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Copyright

reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatsoever, to perform, or in the case of a lecture to deliver, the work or any substantial part thereof in public; if the work is

fact

that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality 2 : any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are alleged to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is

Bail

Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn., (2005), p. 41. Bail may be given either in civil or criminal cases. In civil cases there were, before the abolition of arrest on mesne process by the Debtors Act, 1869:-

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Consideration

with the nature of the transaction and in the absence of consideration the Courts will, except in the case of simple contract, accept other evidence from which intention will be inferred. A simple contract, that is to

Bond

of the principal sum secured, only the sum actually owing, with interest, can be recovered, and in no case can this exceed the amount appearing on the face of the bond. See 8 & 9 Wm. 3,

Brief

and affidavits in any legal proceeding, with a concise narrative of the facts and merits of the plaintiff's case, or the defendant's defence, for the instruction of counsel at the trial or hearing. See BARRISTER. Also a

Executory devise

be, strictly, such a limitation of a future estate or interest in lands or chattels (though, in the case of chattels personal, it is more properly an executory bequest) as the law admits in the case of

Interim orders/interlocutory orders

Interim orders/interlocutory orders, passed during the pendency of a case, fall under one or the other of the following categories: (i) Orders which finally decide a question or

Purchaser

also the root of descent, from whom, under the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833, the descent was in every case to be traced, before 1926, and now, as to a limitation to the heir taking effect as purchaser

Personal property

Property Act, 1925, s. 72, a person may convey real or personal property to himself alone. In the case of real property there can be no such thing as an absolute ownership in the subject-matter, i.e., land;

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