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Assize, or assise

of assize or any other commission issued under this section, to try and determine matrimonial causes of any class prescribed by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the … as were wrongfully thrust out of their possessions. These writs are abolished, and recourse is had to an action of ejectment, tried at Nisi Prius. (II) The other division of commissions is special, granted to certain judges

Nuisance

negligence in that nuisance is an act or omission causing injury, the injury itself giving rise to an action for damages, while a person suffering from damage due to negligence must prove that the damage was caused … offensive, Durga Prasad v. State, AIR 1962 Raj 92. As understood in law is broadly divided into two classes - public nuisance and private nuisance. Public nuisance consists of some acts or omissions which result in violation

Public prosecutor

public purpose. It is also a public purpose to allot land to a landless member of the backward class for his personal cultivation, Samadhiyala Gram Panchayat, Bhavnagar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1985 Guj 105. Public purpose, … 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an

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Modesty

173 ER 141. Modesty, is to be interpreted as an attribute associated with female human beings as a class. It is a virtue which attaches to a female on account of her sex, Tarkeshwar Sahu v. State … conduct; not forward or lewd; shamefast'. The ultimate test for ascertaining whether modesty has been outraged is, the action of the offender such as could be perceived one which is capable of shocking the sense of decency

Priority

otherwise made or constituted a specialty debt. The priority in legal and equitable assignments of equitable choses in action are determined accord-ing to the date of receipt of notice by the persons who are for the time … 1893 AC 369; it merely establishes priority. Under the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 137, important classes of property were swept into this rule, viz., all equitable interests inland (i.e., all estates for less than

Estoppel

FEED. 'Estoppel' is a rule of equity. That rule has gained new dimensions in recent years. A new class of estoppel has come to be recognised by the courts in this country as well as in England. … upon the point adjudged, but not upon any matter collateral or adjudged by inference, A judgment in an action in rem is absolutely binding upon all the world. A conviction on the same facts is no estoppel

Act of Parliament

families only, as Acts naturalising a party, dissolving a marriage, or setting particular estates. There is a further class of Acts which contain clauses frequently required in local Acts. The provisions of such general Acts are incorporated … from the date of notification in the Gazette, Handbook for Members of Rajya Sabha, April, 2002. Means an action; a thing done or established; a written law formally passed by the legislative power of a State; a

Landlord and tenant

of the house would make it reasonably fit for the occupation of a reasonably minded tenant of the class who would be likely to take it. For the effect of the exception for 'reasonable wear and tear' … (1903) 1 KB 253]. Another implied obligation on the tenant's part is that he is liable to an action of debt for the rent. All these implied warranties and obligations arise out of privity of estate so

Maintenance

maintain itself, or (d) his father or mother, unable to maintain himself or herself, a Magistrate of first class, may upon proof of such neglect or refusal order such person to make a monthly allowance for the … no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11 QBD 1], and invalidates contracts involving it. By the Roman

Wages

2 SCC 354: (1979) 2 SCR 788. The bonus in question did not fall under any category or class mentioned in the definition of 'wages' as contained in s. 2(22) of the Act. Bonus in the nature … 30). Seamen have a lien on the ship for their wages; they may enforce their claim by an action in rem or in personam. Courts of Summary Jurisdiction are given jurisdiction to try cases where wages not

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