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Child-bearing
of bearing a child after the age of fifty-four was recognized by the Court of Appeal in Corxton v. May, (1878) 9 Ch D 388, in a case where the woman had been married only three years. … Child-bearing. The English law admits of no presumption as to the time when a woman ceases to bear children, though this enters into most other codes, and the practice of the Courts in treating women of
Cargo
of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship. Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. … contained and conveyed in a ship. Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. 2 (aa) includes anything carried or to
Consumer hire agreement
pay under the credit hire agreement subsists for more than three months so these are consumer hire agreements, Burdis v. Livsey (CA), (2003) LR 36 QB. Is an agreement for the bailment of goods to the hirer
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Guest
host, so long as there is nothing in the nature of a trap or concealed danger, see Corby v. Hill, (1858) 4 C.B.N.S. p. 565, explaining Southcote v. Stanley, (1856) 1 H. & N. 247. See also … Guest. One who chooses to become a guest cannot complain of the accommodation afforded him by his host, so long as there is nothing
Collateral or incidental issue
in issue implies that there is another matter which is 'directly and substantially' in issue, Sajjadanashin Sayed Md. B.E Edr v. Musa Dadabhai Ummer, (2000) 3 SCC 350: AIR 2000 SC 1238 (1243). [Civil Procedure Code 1908,
Fraudulent proceeding
Fraudulent proceeding, When a proceeding is alleged to be fraudulent, what is meant is that the claim made therein is untrue, but that the claimant had managed, … meant is that the claim made therein is untrue, but that the claimant had managed, to obtain the verdict of the court in his favour and against his opponent by practicing fraud on the Court. Such a
Uses
Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It … Objections to uses before the Statute:- 'Though these uses' (see Gilbert, Uses, c. 1, s. 8) 'had a very equitable beginning, yet, like all new models and general schemes of ordering property, it intro-duced a great many
Tax
Fr. and Dut.], an impost; a tribute imposed on the subject; an excise; tallage. A monetary charge imposed by government on persons, entities or properly to yield public revenue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1469. Some … the State. Taxes are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one that is demanded from the very persons who are intended or desired to pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one
Equity
of jurispru-dence distinct from Law 'Equity' is an equivocal term; the difficulty lies in drawing the dividing lines between the several senses in which it is used. They may be distinguished thus:- (1) Taken broadly and philosophically, … means to do to all men as we would they should do unto us-by the Justinian Pandects, honeste vivere, alterum non l'dere, suum cuique tribuere. It is clear that human tribunals cannot cope with so wide a
Information
contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. … instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as
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