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Acting in any manner prejudicial to the main-tenance of public order

and order', 'public order' and 'security of the State' are distinct concepts though not always separate. Whereas every breach of peace may amount to disturbance of law and order, every such breach does not amount to disturbance

interest

set forth in the rule in Shelley's case. expectation interest : the interest of a party to a breached contract in receiving the benefit of the bargain by being put in a position as good as that

lost volume seller

lost volume seller : a seller who sells to a buyer after a previous buyer has breached a contract for sale but who would have been able to make a sale to the second buyer

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Point of orders

Point of orders, includes an objection raised by a member at a meeting for breaches of the rules or regulation, to some defect in the constitution of the meeting (e.g. absence of a

Criminal libel

may be a criminal offence as well as a civil wrong because of its tendency to provoke a breach of the place, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 28, para 5, p. 6

Interest

circumstances, there had not been sufficient disclosure of that interest; and that, accordingly, there had been a material breach of regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) and the conditional fee agreement was unenforceable [See (English) Conditional Fee Agreements Regulation, 2000 (SI

Irrevocable

POWERS OF APPOINTMENT); no will is ever irrevocable. A contract not to revoke a will is valid, for breach of which an action will lie, but the covenant is not specifically enforceable, Robinson v. Ommanney, (1882) 23

Judicial control

Judicial control, means a doctrine by which a court can deny cancellation of a lease if the lessee's breach is of minor importance, is not caused by the lessee, or is based on a good-faith mistake of

King's Bench

side it took cognizance of all criminal causes, from high treason down to the most trivial misdemeanour or breach of the peace, and into it also indictments from all inferior Courts might be removed by writ of

Kings peace

peace') in certain areas subject to the King's immediate control, such as the King's palace or highway. A breach of the peace in one of these areas subjected the offender to punishment in the King's Court. Overtime,

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