Co V Special - Law Dictionary Search Results
Company
the Bank of England and many insurance companies; or (2) in a special Act of Parliament, with which, as authorizing an undertaking of a public … Company [fr. compagnia, Ital., which word is still printed on Bank of England notes as 'compa'], a body of … undertaking of a public nature such as a railway, the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), is necessarily incorporated; or (3) in registration under the Companies Acts, 1862 and subsequent Acts, now
Railway
the Great Northern Railway Company and that of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company (see Lancashire and Yorkshire Co. v. Gidlow, LR 7 HL 517), compel companies to provide locomotive power, etc. ss. 92 and 108 of the … 1845, s. 86, enacts that:- It shall be lawful for the company [authorized (see s. 3) by the special Act to construct the railway] to use and employ locomotive engines or other moving power, and carriages and
Person
Person, a Hindu Undivided Family is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516. According to company law it does not mean … association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not whether in the public sector or private sector. [Rajasthan Special Economic Zones Development Act, 2003, s. 2(j)] Includes an individual, a joint family or Hindu undivided family, a
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Rate
to raise money by a public rate, the only exception being a special rate in rural districts for lighting under the (English) Lighting and Watching … Rate, A contribution levied by some public body for a public purpose, as a poor rate, a highway rate, a sewers … upon, as a general rule, the occupiers of property within a parish or other area. Proportional or relative value; the proportion of which quantity or value is adjusted, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1268. The term
Toll
any passenger, animal, carriage, goods, merchandise, articles, matters or things conveyed on the railway.' See Railway and Hunt v. Great Northern Railway Co., (1851) 10 CB 900. County Courts have no jurisdiction over tolls. [(English) County Courts … from time to time determine upon, not exceeding the tolls by the special Act authorized to be taken by them. By s. 3 'toll' includes … Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 39. 1. A sum of money paid for use of something esp. The consideration paid to use a public road, highway, or bridge 2. A charge for a long call distance, Black's
Debenture
to owe] may be defined generally as a charge in writing [not necessarily sealed, see British India, etc., Co. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue, (1881) 7 QBD 165] of certain pro-perty with the repayment at a time fixed … bond') is required by the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in the case of a company incorporated by Special Act, and by the Companies Act, 1929, s. 88, see infra, in the case of a company incorporated
Copyright
works (s. 17), Government publications (s. 18), mechanical contrivances for reproducing sounds (s. 19); and see Chappell & Co. v. Columbia Gramophone Co., (1914) 1 KB 395, political speeches (s. 20); and see Walter v. Lane, 1900 AC … the civil remedies for infringement, see ss. 6-10; in certain cases a summary remedy is provided (ss. 11-13). Special provisions apply in the case of joint-authors (s. 16), posthumous works (s. 17), Government publications (s. 18), mechanical
Contribution
on Torts; palmer v. Wick etc., Co., 1894 AC 318), or a special right of action existed by statute, as by s. 37 of the … Contribution, to any fund shall not include any sums in repayment of loan. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), … must also be given its due meaning. It cannot be understood as donations. If that be so, a voluntary contribution cannot amount to a compulsive donation. If the donor, in order to gain an advantage or benefit,
Maintenance
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 Law it was a species … KB 1006. An action for maintenance does not lie without proof of special damage. The success of the maintained actions is not a bar to … Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable
Good jury
which the members are selected from the list of special jurors. See Vickery v. L.B. & S.C. Ry. Co., (1870) LR 5 CP 165, sanctioning a fee of a guinea each for their payment. See SPECIAL JURY
- ‹ Prev
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free