Acknowledgement - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: acknowledgementAcknowledgement 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], a woman married before 1883 disposed of her estate or interest in lands or her revisionary interest in personal property she was required, unless her title thereto had accrued since 1882, or unless she was entitled thereto for her separate use to comply with the formalities prescribed by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 74), ss. 77-91, with regard to land, and by 20 & 21 Vict. C. 57, commonly called (English) 'Malins's Act,' which incorporated the procedure of the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, with regard to reversionary interests in personal estate.The (English) Fines and Recoveries Act requiredthe acknowledgment to be made before two commissioners, but the 7th section of the (English) Conveyancing Act, 1882, substituted one only, and also dispensed with the affidavit and certificate of acknowledgment required by the former Act; se...
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement, Under s. 18, Limitation Act, one of the essential requirements for a valid 'acknowledgement' is that the writing concerned must contain an admission of a subsisting liability. A mere admission of a past liability is not sufficient to constitute such an `acknowledgement'. Hence a mere recital in a document as to the existence of a past liability, coupled with a statement of its discharge, does not constitute an 'acknowledgement' within this section, Valliama Champaka Pillai v. Sivathanu Pillai AIR 1979 SC 1937 (1936): (1980) 1 SCR 354....
Acknowledgment of debt or liability
Acknowledgment of debt or liability, is an admission that a debt is due or that some claim or liability is still in existence, so as to prevent the operation of the Statute of Limitations. The precise form of acknowledgment necessary in any particular case depends on the terms of the relevant statute. An acknowledgment or part payment after the statutory period will not revive a barred claim to land under s. 34 of the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27), Kibble v. Fairhorne, (1895) 1 Ch 219, but an acknowledgment at anytime before action brought will revive actions, on debt grounded on simple contract, if in writing under 9 Geo. 4, c. 14, and for money charged on land under s. 40 of the Real Property Limitation Act, 1833: see re Clifden, Annaly v. Agar Ellis, 1900 (1) Ch 774. See LIMITATIONS, STATUTE OF....
acknowledge
acknowledge -edged -edg·ing 1 : to indicate recognition and acceptance of [the power of taxation in the general and state governments is acknowledged to be concurrent "McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)"] 2 a : to show by word or act that one has knowledge of and accepts responsibility for (a duty, obligation, or indebtedness) b : to admit paternity of [will the child as his] compare filiate 3 : to make known to a sender or giver the receipt of (what has been sent or given) or the fact of (one's having received what has been sent or given) [ receipt of a letter] 4 : to recognize as genuine so as to give validity : avow or admit in legal form [the execution of any such power of attorney shall be acknowledged before one of the officers "U.S. Code"] ...
acknowledgment
acknowledgment also ac·knowl·edge·ment n 1 a : the act of acknowledging b : the act of admitting paternity compare filiation 2 : a thing done or given in recognition of something received [an came in the mail] 3 a : a declaration or avowal of one's act or a fact to give it legal validity ;specif : a declaration before a duly qualified public officer (as a notary public) by a person who has executed an instrument that the execution was the person's free act and deed b : the formal certificate made by an officer before whom one has acknowledged a deed including as an essential part the signature and often the seal of the officer ...
Acknowledge
Acknowledge, means to recognise something as being factual, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 23...
Acknowledgment-money
Acknowledgment-money, a sum formerly paid in some parts of England by copyhold tenants on the death of their lords, as a recognition of their new lords, in like manner as money is usually paid on the attornment of tenants. See COPYHOLDS....
Sufficient acknowledgement
Sufficient acknowledgement, means an acknow-ledgement identifying the work in question by its title or other description and identifying the author unless-(a) in the case of an unpublished work it is published anonymously; (b) in the case of an unpublished work, it is not possible for a person to ascertain the identity of the author by reasonable inquiry, Pro Sieben A.G. v. Carlton Television Ltd., (C.A.) 605...
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal succeeding ones, the Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42), the (English) Civil Procedure Act (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27) [see Read v. Price, (1909) 2 KB 724], and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed within which, upon the principle Interest reipublic' ut sit finis litium, particular actions must be brought or proceedings taken.In the case of simple contract the remedy on the contract is barred, leaving the creditor free to enforce his claims by other means which may be still available, such as enforcing a lien, subsequent acknowledgment by the debtor or appropriation of payments, but not by way of set-off (9 Geo. 4, c. 14, s. 3). In regard to land, the right to it is destroyed after the statutory period and neither re-entry nor acknowledgment after the laps...
Receipt
Receipt, an acknowledgment in writing of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421.The act of receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.A stamp duty first imposed in 1783 was progressively ad valorem, until 1853, when the uniform 1d. rate was imposed; this was increased to 2d. by the Finance Act, 1920.For the purposes of the Stamp Act, 1891, the expression 'receipt' is defined (s. 101) as including--(1) Any note, memorandum, or writing whereby any money amounting to two pounds or upwards, or any bill of exchange or promissory note for money amounting to two pounds or upwards, is acknow-ledged or expressed to have been received or deposited or paid, or whereby any debt or demand, or any part of a debt or demand, of the amount of two pounds or upwards, is acknowledged to have been settled, satisfied, or discharged, or which signifie...
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