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Limitation of actions and prosecutions

of any principal or interest by any of the others. The same principle is not applicable to an acknowledgement by one of several persons jointly liable. It appears that the acknowledgement of anyone binds them all, Roddam

Attornment

Attornment [fr. tourner, Fr., to turn], the acknowledgement of a new lord on the alienation of land, and the assent or agreement of the tenant to

Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance

Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance. If, before 1st January, 1925 [see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 167],

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Bill of Lading

Bill of Lading, a memorandum signed by masters of ships, in their capacity of carriers, acknowledging the receipt of merchants' goods, of which there are usually three parts-one kept by the consignor, one sent

Confession

v. Z., (2005) 2 WLR 709 (Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984, s. 76). Only voluntary and direct acknowledgement of guilt is a confession, Central Bureau of Investigation v. V.C. Shukla, (1998) 3 SCC 410. Should be

Reddition

certain property being demanded; and that in fact belongs to demandant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Means an acknowledgement in court that one is not the owner of certain property being demanded and that it in fact

Revive

Revive, to make oneself liable for a debt barred by the Statute of Limitations by acknowledging it; or for a matrimonial offence once condoned by committing another. The legal effect of an acknowledgment of

confession

confession 1 : an act of confessing 2 : an acknowledgment of a fact or allegation as true or proven ;esp : a written or oral statement by an

Debentures and shares

repay the same at a specified rate and also carrying an interest. These are simply an instrument of acknowledgement of debt by the company whereby it undertakes to pay the amount covered by it and till then

filiation

has held that children not entitled to legitimate filiation to the alleged parent, or not legitimated or formally acknowledged by the alleged parent, may establish filiation in a filiation proceeding. This has led to some instances where

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