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Clubs
Clubs, associations to which individuals subscribe for purposes of mutual entertainment and convenience; the affairs of which are generally conducted by a steward or secretary, who acts under the immediate superintendence of a committee. The members of an ordinary club, merely as such, are not liable for anything beyond their subscriptions, Wise v. Perpetual Trustee Co., 1903 AC 139. As to altering the rules of a club, see Thellusson v. Valentia, 1907 (2) Ch 1; and as to the expulsion of a member, see Baird v. Wells, (1890) 44 Ch D 661. Consult Wertheimer on Clubs; Leake on Contracts.As to working men's club, sick clubs, etc., see FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, and especially s. 8 of the (English) Friendly Societies Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 25), and (English) Industrial Assurance and Friendly Societies Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 28). Shop clubs are dealt with by the (English) Shop Clubs Act, 1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 21), which prohibits compulsory membership of unregistered Shop Clubs or Thrift F...
Clubbed
Shaped like a club grasped like or used as a club...
Bingo club premises
Bingo club premises, means the premises in respect of which a licence under the Gaming Act of 1968 (UK), it is in force where the club specified is one to which section 20 applies. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 348, p. 146....
Club
Club, If the club even though a distinct legal entity is only acting as an agent for its members in matter of supply of various preparations to them no sale would be involved as the element of transfer would be completely absent, Joint Commercial Tax Officer v. Young Men's Association (Reg.), (1970) 1 SCC 462: AIR 1970 SC 1212: (1970) 3 SCR 680....
club moss
a primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club shaped strobiles much used in winter decoration The best known species is Lycopodium clavatum but other Lycopodia are often called by this name The spores form a highly inflammable powder...
Health club and fitness centre
Health club and fitness centre, means any establish-ment, including a hotel or resort, providing health and fitness service. [The Finance Act, 2002, s. 78(43)]...
Club-law
Club-law, regulation by force; the law of arms....
Glee club
A club or company organized for singing glees and by extension part songs ballads etc...
Country club
A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports and usually having an attached golf course...
Audit
Audit, an examining of accounts. An audit may be either detailed or administrative, and is usually both. A detailed audit is a comparison of vouchers with entries of payment, in order that the party whose accounts are audited may not debit his employer with payments not in fact made. An administrative audit is a comparison of payments with authorities to pay, in order that the party whose accounts are audited may not debit his employer with payments not authorised. If in either branch of audit an improper entry is discovered, the auditor surcharges the party whose accounts are audited; whereby the payment must be made by such party out of his own pocket. Where no fraud is suspected, however, and when there has been no negligence, it is common for the surcharge to be remitted [see, e.g., (English) Local Government Act, 18 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 230], especially where the party whose accounts are audited has given his service gratuitously.The public accounts are audited under the (E...
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