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Protector of the settlement

Fee (see that title). Under the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 74), s. 32, the settlor might appoint a special protector. In the absence of this 'special' protector, the statutory

Property

property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70. In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in

Uses

the special trust to an execution by a creditor of the cestui que trust; while the 19 Hen. 7, c. 15, extended, for the first time, the estate of the cestui que use. In general, however, there

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Reserve Forces

emergency, and the Act has been applied to an Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Reserve under 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 51, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 15, and S.R. & O.

Roman Catholics

House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until

Sessions of the peace

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 or borough councils, see THEATRE.

Shall

to be considered before condemning a violation as fatal, State of Punjab v. Shamlal Murari, (1976) 1 SCC 719. Shall, does not always mean that an act is obligatory or mandatory and it depends upon the context

Slavery

another 2. The practice of keeping individuals in such a state of bondage or servitude, Black's Law Diction-ary, 7th Edn., p. 1393. The system of colonial slavery ws abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 73.

Time

which something is alleged to have occurred 3. Slang. A convicted criminal's period of incarceration, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Time in Acts of Parliament (see, e.g., the definition of night in the Larceny Act) and legal

Treason

not able to make laws and statutes, to bind the crown and the descent thereof, 6 Anne, c. 7. By 36 Geo. 3, c. 7, made perpetual by 57 Geo. 3, c. 6, compassing the death or

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