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Copyhold
94 (the Act of 1858), and more materially by the Act of 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 73), provided for compulsory enfranchisement by either lord or tenant, preserving, however, under s. 48 of the Act of … Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of 1924 and 1926, but the greater part of the former title
Notice
the Court of Appeal held that s. 93 of the (English) Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, and now ss. 79-83, and 87 of the (English) Companies Act,1929, avoided an unregistered mortgage as against a subsequent registered incumbrancer, even … raise such a strong presumption of notice that equity will not allow the presumption to be rebutted. [S. 154, I.P.C. and Art. 61(2)(a) const. 56 Indian Evidence Act] Constructive notice may be subdivided into: (a) where the
Trust for sale
testamentary trust for sale of leasehold land was subject to the rule in Howe v. Lord Dartmouth, (1802) 7 Ves 137, applying to all cases in the absence of directions, express or implied, to the contrary, that … the devise of realty in the testator's lifetime the property resulted to the heir-at-law, Ackroyd v. Smithson, (1780) 1 Bro CC 503. Another and more practical consequence was that the whole estate was vested as a rule
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Technical services
knowledge, experience and skill in the field of constructional operations are 'technical services', Continental Construction Ltd. v. C.I.T., 1992 Supp (2) SCC 567: AIR 1992 SC 803 (825). [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 80-89(1)(vii) Expln. 2]
Quaestus
to a purchased estate, as distinguished from haeroditas, referring to an estate obtained by descent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1253. Qu'stus, that estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to h'reditas, … estate, as distinguished from haeroditas, referring to an estate obtained by descent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1253. Qu'stus, that estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to h'reditas, which is what
Estate ad remanentiam
Estate ad remanentiam, an estate in fee simple, Glanv. 1. 7, c. 1.
Falsification
See as to falsification of accounts, Re Arton, (1896) 1 QB 509; R. v. Palin, (1906) 1 KB 7. 4. Falsification by Director or other Officer of a Company.--The (English) Companies Act, 1929, by s. 272 makes
Employer
an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the workers salary or wages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. (a) in relation to contract labour, the principal employer, and (b) in relation to other labour, the … or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within
Marriage
union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial … at the time of his marriage, though he then swore he was 21. Afterward 3 Geo. 4, c. 75, validated all such marriages by license without consent where the parties had subsequently lived together until the passing
Distress
may within thirty days take and seize such goods wherever found (11 Geo. 2, c. 19, ss. 1-3, 7). All chattels and personal effects found upon the premises may be distrained by a landlord, with the following
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