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Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Will. 4, c. 27) [see Read v. Price, (1909) 2 KB 724], and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed within which, upon the principle Interest reipublic'
Copyhold
Legislature have been much directed to the facilitation of enfranchisement, but the (English) Copyhold Act, 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c. 35), and its amending Acts were purely permissive, and merely facilitated the commutation and enfran-chisement by
Annuity
sum annually made and is a charge personally on the grantor, CWT v. Arundhati Balkrishna, (1970) 1 SCC 561 (565): AIR 1971 SC 915. [Wealth Tax Act, 1957, s. 2(e)(iv)] An annuity is a fixed sum payable … is charged for such payment, CWT v. P. K. Banerjee, (1981) 1 SCC 63 (75): AIR 1981 SC 401. [Wealth-Tax Act, 1957, s. 2(e)(1)(iv)] It is a right to receive a specified sum and not an aliquot
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Preamble
in case of ambiguity in the statute itself. Preamble, which in early (English) Acts (see, e.g., 4 & 5 W. & M. c. 18, the Act of Settlement, and the Irish Act, 1 Car. 1, c. 1),
Transfer
'transfer of property' would be 'transfers' within the meaning of the term as used in ss. 4 and 5, Jagdish v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1993 MP 132. [See M.P. Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act (20
Constable
constables were appointed by the justices of the peace under 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93; 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88; and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69, the County and Borough Police Act, 1856, by … unions. By the (English) Police (Weekly Rest-Day) Act, 1910, a constable is to be off duty at least 52 days in the year, and as far as practicable to have one day's rest in seven. By the
Admiralty
1893 AC 468, Judicature Act, 1925, s. 22, and Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 58. The Judge now holds his appointment of the Crown as a Judge of the … jurisdiction, which is conferred by U.S. Constitution (Article III 2, Cl. 1), Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 47. The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice was, as far as relates to
Partition
necessary to constitute partition, Girija Nandi Devi v. Bijendra Narain Chowdhary, AIR 1967 SC 1124: (1967) 4 SCD 501. Partition, signifies a surrender of a portion of the joint rights in exchange for a similar right from
Apportionment
the representatives of a deceased tenant for life, and the person succeeding in remainder, and by 4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 22, passed to obviate doubts which had arisen upon the earlier Act. The (English) 'Apportionment
Banking policy
allocation and the efficient use of these deposits and resources. [Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), s. 5 (ca)]Means a debtor (as an individual or organization) whose property is subject to administration under the bankruptcy laws … laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors was adjudicated, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 43. Means an individual who has been adjudged bankrupt and in relation to a bankruptcy order, it means the
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