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Forest Courts

Forest Courts, fallen into absolute desuetude. They were instituted for the government of the royal forests in different parts of the kingdom, and

Gavelkind

s. 1(6)]. If an infant's estate is in possession in fee simple or for a term of years absolute, the estate becomes settled; see S.L. Act, 1925, s. 1, and INFANT. Gavelkind, before A.D. 1066, was the

Gift

Lord Halsbury's statement the essential distinction between a gift and a grant is that whereas a gift is absolutely gratuitous, grant is based on some consideration or equivalent. Similarly in Volume 38 of CORPUS JURIS SECUNDUM, it

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conveyed at law are rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute or annexed for any purpose to a rent charge [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 1(2)(e)]. Before 1925 a

Good faith

judgement in valuing a suit filed before a Court which was ultimately found to have no jurisdiction has absolutely nothing to do with the question of good faith in prosecuting the suit as provided in s. 14

Gratuity

as a matter of right on fulfilling the conditions subject to which it is earned, any rule conferring absolute discretion not testable on reason, justice or fair play must be treated as utterly arbitrary and unreason-able and

Equality

backward class citizens, Constitution of India, Art. 16(1), (2) & 4. The equality before law does not mean absolute equality of men, it only means equal subjection of all individuals to the ordinary law of the land,

Documents (aircraft)

document which only gives a right to payment out of a particular fund or property, and does not absolutely transfer the fund or property, Tancred v. Delagoa Bay and East Africa Rly. Co., (1889) 23 QBD 239

Drugs, Dangerous

for restricting its production, possession, sale, and distribution. The importation or exportation of opium prepared for smoking is absolutely prohibited. Medicinal opium, morphine, cocaine, ecgonine, heroin, and new drugs specified by Order in Council may only be

Determinable life estates

cases, whenever the contingency happens-when the widow marries, or when the grantee obtains the benefice-the respective estates are absolutely determined and gone. Yet, while they subsist, they are reckoned estates for life; because they may by possibility

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Forest Courts

Forest Courts, fallen into absolute desuetude. They were instituted for the government of the royal forests in different parts of the kingdom, and

Gavelkind

s. 1(6)]. If an infant's estate is in possession in fee simple or for a term of years absolute, the estate becomes settled; see S.L. Act, 1925, s. 1, and INFANT. Gavelkind, before A.D. 1066, was the

Gift

Lord Halsbury's statement the essential distinction between a gift and a grant is that whereas a gift is absolutely gratuitous, grant is based on some consideration or equivalent. Similarly in Volume 38 of CORPUS JURIS SECUNDUM, it

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Entry

conveyed at law are rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute or annexed for any purpose to a rent charge [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 1(2)(e)]. Before 1925 a

Good faith

judgement in valuing a suit filed before a Court which was ultimately found to have no jurisdiction has absolutely nothing to do with the question of good faith in prosecuting the suit as provided in s. 14

Gratuity

as a matter of right on fulfilling the conditions subject to which it is earned, any rule conferring absolute discretion not testable on reason, justice or fair play must be treated as utterly arbitrary and unreason-able and

Equality

backward class citizens, Constitution of India, Art. 16(1), (2) & 4. The equality before law does not mean absolute equality of men, it only means equal subjection of all individuals to the ordinary law of the land,

Documents (aircraft)

document which only gives a right to payment out of a particular fund or property, and does not absolutely transfer the fund or property, Tancred v. Delagoa Bay and East Africa Rly. Co., (1889) 23 QBD 239

Drugs, Dangerous

for restricting its production, possession, sale, and distribution. The importation or exportation of opium prepared for smoking is absolutely prohibited. Medicinal opium, morphine, cocaine, ecgonine, heroin, and new drugs specified by Order in Council may only be

Determinable life estates

cases, whenever the contingency happens-when the widow marries, or when the grantee obtains the benefice-the respective estates are absolutely determined and gone. Yet, while they subsist, they are reckoned estates for life; because they may by possibility

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