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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...


Settlement

Settlement, means an agreement ending a dispute or a law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377.Settlement, suggests that, in the process of vesting, the right to possession in such lands is also vested in the State, and thereafter it is settled back with the outgoing proprietor by the operation of law, Brijnandan Singh v. Jamuna Prasad Sahu, AIR 1958 Pat 589.Settlement, the act of giving possession by legal sanction; a jointure granted to a wife; a disposition of either real or personal property or both for the benefit of one person for his life, and after his death for the benefit of another person absolutely, or with a similar ultimate devolution for the use of several persons in succession after the person first named. See last title, and SETTLEMENT ESTATE DUTY.The conveyance of property -- or of interests in property -- to provide for one or more beneficiaries, usu. members of settlor's family in a way that differs from what the beneficiaries would receive as heirs under ...


Court

Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar, AIR 2000 SC 485 (490). [Bihar Land Reforms Act (30 of 1950), s. 19]Court, means the principle civil court of original jurisdiction in a district and including the High Court in exercise of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jursidiction to decide the questions forming the subject matter of suit, but does not incude any civil court of a grade inferior to such civil court or any court of small causes.S. 2(*) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Raipur Development Authority v. Sarin Construction Company, Raipur, AIR 2006 Chattisgarh 12.The tribunal which is to exercise the jurisdiction for executing the decree in question is 'a court' within the scope of s. 45C of the Banking Companies Act, Ram Narain v. Simla Banking and Industrial Co. Ltd., AIR 1956 S...


record

record 1 : to put in a record 2 : to deposit or otherwise cause to be registered in the appropriate office as a record and notice of a title or interest in property [ a deed] [ a mortgage] see also recording act 3 : to cause (as sound, images, or data) to be registered on something in reproducible form [ a telephone conversation] vi : to record something [re-kərd] n 1 : the documentary account of something [confidential medical s]: as a : an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer b : an official copy of a document deposited with a designated officer c : the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding [the appeals court reviewed the trial ] d : documented evidence or history of one or more arrests or convictions see also business records exception, public records exception 2 : something (as a disc or tape) on which images, sound, or data has been recorded of record 1 : on the record of the court in connection with a particul...


hearing

hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body having decision-making authority compare trial NOTE: The purpose of a hearing is to provide the opportunity for each side of a dispute, and esp. a person who may be deprived of his or her rights, to present its position. A hearing, along with notice, is a fundamental part of procedural due process. Hearings are also held, as for example by a legislature or an administrative agency, for the purpose of gathering information and hearing the testimony of witnesses. administrative hearing : a hearing conducted by an official (as an administrative law judge) or a body (as a review board) of an administrative agency regarding an agency action and esp. an action under dispute confirmation hearing 1 : a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate to examine a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court NOTE: Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides ...


writ

writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...


Any person

Any person, the effect of the 1994 amendment on s. 147 is unambiguous. Where earlier, the words 'any person' could be held not to include the owner of the goods or his authorised representative travelling in the goods vehicle, Parliament has now made it clear that such a construction is no longer possible. The scope of this rationale does not, however, extend to cover the class of cases where gratuitous passengers for whom no insurance policy was envisaged, and for whom no insurance premium was paid, employed the goods vehicle as a medium of conveyance, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Baljit Kaur, (2004) 2 SCC 1 (5): AIR 2004 SC 1340. [Motor Vehicles Act, s. 147(1)(b) (as amended in 1994)]The expression 'any person' can be restricted to those on the managerial or administrative staff only. One cannot arbitrarily cut down the amplitude of an expression used by the legislature, Central Bank of India v. Workmen, AIR 1960 SC 12 (23): (1960) 1 SCR 200. (Banking Regulation Act, 1949, s. 10)Th...


Cause of action

Cause of action, a cause of action is a bundle of facts which are required to be pleaded and proved for the purpose of obtaining relief claimed in the suit. For the aforementioned purpose, the material facts are required to be stated but not the evidence except in certain cases where the pleading relied on any misrepresentation, fraud, breach of trust, wilful default or undue influence, Liverpool & London S.P. & I Assocn. v. M.V. Sea Success, (2004) 9 SCC 512 (562). [Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 7, R. 11(9)]--It is only that court in whose jurisdiction the 'cause of action' did arise will have Jurisdiction to entertain an application either under section 9 or under section 11 of the Act (Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996); Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. Kolkata v. Tiwari Roadlines, Hyderabad, AIR 2006 AP 1.Means every fact which it is necessary to establish to support a right to obtain a judgment, Prem Chand Vijay Kumar v. Yashpal Singh, (2005) 4 SCC 417.Is a bundle of facts...


Development consent

Development consent, for public and private pro-jects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment should be granted only offer prior assessment of the likely significant environmental effects of these projects has been carried out whereas this assessment must be conducted on the basis of the appropriate information supplied by the developer, which may be supplemented by the authorities and by the people who may be concerned by the project in question, Regina v. North Yorks C.C., Ex parte Brown [HL(E)], (1999) 2 WLR 452.The decision of the competent authority or authorities which entitles the developer to proceed with the project, Reg. v. North Yorks C.C., Ex parte Brown [HL(E)], (2000) 1 AC LR 397....


Embezzlement

Embezzlement, the appropriation to his own use by a clerk or servant of money, valuable securities or chattels received by him for and on account of his master or employer. Embezzlement differs from larceny in this, that in the former the property misappropriated is not at the time in the actual or legal possession of the owner, whilst in the latter it is. The distinctions between larceny and embezzle-ment are often extremely nice and subtle, and it is sometimes difficult to say under which head the offence ranges. Unless the offender is a clerk or servant whose business it is to receive money for his master, he is not guilty of embezzlement. But if he have been employed to receive it in a single instance, he need not be a general servant. Partners stealing or embezzling money, etc., belonging to the co-partnership may be convicted and punished as if they had not been such partners. [(English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 40 (4)]The fraudulent taking of personal property with which one has be...



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