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Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta
Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta [Lat.], External actions show internal secrets. The law, in some cases, judges of a man's previous intentions by his subsequent acts. On this principle, if a man abuse and
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
See Blaker v. Tillstone, 1894 (1) QB 345, where the defendant was charged with exposing unwholesome meat. In cases under the (English) Merchandise Marks Act, 1887, 50 & 51 Vict. c. 28, s. 2, the employer is
Ad ea qu' frequentius accident jura adaptantur
qu' frequentius accident jura adaptantur. Wing. 216; 2 Inst. 137; Broom's Leg. Max.-(The laws are adapted to those cases which more frequently arise.)-'A good sound maxim in construing Acts of Parliament', Dixon v. Caledonian Ry. Co., (1880)
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Adequate and special reasons
of both for enabling the court to invoke the discretion. Reasons which are general or common in many cases cannot be regarded as special reasons, Kamal Kishore v. State of Himachal Pradesh, AIR 2000 SC 1920 (1925).
Year to year, tenancy from
into any new contract, and pays rent (before which he is a tenant on sufferance), and in such cases the tenant holds over on such terms of the old tenancy lease as are applicable to a tenancy
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