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Husband and wife
one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could not make a grant to his wife at the Common Law, though he … INSURANCE. Sect. 3 of the (English) Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935, has abolished the husband's liability for his wife's torts and ante-nuptial contracts, debts and obligations. Previously to this enactment, by the Common Law,
Trust
any relief provided by the Act'see ss. 4, 8, 61 (power of Court to relieve a trustee from liability for breach of trust), reproducing s. 3 (1) of the (English) Judicial Trustees Act, 1896 (59 & 60 … and not imperatively, and construed by the Court in favour of the intention. Thus when property is given absolutely to any person, and he is recommended, or entreated, or wished, by the donor having power to command,
Married women's property
the husband concurs in the deed. In regard to the torts by a married woman and the husband's liability, see HUSBAND AND WIFE. Consult Lush on Husband and Wife … by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give away, or dispose by will of it
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Property
394: AIR 1969 SC 40: 1969 (1) SCJ 16: 1969 Cr LJ 271. Property is of three sorts: absolute, qualified, and possessory. Property in realty is acquired by entry, conveyance, descent, or devise; and in personalty, by … an assessee, as containing a computation, of his total assessable income and, as a determination, of his tax liability, Ishwarlal v. State of Maharashtra, (1969) 1 ITJ 216: (1969) 1 SWCR 394: AIR 1969 SC 40: 1969
Liable
55. The word 'liable' occurring in many statutes, has been held as not conveying the sense of an absolute obligation or penalty but merely importing a possibility of attracting such obligation, or penalty, even where this word … with. Condition of being bound to respond because a wrong has occurred. Condition out of which a legal liability might arise...... Justly or legally responsible or answerable, Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn.; see also Zunjarrao Bhikaji Nagarkar
Negligence
thing (e.g., water stored by him, poisonous trees or fumes, sewage, vicious or untamed animals, electricity) is an absolute insurer against, and responsible for any damage done owing to the thing escaping, unless, possibly, the damage is … circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been formulated corresponding to the degree of negligence entailing liability measured by the degree of care undertaken or required in each case, i.e., (1) ordinary, which is the
Guarantee
undertakes to be answerable to the promisee for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person, whose primary liability to the promisee must exist or be contemplated. [The words 'debt, default or miscarriage' are taken from the
Under-lease
forfeiture of the superior lease. But the terms upon which the relief will be granted are in the absolute discretion of the Court, and in certain cases the rent may be raised. See Ewart v. Fryer, (1910) … differs from an assignment, which conveys the lessee's whole interest, and passes to the assignee the right and liability to sue and be sued upon the covenants in the original lease. An under-lease for the whole term
Owner
the 'better right' to be in possession and obtain it, whereas with chattels the concept is a more absolute one. Actual possession implies a right to retain it until the contrary is proved and to that extent … charge of, and is responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company. [Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, s. 2 (g)] Means the person who lets or has let, delivers or has delivered
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