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Personal effects

for intimate use by an individual. In Black's Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, at page 1301, the expression is assigned the following meaning: Personal effects, articles associated with person, as property having more or less intimate relation to

Chancery

s. 4, a Division of the High Court of Justice called the Chancery Division. To this Division are assigned (1) matters in which the court of Chancery had exclusive statutory jurisdiction (except County Court appeals), of these,

Maills and duties

seldom used except in 'Action of M. and D.,' which is an action to enforce payment of rents: assignation of M. and D., commonly known as assignation of rents and prescription of M. and D. The years

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Trade marks

[2nd Sch.)] is, that, subject to the statutory provisions, the registered trademark in itself becomes the ex-clusive and assignable property of the owner in connection with the class of goods for which it is registered, for the

Salary or wages

All causes and matters for the specific performance of contracts between vendors and purchasers of real estates are assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, as are also all causes and matters for

Public servant

the Indian Penal Code. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2] Public servant shall have the meaning assigned to it in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of

Poor Prisoners, Defence of

aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence at the trial and to have solicitor and counsel assigned to him for that purpose, if a certificate, called the 'defence certificate,' is granted by the justices committing

Personal property

only a right to it arising upon some contract, and recoverable by an action at law.Any person may assign personal property, including chattels real, directly to himself and another person or other persons or corporation, by the

Pawn or Pledge

the pawn into the hands of a stranger for safe custody, without consideration; for he may sell or assign all his interest in the pawn, or he may convey the same interest conditionally, by way of pawn,

Means and includes

use of the word 'means' indicates that 'definition is a hard-and-fast definition, and no other meaning can be assigned to the expression than is put down in definition'. The word 'includes' when used, enlarges the meaning of

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