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Attornment
Attornment [fr. tourner, Fr., to turn], the acknowledgement of a new lord on the alienation of land, and the assent or agreement of the tenant to attorn, as 'I become tenant to the purchaser.'-Co. Litt. 309. By s. 151 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, replacing 4 Anne, c. 16, ss. 9, 10, all grants and conveyances of lands, rents, reversions, etc., are good without the attornment of the tenants, but notice of the grants must be given to the tenants, before which they are not prejudiced by the payment of any rent to the grantor, or breach of the condition for non-payment, and by the same section of the (English) Act of 1925, replacing the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 11, attornments made by tenants to strangers claiming title to the estate of their landlord are null and void, and their landlord's possession is not affected thereby, except as provided by s. 151, ibid.The 'Attornment Clause' in a deed of mortgage is a clause whereby, for better sec...
Ecclesiastical dilapidations
Ecclesiastical dilapidations. The liability of an incumbent to make good dilapidations in the parsonage house is governed by the (English) Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Measures, 1923 to 1929 (14 & 15 Geo. 5, No. 3, and 19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 3), which have replaced the former (English) Acts (34 & 35 Vict. c. 43 and 35 & 36 Vict. c. 96). The 54th section of the (English) Act of 1871 directs incum-bents to insure....
New building
New building. Under the (English) Road Improvement Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 11, new building 'includes any addition to an existing building.'The question whether any building is a 'new building' is in general one of fact, see Ballard v. Horton's Estate Ltd., (1926) 24 LGR 449. So also in the case of temporary buildings (q.v.), Rodwell v. Wade, (1924) 23 LGR 174; and Keeling v. Wirral Rural District Council, (1925) 23 LGR 201.S. 23 of the (English) Public Health Act (Amendment) Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 53), contained elaborate definitions of a 'new building,' but this section has been repealed as from the 1st October, 1937, by the Public Health Act, 1936, and of which the provisions relating to building and building bye-laws will be found in Part II. of the Act. 'New building' is not defined, but s. 62 provides for the application of bye-laws for the construction, materials, space for, lighting, ventilation, and dimensions of rooms for human habitation, also height of existi...
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act (Scotland)
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act (Scotland) (English) (8 & 9 Vict. C. 19, amended by23 & 24 Vict. c. 106), differs in form only from the above, most of the sections being word for word the same. A separate Act was necessitated by reason of the difference in the Scots law and procedure....
Bond ledger account
Bond ledger account, means an account with the Bank or an agent in which the Government Securities are held in a dematerialised form at the credit of the holder, Government Securities Act, 2006, sec. 2(c)....
Boundary
Boundary, is an imaginary line which marks the confines or line of division of two contiguous parcels of land. It also denotes the physical objects by reference to which the line of division is described as well as the line of division itself, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(1), 4th Edn., Para 901, p. 390.Means a wall which abuts on a street and which does not exceed two and half metres in height, Cantonments Act, 2006, sec. 2(c).Means a wall which abuts on a street and which does not exceed two and a half metres in height. [Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), s. 2]...
fair labor standards act
fair labor standards act A federal act that set a minimum standard wage and a maximum work week of 40 hours in industries engaged in interstate commerce. This Act also regulates the hours and type of work that can be performed by teenagers. (29 U.S.C.A. Sec. 201) Source: FindLaw ...
longshore and harbor workers' compensation act
longshore and harbor workers' compensation act The federal act designed to provide workers' compensation benefits to employees, other than seamen, who work in maritime employment upon the navigable waters of the United States. (33 U.S.C.A. Sec. 901) Source: FindLaw ...
Building societies
Building societies, associations of persons subscribing to a common fund which is employed in making advances to such members (called 'advanced members') as desire to obtain them on the security of real or leasehold property, while those members who do not desire an advance (called 'investing members' ) simply pay their contributions to the society and receive interest thereon. Building societies are either (a) Unincor-porated, or (b) Incorporated. Unincorporated societies (now few in number) are governed by the (English) Building Societies Act of 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 32), and certain sections of the old (English) Friendly Societies Acts of 1829 and 1835 (repealed for all other purposes) incorporated therewith. Incorporated societies are governed by the (English) Building Societies Acts, 1874 to 1894, and the (English) Building Societies Regulations, 1895, made thereunder. A cross division of these societies is into (1) Terminating, and (2) Permanent. A Terminating Society is one whic...
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