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Letters of safe-conduct
Letters of safe-conduct. No subject of a nation at war with us can, by the law of nations, come into the realm, nor can travel himself upon the high seas, or
Life
of the finer graces of human civilization which make life worth living would be jeopardised and the same can be put in jeopardy only by law which inheres fair procedures. In this context one can recall the
Loan societies
not being requisite. The amount which a society may advance is limited to 15l.; and no second loan can be granted until the first is repaid. The society is permitted to receive by way of discount, at
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Malice
where one wilfully poisons another; in such a deliberate act the law presumes malice, though no particular enmity can be proved. The nature of implied malice is also illustrated by the maxim, 'Culpa lata dolo 'quiparatur'-when negligence
Means and includes
used. The use of the word 'means' indicates that 'definition is a hard-and-fast definition, and no other meaning can be assigned to the expression than is put down in definition'. The word 'includes' when used, enlarges the
Members of family
Members of family, a son-in-law can be regarded as a member of the family because the word 'family' is not to be construed in
Merger
esse dominus et tenens does not clearly, and beyond all controversy, furnish a principle to which the learning can be exclusively referred; yet of all other rules none affords principles to which the cases on merger bear
Militia
(Territorial Army and Militia Act, 1921, s. 2; (English) Reserve Forces Act, 1882, s. 12). This reserve force can be used in times of emergency and danger where required, but any member of this force can volunteer
Industrial dispute
Disputes Act include also disputes that might arise between municipalities and their employees in branches of work that can be said to be analogous to the carrying out of a trade or business, D.N. Banerjee v. P.R.
Inheritance
of inheritance. Inheritance Act.--The Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), materially altered the old canons of real property descent, but because the Act does not extend to any descent which took place on
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