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Building
Building, defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or
Goodwill
of business or its name or style, everything connected with or carrying the benefit of the business, Ramnik Vallabhdas Madhwani v. Taraben Pravinlal Madhwani, (2004) 1 SCC 407: AIR 2004 SC 1084 (Partnership Act, 1932, s. 55). … Goodwill, may be the whole advantage belonging to the firm, its reputation as also connection thereof. It, thus, means that every
Remainder
such particular estate. After 1925 remainders can operate only as equitable interests, and in that manner they can be created in respect of personality as well as realty. The follow-ing explanation of legal remainders has been retained … you for your life,' the reversion in fee-simple would remain in the feoffor. But this consequence would be varied if the gift were 'to you for your life, and after your decease to A. and his heirs
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Wager
Wager, a contract by A. to pay money to B. on the happening of a given event, in consideration of B. paying … money to him on the event not happening; and see the elaborate definition of 'wagering contract' in Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., (1892) 2 QB 490, by Hawkins. J. 1. Money or other consideration risked on
Vagrants
Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the (English) … Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is
Specific performance
discretion, the actual accomplishment of a thing stipulated for, on the ground that what is lawfully agreed to be done ought to be done, and that damages at law for breach of the contract are not a … sale or lease of land will be specifically enforced, but not contracts relating to personal property except under very special circumstances, as where damages do not afford an adequate remedy. The Court will not decree specific performance
Settled land
number of instruments, under which any land, or any estate or interest in land, 'stands for the time being limited to or in trust for any persons by way of succession' (Settled Land Act, 1882, s. 2) … (English) Acts of Parliament. In 1856 the (English) Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act (19 & 20 Vict. c. 120) (amended and extended by 1 & 22 Vict. c. 77; 27 & 28 Vict. c. 45;
Chattels or catals
catals [fr. Catalla, Lat.; chatel, Fr.; chaptel, Old Fr.]. The word 'catalla' among the Normans primarily signified only beasts of husbandry or, as they are still called, cattle, but in a secondary sense the term was extended … consists for the most part in the fixity or non-fixity of their duration. It is the latter property, viz., uncertainty of duration, that characterizes a freehold; it is the former, certainty, that characterizes a chattel real or
Chose
thing annexed to a place, as a mill, etc. (2) Chose transitory, that which is movable, and may be taken away, or carried from place to place. (3) Chose in action, otherwise called chose in suspense, a … from such assent. In equity, however, this rule of the Common Law was entirely disregarded, and from a very early period choses in action of all kinds were held to be freely assignable for valuable consideration; see
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, … in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration,
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