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Notice to quit
Notice to quit. Where there is a tenancy from year to year subsisting, it can only be put an end to by notice to quit, which may be given by either party, and must be … Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (1 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 18. Where a lessee holds under a void demise, no notice is necessary; but where a lease granted by a tenant for life under a limited
Impossibility
before date of contract, or never existed [see (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 6; and Conturier v. Hastie, (1852) 8 Ex 43 & HLC 673]; but where the contract operating as a transfer of real … Impossibility. If a man contract to do a thing which is absolutely impossible by its nature, such contract will not bind him--lex non cogit ad impossibilia, e.g., where the subject-matter has perished
Trust instrument
instruments whereby the trusts of the settled land are declared other than a vesting instrument or vesting conveyance. By s. 4 (ibid.), the trust instrument constituting a settlement must, if made after 1925: (a) declare the trusts … relation to settled land, any instruments whereby the trusts of the settled land are declared other than a vesting instrument or vesting conveyance. By s. 4 (ibid.), the trust instrument constituting a settlement must, if made after
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Receipt
Receipt, an acknowledgment in writing of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421. The act of receiving something; a
Trout
missile, or roe for catching or killing salmon, trout, or freshwater fish. A gaff or tailer may, however, be used as an auxiliary to angling with a rod and line. No explosive or noxious material must be
County Courts
County Courts. The old County Court was a tribunal inident to the jurisdiction of a sheriff, but was not a Court of Record. Proceedings were removable into a superior court by recordari facias loquelam, or … inferior tribunals have now been established throughout England. They were first established in 1846 by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, 'the Act for the more easy recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England,' repealed and
Insurance
a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must … Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1. Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to
Lien
hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, until certain demands of the person in possession are satisfied. It is neither a jus in … treated. (1) As to the manner and circumstances under which a lien may be acquired. To create a valid lien it is essential that the person through whom it is acquired should himself either have the absolute
Rescue
Rescue, the taking away and setting at liberty, against law, a distress taken, or a person arrested by the process or course of law (Co. Litt. 160 b). Rescue of persons the custody of the law … Edw. 1. Aiding a prisoner to escape is a felony by the Prison Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 126), s. 37. See Archbold's Criminal Pleading, Ev. And Practice, 25th Edn. pp. 1112-1123. Rescue of children
Salary or wages
Salary or wages, means all remuneration (other than remuneration in respect of over-time work) capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be … not include-- (i) any other allowance which the employee is for the time being entitled to; (ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any
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