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Clean Certificates, a member is entitled to a 'clean certificate', that is one which does not contain on it any statement derogatory to his title, W Key & Sons Ltd. (in re:), (1902) 1 Ch 467....
Certificate
Certificate, a testimony given in writing to declare or verify the truth of anything. Certificates are frequently referred to or required by Statute. A certificate is the usual evidence of the title to shares in a company. See (English) Companies Act, 1929, ss. 67 and 68; for Certificate of Incorporation, see ss. 15 and 329, ibid.; and commencement of business, s. 94, ibid., and s. 82, ibid., as to registration of charges. Also ALIENS and Share Certificate; and see Land Certificate.A document in which a fact is formally attested, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Trial by certificate, which has long been obsolete, took place in those cases in which the evidence of the person certifying was, by custom or otherwise, the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; see 3 Bl. Com. 333.As to when certificates and examined copies are admissible in evidence, consult Taylor on Evidence, and the (English) Documentary Evidence Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 113) (UK).As to the Master's Certificate in...
clean hands
clean hands : innocence of wrongdoing or deceit [plaintiff must come into court with clean hands] see also clean hands doctrine ...
Stock certificates
Stock certificates. By the National Debt Act, 1870, it is provided that a holder of British Government Stock may obtain a stock certificate; that is to say, a certificate of title to his stock or any part thereof, with coupons annexed, entitle in the bearer of the coupons to the dividends on the stock (s. 26); that a certificate shall not be issued in respect of any sum of stock not being 50l., or a multiple of 50l., or exceeding 1000l. (s. 28); that a trustee of stock shall not apply for or hold a stock certificate, unless authorized to do so by the terms of his trust (s. 29); that no notice of any trust in respect of any certificate or coupon shall be receivable (s. 30); that where a stock certificate is outstanding the stock represented thereby shall cease to be transferable in the Bank books (s. 31); that a tock certificate, unless a name is inscribed thereon, shall entitle the bearer to the stock therein described, and shall be transferable by delivery (s. 32). The Act also contai...
clean hands doctrine
clean hands doctrine : a doctrine that originated in equity and that bars a plaintiff from seeking judicial relief regarding a matter in which he or she is not free of guilt and does not have clean hands ...
Clean fuel
Clean fuel, unleaded petrol with low benzene content is considered as clean fuel, M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, (2001) 3 SCC 756 (761): AIR 2001 SC 1948. [Constitution of India, Arts. 21 and 32]...
Window cleaning
Window cleaning. In urban districts, by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875, incorporating s. 28 and other sections of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847:-Every occupier of any house or other building or other person who orders or permits any person in his service to stand on the sill of any window in order to clean paint, or perform any other operation on the outside of such window, or upon any house or other building . . . unless such window be in the sunk or basement story.Is, if the offence be in any street and to the obstruction, annoyance or danger of the residents, liable to fine up to forty shillings or to imprison-ment up to fourteen days, and any constable of the district is directed to take him into custody without warrant and forthwith convey him before a justice of the peace if the offence shall have been committed within his view.As to requirements in buildings in the Metropolis, see London Building Acts, and see LIGHT....
certificate
certificate 1 a : a document containing a certified statement esp. as to the truth of something [a birth ] b : a document certifying that a person has fulfilled the requirements of and may practice in a specified field [a teaching ] 2 : certification [the signature…constitutes a that the attorney or party has read the document "U.S. Code"] 3 : a document that is proof of ownership or indebtedness [stock s] [gold s] [sər-ti-fi-kāt] vt -cat·ed -cat·ing : to testify or authorize by a certificate ;esp : to recognize as having met special qualifications (as of a governmental agency or professional board) within a field see also certificated security at security cer·tif·i·ca·to·ry [-kə-tȯr-ē] adj ...
certificate of title
certificate of title 1 : a certificate of ownership stating that the title to the specified property is free and clear except for any encumbrance (as a mortgage) listed on it: as a : a certificate issued by a motor vehicle registry called also title b : a certificate issued by a registry of deeds see also torrens system 2 : a document issued by a title abstracter (as an attorney) giving a legal opinion as to the status of a property's title based on a title search or abstract of title compare deed ...
certification
certification 1 a : the act of certifying b : the state of being certified see also certiorari NOTE: Certification of an interlocutory decision by a trial court allows an appellate court to review the decision and to answer a controlling question of law. Certification is often used in state courts as well as federal courts and, where available, allows a federal court to refer a question of state law to the state's highest court. Certification is also used to refer to a judge's order that allows a suit to be maintained as a class action. 2 : a certified statement ...
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