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Common Intention, common object

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Common intention

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Common object, common intention

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In furtherance of the common intention

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Uses

A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It was not difficult

Malice

express malice to another, he cannot be allowed to say he does not, 4 Steph. Com. 'Malice in common acceptance means ill-will against a person, but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally … and deliberate mind and formed design kills another, which formed design is evidenced by certain circumstances discovering such intentions, as lying in wait, antecedent menaces, former grudges, and concerted schemes to do him some bodily harm; or

Burglary

Burglary [fr. burg, Sax., a house, and larron, a thief, fr. latro, Lat.]. At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling-house of another in the night-time with intent to … At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling-house of another in the night-time with intent to commit a felony therein. S. 25 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, provides that- Means the act

Wilful

knowingly, and purposely, without justifiable excuse as distingui-shed from an act done carelessly; thoughtlessly, heedlessly or inadvertently; In common parlance word wilful is used in sense of intentional, as distinguished from accidental or involuntary, Word and Phrases, … Third New International Dictionary, p. 2617; see also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282. Means intentional; not incidental or involuntary. Wilful means done intentionally, knowingly, and purposely, without justifiable excuse as distingui-shed from an

Common stock or common hotchpot

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Deed

necessary that a deed should be drawn in accordance with the generally received formulary, provided it exhibits the intention of the parties, yet it is not advisable to deviate from it unless in a matter of urgent … of Property Act, 1925, enacts that a conveyance of land shall operate to convey, all 'buildings, erections, fixtures, commons,' etc., etc., and so dispenses with the enumeration of such particulars in the conveyance itself; and s. 63,

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