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Solicitor
not practise before any justices for that county (see s. 54 of that Act). As to solicitors ('Law Agents') is Scotland, see the (English) Solicitors (Scotland) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 21). As to … Courts, 'solicitors' business in the Court of Chancery and 'proctors' ecclesiastical and Admiralty business; but it was the general practice, although any person might be admitted to practise as an attorney or solicitor only, to be admitted
Tax
government on persons, entities or properly to yield public revenue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1469. Some general principles of taxation have been said to be:- (1) The subjects of every State ought to contribute to
Frauds, Statute of
created by parol and not put in writing and signed by the parties making the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, have the effect of leases at will only, except in the case of a … to it in Scotland, was practically copied by the Irish Parliament in 7 Wm. 3, c. 12, applies generally to the British colonies, and, remarks Mr. Chancellor Kent (2 Com. 494, n. (d), 'carries its influence through
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Tail
an equitable interest in tail, is an estate limited to a person and the heirs of his body general or special, male or female, and was the creature of the statute De Donis. The estate, if the … against the wish of his father, the tenant for life, the legislature has introduced a reasonable but unaccountable agent, denominated 'the protector of the settlement,' who is, in many respects, but not in all (as will presently
Corporation or body politic
alternative methods of execution by corporations of deeds after 1925 in favour of a purchaser, of appointment of agents to sign instruments after 1925 not under seal, of the execution of conveyances by the corporation as or … Baroness Wenlock v. River Dee Co., (1887) 36 Ch D 685 n., per Bowen, L.J. It is a general rule that a corporation must contract under its commonseal, but whenever the observance of this rule would occasion
Carrier
Carrier, in its general sense, a person who undertakes to transport the goods of other persons from one place to another for … 2000 (52 of 2000), s. 2(1)(a)] Means someone who has contracted to carry, as opposed to a mere agent who brings about the contract of carriage between two principals, Ulster ' Swift Ltd. v. Taunton Meat Haulage
Innkeeper
Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 792. Innkeeper, proprietor of a common inn for the accommodation of travelers in general. All persons are deemed innkeepers who keep houses where a traveler is furnished, for profit, with everything which … 'expressly' is meant that the bailor's intention must be brought to the mind of the bailee or his agent in some reasonable and intelligible manner, Whitehouse v. Pickett, 1908 AC 357. A copy of the Act must
Bill of Lading
lading, is a document of title acknowledging the receipt of goods by a carrier or by the shipper's agent; a document that indicates the receipt of goods for shipment and that is issued by a person engaged … shipped; and by its endorsement and delivery, the transfer of the property in the goods specified therein is generally effected. By the Bills of Lading Act, 1855, the rights of suit under a bill of lading vest
Salary or wages
transfer of interest in movable property being denoted by the word 'barter', CIT, Andhra Pradesh v. Motors and General Stores Pvt. Ltd., (1967) 66 ITR 692. Sale, is a transfer of ownership in exchange for a price, … sale price to them in the manner prescribed by them. The society does not cease to be an agent of the transaction is not a sale by the members to the society, Khedut Sahakari Ginning & Pressing
Mandamus
public duties. It enforces, however, some private rights when they are withheld by public officers. It is a general rule that this writ is only to be issued where a party has no other specific remedy; and … 226) Mandamus, in England, this writ does not issue to Crown or any public servant acting as the agent of the Crown unless there is a Statutory liability, Commentary on the Constitution of India, D.D. Basu, 6th
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