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Probation

to fill it. (3) Treatment of an offender under the (English) Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 17). By s. 1 of this Act where any person is charged before a Court of summary

Presentation

the lifetime of the patron, when the void turn devolves upon the personal representative, Mirehouse v. Rennell, (1833) 7 Bli 241, being, indeed, a personal right or interest dis-annexed from the estate in the advowson, and vested

Payee

to whose order the money is, by the instrument, directed to be paid, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, s. 7. One to whom a bill of exchange or promissory note or cheque is made payable; he must be

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Modesty

to a woman, 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct, R.V. James Lloyd, (1836) 7 C&P 317: 173 ER 141. Modesty, is to be interpreted as an attribute associated with female human beings

Malice

probable cause, R.S. Garg v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 2006 (SC) 2912: (2006) 6 SCC 430: (2006) 7 JT 1: (2006) 7 SCALE 405: (2006) 6 Supreme 324: (2006) 7 SCJ 193: (2006) 8 SCJD 36:

Maximum period

Maximum period, As Parliament has power to repeal a law fixing the maximum period under Article 22(7) (b), the longer period fixed under the later law of detention would become the maximum period. The word 'may'...

Malice in law

or indirect object, State of Andhra Pradesh v. Goverdhan Pilti, AIR 2003 SC 1941 (1945): (2003) 4 SCC 739. Means any action resorted to for an unauthorized purpose would construe malice in law. Even in the absence

Lodger

s. 94. See LODGING HOUSES, COMMON. The (English) Lodgers' Goods Protection Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 79), passed for the protection of lodgers' goods, is repealed by the Law of Distress Amendment Act, 1908 (8

Letters-patent, or letters overt

for obtaining a patent were consolidated, with amendments, by the (English) Patents and Designs Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 29), and further amended by Patents and Designs Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 80),

Land

as such, Ratna Sugar Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of U.P., AIR 1976 SC 1742: (1976) 2 SCC 797: (1976) 3 SCR 1062. The definition of 'land' s. 3(14) of the U.P. Zamin-dari Abolition and Land Reforms

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