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Equality
art. 16 could not have a different content from equality under art. 14. Equality of opportunity for unequals can only mean aggravation of inequality. Equality of opportunity admits discrimination with reason and prohibits discrimination without reason, State
Circumstantial evidence
not have exited unless the fact which is inferred from them had also existed; and that a presumption can only be relied on until the contrary is actually proved. Circumstantial evidence has, in some instances, undoubtedly been
Executor
e.g., an entailed interest not disposed of by the will, and property held in joint tenancy, and he can sell or mortgage that property for purposes of administration, and no purchaser or mortgagee dealing with him is
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Hearing
on the credibility of some one other than witness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725. Word hearing can admit of a very wide and liberal interpretation. It may include recording of evidence, consideration of arguments on
International Law
commerce and war. II. Private Law (Conflict of Laws): It is plain that the laws of one country can have no intrinsic force, proprio vigore, except within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of that country. They can
Fairs
allied to markets. A fair is a greater species of market, recurring at more distant intervals. No fair can be held without a grant from the Crown, or a prescription which supposes such grant. Before a patent
Irrationality
Irrationality, mean what can by now be succinctly referred to Wednesbury unreasonableness, Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil
Hereditaments
Hereditaments, every kind of property that can be inherited; i.e., not only property which a person has by descent from his ancestors, but also that
Gratuity
of decisions of industrial tribunals gratuity has now come to be regarded as a legitimate claim which workmen can make and which, in a proper case, can give rise to an industrial dispute. Gratuity paid to workmen
Fraud
necessarily imply moral blame. It is impossible to lay down a definition completely comprehending fraud, and no rule can, from the very nature of the subject, be invariable. fraud is infinite: 'Crescit in orbe dolus'; and were
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