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Vadium ponere

Vadium ponere, to take bail or pledges for a defendant's appearance....


Contract for the hire of goods

Contract for the hire of goods, means a contract, other than an excepted contract, under which one person bails or agrees to bail goods to another by way of hire. Supply of Goods and Service Act, 1982 (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 856, p. 868....


Custody

Custody, The word is of elastic semantics but its core meaning is that the law has taken control of the person, Nianjan Singh v. Prabhakar Rajaram Kharote, (1980) 2 SCC 559: AIR 1980 SC 785 (787): (1980) 3 SCR 15. [Criminal Procedure Code (1974) s. 439]Means physical custody, Warner v. Metropolitan Police Commr., (1969) 2 AC 256: (1968) 2 All ER 356, HL Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 59, p. 55.Custody, he who under the control of the Court or is in the physical hold of an officer with coercive power, is in custody for the purpose of s. 439, Nirmaljeet Kaur v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 7 SCC 558.The word is of elastic semantics but its core meaning is that the law has taken control of the person. The expression 'custody' as used in s. 439 must be taken to be a compendious expression referring to the events on the happening of which the Magistrate can entertain a bail petition of an accused, Sunita Devi v. State of Bihar, (2005) 1 SCC 608 (613, 614). (Criminal Procedur...


Practice Court

Practice Court. see BAIL COURT....


Caution

Caution, a species of bail; security. When used in this sense, the word is pronounced 'cayshon.'--Scots Law. In England, any warning. A prisoner or accused person is 'cautioned' before making a statement, that such statement may be used in evidence upon his trial.Caution.--Under the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925, ss. 54 to 56, is a notice to the Registrar in the nature of a caveat to the effect that the cautioner is entitled to be served with a notice of any application for the registration of an interest in registered land affecting the cautioner. Registration, as a rule, will to be effected until a reasonable time (usually 14 days) has elapsed after service of notice, or the cautioner has entered an appearance. Cautions may be lodged against first registration to protect unregistered mortgages, contracts for purchase, the vesting of equitably settled estates and other purposes. Cautions to protect unregistered mortgages under s. 106 of the (English) L. R. Act, 1925, confer a ...


application

application : a request for action or relief [most s request bail…or an extension of time to file "W. J. Brennan, Jr."] ;also : a form used to make such a request [an insurance ] ...


bailment

bailment [Anglo-French bayllment, from bailler to hand over see bail ] : the transfer of possession but not ownership of personal property (as goods) for a limited time or specified purpose (as transportation) such that the individual or business entity taking possession is liable to some extent for loss or damage to the property compare deposit loan for consumption and loan for use at loan NOTE: The typical elements of a bailment are delivery of the personal property, acceptance of the delivery, and possession or control of the property. Any of these elements may be actual or constructive. Bailments may be created by contracts, either express or implied, which require agreement, and the agreement may also be express or implied. Contracts for the lease of a car, for sale of goods on consignment, and for the transport of goods are examples of bailments. bailment for hire : a bailment that either benefits both parties or only the bailee ;esp : one in which the bailee receives comp...


consign

consign : to entrust (one's goods) to the possession of a dealer to be sold for profit or returned if unsold compare bail, entrust con·sign·ment n con·sign·or [kən-sī-nər, kÄ n-sī-nȯr] n ...


deliver

deliver -ered -er·ing : to transfer possession of (property) to another : put into the possession or exclusive control of another [a deed must be ed to be effective "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] see also gift compare bail, convey, donate, give, sell de·liv·er·able adj ...


entrust

entrust also in·trust vt 1 : to deliver something to (a person) under a charge or duty 2 : to give (something) over to the care of another ;specif : to deliver to a merchant who may transfer ownership to a buyer in the ordinary course of business used esp. in the Uniform Commercial Code; see also negligent entrustment compare bail, consign en·trust·ment n ...



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