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Landlord

receiving or is entitled to receive the rent of a building, whether on his own account or on behalf of another or on behalf of himself and others or as an agent, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver or

Tout

person who procures, in consideration of any remuneration moving from any Advocate or from any person on his behalf, the employment of such Advocate in any legal business, or who proposes to any Advocate to procure, in

Friend or agent

also happens to be a legal practitioner, he cannot, as of right, appear before the Advisory Board on behalf of the detenu. The same reasoning will apply to appearance by an 'agent'. In other words, if an

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Agent

It means a person duly authorised by a party to present any complaint, appeal or reply on its behalf before the national Commission. [Consumer Protection Rules, 1987, s. 2 (b)] An agent is ordinarily a person authorised

Detention

mean keeping back a wife from her husband or any other person having the care of her on behalf of her husband with the requisite intention. Such keeping back may be by force; but it need not

derivative action

derivative action : a suit brought by a shareholder on behalf of a corporation or by a member on behalf of an association to assert a cause of action

ex parte

ex parte [Medieval Latin, on behalf (of)] : on behalf of or involving only one party to a legal matter and in the absence

judgment

: a decision by a person or body (as a board of directors) having authority to act on behalf of a business and usually marked by reasonableness and the exercise of due care ;also : the faculty

prescription

not run in favor of a person having precarious possession, because he or she possess the property on behalf of or with permission of the owner, until the possessor begins to possess the property on his or

unjust enrichment

acquired esp. by fraud from another in circumstances that demand the judicial imposition of a constructive trust on behalf of those who in equity ought to receive it see also quasi contract 1 at contract 2 :

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