [Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, s. 23(3)(5)]
Marriage
and the Court appealed from were equally divided on the point in Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' … and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), passed to prevent clandestine marriages, required, under pain of nullity, that banns should be published according to the
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Person
as a common informer unless expressly empowered by statute to do so, Guardians of St. Leonards v. Franklin, 3 CPD 377. Apart from the provisions of the Interpretation Act, 1889, a firm of partners is not a … is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516. According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm Pannaji v. Devichand Kapurchand, 99 IC
Consideration
a departure from the rule and the third party can sue: see Gregory v. Williams, (1817) 3 Mer 582; Gandy v. Gandy, (1884) 30 Ch D 57. A promise under seal, such as a covenant or bond,
Tax
resolution of the House of Commons, see the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Revenue.' See also DEATH DUTIES; ESTATE DUTY; INCOME-TAX; LAND-TAX. A 'tax' is a compulsory … income (rent, profits, or wages); or a uniform tax on all of them, Smith's Wealth of Nat., b. 5, ch. ii.; Mill's Pol. Econ., b. 5, chs. Ii., iii. All duties of Inland Revenue are collected by
Uses
the land. See DOWER. (6) The cestui que use might have been impanelled on a jury, 2 Hen. 5, c. 3. (7) The feoffee to uses, being complete owner of the land at law, performed the feudal
Animals
1 (3). See POACHING, GAME. Cruelty. By the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 27), amended by the Act of 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 17), 1921 (11 &
Act of Parliament
effect given to resolutions varying or renewing taxation, see (English) Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3), and (English) Finance Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28), s. 12. The Royal
Evidence
that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 575. The leading rules of evidence are the following:- (1) The sole object and end of evidence is to … see Hales v. Kerr, (1908) 2 KB 601; Butterley Co. v. New Hucknall Colliery Co., (1909) 1 Ch 37. As to acts showing a continuous course of conduct, see R. v. Mortimer, 25 Cr App Cas 150.
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