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Acknowledgment of debt or liability

to prevent the operation of the Statute of Limitations. The precise form of acknowledgment necessary in any particular case depends on the terms of the relevant statute. An acknowledgment or part payment after the statutory period will … terms of the relevant statute. An acknowledgment or part payment after the statutory period will not revive a barred claim to land under s. 34 of the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will.

Reason to believe

to form a belief that will impel him to take action under law, A.K. Subbaiah v. Karnataka State Bar Council, Bangalore, AIR 2002 Kant 410. (See also Advocates Act, 1961, s. 35) Reason to believe, must be … exists. It only means facts which prima facie will convince any reasonable person under the circumstances of the case to form a belief that will impel him to take action under law, A.K. Subbaiah v. Karnataka State

Personal effects

as attends the person. Bearing in mind the aforesaid meaning assigned to the expression in various dictionaries and cases, the silver bars or bullion can by not stretch of imagination be deemed to be 'effects' meant for … person. Bearing in mind the aforesaid meaning assigned to the expression in various dictionaries and cases, the silver bars or bullion can by not stretch of imagination be deemed to be 'effects' meant for personal use, H.H.

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order

barring public disclosure or discussion (as by the involved parties or the press) of information relating to a case order to show cause : an order requiring the prospective object of a legal action to show cause … forum except execution of the judgment and from which an appeal will lie gag order : an order barring public disclosure or discussion (as by the involved parties or the press) of information relating to a case

Judge

Jud. Act, 1925, s. 9, replacing s. 8 of the Judicature Act, 1873, ten years' standing at the Bar for a judge of the High Court of Justice, and fifteen years' standing at the Bar or one … Anderson v. Gorrie, (1895) 1 QB 671; Scott v. Stansfield, (1868) LR 3 Ex 220. In the latter case the defendant had said to the plaintiff (an accountant and scrivener), while trying a case in which he

plea

setting forth some matter or defect regarding procedure, jurisdiction, or timing called also plea of abatement plea in bar : a plea that alleges the existence of an absolute bar (as a statute of limitations) to an … is intended to defeat the pending action or proceeding without involving any decision on the merits of the case plea in abatement : a plea entered by a party seeking postponement or dismissal of an action by

Executor

of debts due to him in his own right. The degree of debts is now regulated in the case of insolvent estates by the rules of bankruptcy, s. 34 and Sched. I., Part I., (English) A.E. Act, … whom the execution of the last Will of a deceased person is, by the testator's appointment, confided. [The Indian Succession Act, 1925, s. 2 (c)] (11) It means an executor or administrator of the estate of a

In or in relation to

in regard to the meaning and ambit of these words. Now, thus, the settled position is that the bar in s. 195(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 does not apply if there is no proceeding in … can be said to have been committed 'in relation to' the proceedings before the court to whom the case was subsequently transferred or which finally tried the case, State of Maharashtra v. Sk. Bannu and Shankar, AIR

Stamp duties

pounds, which falls upon the obligee, vendee or transferee, lessee or intended lessee, mortgagee, or settlor, as the case may be, for not stamping the instrument within thirty days after execution in ordinary cases. The same Act … may be, for not stamping the instrument within thirty days after execution in ordinary cases. The same Act barred any right to sue for moneys assured by an unstamped assignment of a life policy, made void every

Abatement

the judge may amend the indictment or information, and call upon the prisoner or defendant to plead in bar to the merits; and by the (English) Indictments Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 90), the … now obsolete, since by the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1826 (7 Geo. 4, c. 64), s. 19, in case of misnomer the judge may amend the indictment or information, and call upon the prisoner or defendant to

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