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Marshalling

as to prejudice the rights of the prior mortgagee or of any other person who has for consideration acquired an interest on any of the properties. (Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 81)

Land charge

charges. Class C (i) every first and subsequent mortgage if created after 1925 or if created before 1926, acquired under a conveyance made after 1925, of a legal estate except mortgages protected by a deposit of deeds,

Learning

Learning, the definition of the term 'learning' is very wide and almost encompasses within its sweep every acquired capacity which enables the acquirer of the capacity 'to pursue any trade, industry, profession or avocation in life',

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Letters-patent, or letters overt

applying for the patent must be the true and first inventor of it; yet where the secret is acquired abroad by one who afterwards introduces it into the realm, he is considered by the law as the

Lex loci rei sit '

461; Bank of Africa v. Cohen, (1909) 2 Ch 129. The title, therefore, to real property can be acquired, passed, and lost only according to the lex loci rei sit', Story's Confl. Of Laws, s. 424. See

Light

(1930) 1 Ch 500. If two tenements belong to a common landlord, the right to light can be acquired by one tenement not only against the other tenement, but also against the landlord, Morgan v. Fear, 1907

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

under the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 44. A title under the Statutes of Limitation can be acquired to land although it has been registered under the Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 75, if the claimant

Local land charges

Local land charges. Charges on land acquired at anytime by any local authority, including county, borough or rural district councils under the Public Health Metropolis

Regulation of house accommodation

to such legislation, must be accommoda-tion required for military purposes, or must be accommodation that has already been acquired, requisitioned or allotted to the military, Indu Bhusan Bose v. Rama Sundari Debi, AIR 1970 SC 228: (1969)

Voluntary winding up and winding up by the court

and winding up by the court, the expressions 'voluntary winding up' and 'winding up by the Court' have acquired a technical meaning in our Company and Insurance jurisprudence. Like the Co-operative Society Laws, the Companies Act and

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