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Disability

(i) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)] 'Disability' means the absence of power, Shanti Kumar & Chanji v. House Insurance Co., AIR 1974 SC 1719 (1722). Means where the disablement is of a temporary nature, such

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, … Other instances of insufficient consideration or absence of consideration maybe found in:' Cooke v. Oxley, (1790) 3 TR 653, and other authorities (see Chitty on Contracts, 15th Edn. At pp. 9, 10), showing that if an offer

Tenant

includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder, Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, ss. 5, 6, 7, 8; Punjab Settlement Manual, 1899, pp. 142. Tenant, is a word which standing by itself denotes in

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Wager

cheque given, or in repayment of a loan made for wagering is bad [Gaming Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 41)], even though the cheque was drawn in a country where wagering is legal, Moulis … Stuart King, (1908) 2 KB 696. See, generally, the Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58). Consult Coldbridge and Hawksford's or Shoolbred's Law of Gambling.

Brawling

Fr., to brawl], the offence of quarrelling, or creating a disturbance in the church or churchyard, punished by 5 & 6 Edw. 4, c. 4 [partly repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 31, s. 1, and wholly

Cattle fodder

(2001) 9 SCC 313 (316). [Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Act, 1948 (15 of 1948), s. 3, Notification date 5-6-1985, Entry 10]

Marriage

of the registrar, or by the registrar in his office, solemnized within the hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. [Marriage (Extension of Hours) Act, 1934], and preceded by and within three months after banns, license, or … 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.'

Adulteration

over the production and distribution is provided by the (English) Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 66), the (English) Milk and Dairies (Amendment)Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 54), … offence by the Bread Act, 1836, and the (English) Bread Acts (Amendment) Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 28), and that of food, including drink, generally by the (English) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928

Sessions of the peace

determine all manner of felonies in the county; but by the (English) Quarter Sessions Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 38), 'to define the jurisdiction of Justices in General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace,' it … pawnbrokers' certificates under 35 & 36 Vict. c. 93 (these two functions were transferred to district councils by 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73); and licences for theatres outside the Lord Chamberlain's jurisdiction, now granted by county

Enemy, trading with

trading with. See the following Acts directed against trading with the enemy during the Great War:-(English) 4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 87, 5 Geo. 5, c. 12, 5 & 6 Geo. 5, cc. 79, 98, 105,

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