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Proved
other than truth. To constitute reasonable doubt, it must be free from an over-emotional response. Doubts must be actual and substantial doubts as to the guilt of the accused person arising from the evidence, or form the … Nevertheless, the standard of measuring proof prescribed by the definition, is that of a person of prudence and practical good sense. 'Proof' means the effect of the evidence adduced in the case, Ch. Razik Ram v. Ch.
partnership
securities min·ing partnership : a partnership in which two or more persons jointly own a mining claim and actually engage in extracting minerals with the purpose of sharing profits and losses non·trad·ing partnership : a partnership that … Act in the Important Laws section compare corporation, joint venture, sole proprietorship NOTE: Except in civil law as practiced in Louisiana, where a partnership, like a corporation, is considered a legal person, a partnership is traditionally viewed
Arbitration
Hosken, 1898 (1) QB 131, and his award may be set aside for misconduct, which may be either actual or technical, or because an error in law appears on the face of the award (see that title). … position [re Enoch, (1910) 1 KB 327], and cannot award anything contrary thereto. It is, however, the recognized practice in commercial arbitrations, where an umpire is appointed, for the arbitrators on either side to act, in effect,
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Custom
which being established by long use and consent of our ancestors has been and daily is put in practice' (Les Termes de la Ley). In Lockwood v. Wood, 6 QB 50, Tindal C.J., at p. 64 says … Kumari, AIR 1952 SC 231: (1952) SCR 825. A custom is a particular rule which has obtained either actually or presumptively from time immemorial in a particular locality and obtained the force of law in the locality,
order
-sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that … for merchandise expressed in very general terms so that the seller has considerable latitude in selecting the articles actually provided stop order : an order to a broker to buy or sell a security when the price
Owner
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 a possessor … a group and who has the ultimate control over the affairs of such under-taking. [Monopolies and restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (ja)] Includes a Court of Wards in respect of property under
Married women's property
of the instrument creating the power, and the will of a testator dying after 1945 shall, notwithstanding the actual date thereof, be deemed to have been executed after the 1st January, 1936. Subject to these provisions, any … almost complete control which the Common Law gave to the husband was much modified by the doctrines and practice of equity in allowing property to be given to a married woman 'for her separate use,' i.e., to
Remainder
not necessary for the support of a contingent remainder that the preceding estate of freehold continue in the actual seisin of the rightful tenant; it is sufficient that there subsists a right to such preceding estate at … limitation or a partial interest in them. It may be limited by way of use (which is, in practice, the usual method), as well as by a conveyance deriving its effect from the Common Law. In the
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