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Judgment

As referring to a final judgment after any appeals have been determined, rather than the judgment at first instance of the trial judge; or one could confine the operation of the sub-section to actions for contribution subsequently brought,

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Public trustee

liable to discharge (s. 7). By s. 13 an investigation and audit of trust accounts may be made at the instance of any trustee or beneficiary, by some agreed solicitor or accountant, and in default of agreement by the Public

Abstract of title

1925, s. 44, unless an earlier title may be required by law. On a sale of leaseholds, for instance, the lease, whatever its date, must be abstracted, Frend v. Buckley, (1875) LR 5 QB Ex 213 though

Commercial letters of credit

Commercial letters of credit, commercial letters of credit may be issued at the instance of a buyer in favour of a seller in the same or another country, in which latter case they … same or another country, in which latter case they are called import credits; or they may be issued at the instance of seller, when they are called export credits, the seller drawing on his own banker or at any rate

Casting vote

from voting, Nell v. Longbottom, 1894 (1) QB 767, is usually not entitled to vote in the first instance. The Speaker of the House of Commons (though he was no vote in the first instance) has a

Sufferance, Tenancy at

at sufferance; but where he cometh to the particular estate by act of law, as a guardian, for instance, there, if he hold over, he is no tenant at sufferance, but an abator. The same doctrine is

Bail

1906 applications for bail in felony or misdemeanour, where the party is in custody, must in the first instance be by summons at chambers for a writ of habeas corpus or to show cause why the defendant

Registration of title of land

1929). Compulsory registration may be introduced in any county or part of a county by Order in Council at the instance of a county, or county borough council, or otherwise (see ss. 120 et seq.). In a compulsory area, land

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