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Limitation of actions and prosecutions

Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English)...

Gift. The old text-writers made a gift (donatio) a distinct species of deed, and describe it as a conveyance applicable...

Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1. Insurance, the act of providing against a possible...

Act of Parliament, a law made by the sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal,...

Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976...

Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of...

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a...

Consumer, 'consumer' would include 'any person who consumes electrical energy supplied by a person who generates electrical energy for his...

Collision of ships, the striking or running foul of one ship against another. The remedy is either an action at...

Breach of trust, a violation of duty by a trustee, executor, or other person in a fiduciary position. In some...