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Act of Parliament
(Expiration) Act, 1808 (48 Geo. 3, c. 106). (2) A statute is to be construed according to the intent and object with which it was made, and not according to the mere letter; (3) these points must … law made by the sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons, in Parliament assembled (1 Bl. Com. 85); but, in the case of an Act passed under the provisions
trespass
her property without the intent to steal it) or instrumentality (as an object placed wrongfully on another's land) causing it is ended or removed criminal … causes an injury to or invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act compare trespass on the … et ar·mis [-vī-et-Ä r-mis, -vē-, -mēs] [Latin vi et armis with force and arms] : a trespass involving intentional infliction of injury on a person vi : to commit a trespass ;esp : to enter wrongfully or
Heir
'devised'. The true scope, effect and significance of this word is, therefore, in all cases a question of intention which has to be determined principally on a consideration of the object and purpose of the statute in … is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor: as the eldest son, who must by the course of the Common Law be heir to his father on his death, 3 Prest. Abst. 5. Especially the eldest son of
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 … for there was no process at Common Law but against legal estates. (9) A use, not being an object of tenure, was therefore exempt from the oppressive burdens of the feudal system. It was not forfeitable for
Unlawful assembly
Unlawful assembly, an assembly of five or more persons is designated an 'unlawful assembly', if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is: First.-To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, … for purposes forbidden by law, such as that of committing a crime by open force, or (b) with intent to carry out any common purpose, lawful or unlawful, in such a manner as to endanger the public
Fraud
AIR 1994 SC 853 (855): (1994) 1 SCC 1. A term used in a variety of meanings. At Common Law, fraud is actionable under the heading of deceit (q.v.). A knowing misrepresentation of the truth or con-cealment … fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be … operation of the Act to something else which quite foreign to its object and beyond its scope.' (Craies on Statute Law, 7th edn., p. 79)
Way
rise at common law to any prescription of dedication; or unless there is evidence that there was no intention to dedicate, or unless there was not at any time any person in possession of such land capable … up and divert highways, and the mode of proceeding to effect this object is pointed out. Parties grieved have a right of appeal to the … incorporeal hereditament. A highway is a public passage for the sovereign and all his subjects, and it is commonly called the king's public highway; and the turnpike roads, created and regulated by specific Acts of Parliament, have
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