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Bishop

king, accompanied, by virtue of 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, by a letter-missive, addressed to the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate whom he

small business case

small business case A special type of chapter 11 case in which there is no creditors' committee (or the creditors' committee is deemed inactive by the

Institutions

the legal existence, the persona of the testator. By the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 39), an institution (s. 5) carried on for charitable or reformatory purposes where 'any manual labour is

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Distress

may within thirty days take and seize such goods wherever found (11 Geo. 2, c. 19, ss. 1-3, 7). All chattels and personal effects found upon the premises may be distrained by a landlord, with the following

Goods

Tangible or movable property other than money, esp. articles of trade or items of merchandise, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 701. To become 'goods' an article must be something which can ordinarily come to the market

Emphyteusis

he pleased (Nov. vii. 3, 2); he could create a servitude over it or mortgage it (D xiii. 7, 16, 2); he had a real action (which, however, was said to be a utilis vindicatio, because he

Pawnbroker

may be afterwards repurchased on any terms, is a 'pawnbroker', Karnataka Pawnbrokers' Assn. v. State of Karnataka, (1998) 7 SCC 707. One who lends money on goods which he receives upon pledge. The rate of interest which

Food

2(v) of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, Godawal Pan Masala Products Ltd. v. Union of India, (2004) 7 SCC 68 (101): AIR 2004 SC 4057. Food. In the Sale of Food and Drugs Act (see ADULTERATION)

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see (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 27, amended by the (English) Law of Property (Amend.) Act, 1926, s. 7, and extending the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 29;

Election

taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR 2004 SC 3601 (3604). The act of selecting one or more from a greater number

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