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Adoption

to the adopter in lawful wedlock. See DEATH DUTIES,INTESTACY. The adoption of children is not recognized by the Common Law of Scotland, but the (English) Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. … to be permitted to adopt children from the workhouse whose parents are unknown. Though there is no legal objection to the authorities giving up the possession of the children under such circumstances, they should satisfy themselves that

Usual Covenants

(1875) LR 10 Ch 622; Re Anderton, (1890) 45 Ch D 476. Usual terms, a phrase in the Common Law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of trial. When a defendant obtained … from the customary rules of drafting in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of any reasonable objection by either party, Baijnath v. Kshetrahari Sarkar, 1955 Cal 210 (216).

Abduction

and see (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12). (3) The Common Law misdemeanour of forcibly stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described … murder did not take place, the offence would be complete if the abduction was completed with the said objective, State of West Bengal v. Mir Mohammad Omar, (2000) 8 SCC 382. Is the act of leading someone

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Person

2 Ch 525. A corporation is not a person for the purpose of suing the penalties as a common informer unless expressly empowered by statute to do so, Guardians of St. Leonards v. Franklin, 3 CPD 377. … Co., AIR 1969 SC 1352 (1355): (1969) 1 SCC 776: (1969) 3 SCR 993. Taking into account the object of the Act there could be no difficulty in giving the plain meaning to the word 'person' as

Appointment in exercise of a Power

also be reserved over personal estate, and in that case also only the equitable estate now passes; a common instance is the power of appointment among the issue usually given by a marriage settlement, by virtue of … in equity as well as in law and are not to be invalidated on the ground that any object of the power is thereby excluded or takes an illusory share. See also FRAUDS ON POWERS. Frauds on

Maintenance

servant, or poor neighbour, out of charity and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common interest will justify a person or persons jointly subscribing to pay the expenses of a suit, even when … The maintenance of supplies is not an end in itself. The supply is to be maintained with the object that the article would be readily and easily available to the consumer, Mahendrakumar Bhagwandas Rendheria v. State, AIR

Institutions

actions. In Title XX matters relating to Curators, and in the last three of this book, three things, common to Tutors and Curators, are treated of. These are: the security they are obliged to give to indemnify … Institutions. It was the object of Justinian to comprise in his Code and Digest, or Pandects, a complete body of law. But these

Injunction

under s. 79of the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1854, or the infringement of a patent, for which purposes a Common Law Court might grant them), and injunctions, called 'common injunction,' were frequently granted by that Court to stay … made'; and see Ord. L., r. 6. In addition to the injunctions mentioned above, which have for their object the restraining of the defendant from committing some apprehended wrong, there is a third class called mandatory injunctions,

Power

v. Clement (1881) 18 Ch D 499. So far as they relate to land, powers are either (1) Common Law authori-ties; (2) declarations, or directions, operating only on the conscience of the persons in whom the legal … a mode of ownership. By a particular power it is meant that the donee is restricted to some objects designated in the instrument creating the power, as to his own children. A power is expounded strictly; therefore,

Costs

suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is determined. Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and … for bingeing the action in the High Court; or (b) that the defendant or one of the defendants objected to the transfer of the action to the county court; may make an order allowing the costs or

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Adoption

to the adopter in lawful wedlock. See DEATH DUTIES,INTESTACY. The adoption of children is not recognized by the Common Law of Scotland, but the (English) Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. … to be permitted to adopt children from the workhouse whose parents are unknown. Though there is no legal objection to the authorities giving up the possession of the children under such circumstances, they should satisfy themselves that

Usual Covenants

(1875) LR 10 Ch 622; Re Anderton, (1890) 45 Ch D 476. Usual terms, a phrase in the Common Law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of trial. When a defendant obtained … from the customary rules of drafting in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of any reasonable objection by either party, Baijnath v. Kshetrahari Sarkar, 1955 Cal 210 (216).

Abduction

and see (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12). (3) The Common Law misdemeanour of forcibly stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described … murder did not take place, the offence would be complete if the abduction was completed with the said objective, State of West Bengal v. Mir Mohammad Omar, (2000) 8 SCC 382. Is the act of leading someone

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Person

2 Ch 525. A corporation is not a person for the purpose of suing the penalties as a common informer unless expressly empowered by statute to do so, Guardians of St. Leonards v. Franklin, 3 CPD 377. … Co., AIR 1969 SC 1352 (1355): (1969) 1 SCC 776: (1969) 3 SCR 993. Taking into account the object of the Act there could be no difficulty in giving the plain meaning to the word 'person' as

Appointment in exercise of a Power

also be reserved over personal estate, and in that case also only the equitable estate now passes; a common instance is the power of appointment among the issue usually given by a marriage settlement, by virtue of … in equity as well as in law and are not to be invalidated on the ground that any object of the power is thereby excluded or takes an illusory share. See also FRAUDS ON POWERS. Frauds on

Maintenance

servant, or poor neighbour, out of charity and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common interest will justify a person or persons jointly subscribing to pay the expenses of a suit, even when … The maintenance of supplies is not an end in itself. The supply is to be maintained with the object that the article would be readily and easily available to the consumer, Mahendrakumar Bhagwandas Rendheria v. State, AIR

Institutions

actions. In Title XX matters relating to Curators, and in the last three of this book, three things, common to Tutors and Curators, are treated of. These are: the security they are obliged to give to indemnify … Institutions. It was the object of Justinian to comprise in his Code and Digest, or Pandects, a complete body of law. But these

Injunction

under s. 79of the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1854, or the infringement of a patent, for which purposes a Common Law Court might grant them), and injunctions, called 'common injunction,' were frequently granted by that Court to stay … made'; and see Ord. L., r. 6. In addition to the injunctions mentioned above, which have for their object the restraining of the defendant from committing some apprehended wrong, there is a third class called mandatory injunctions,

Power

v. Clement (1881) 18 Ch D 499. So far as they relate to land, powers are either (1) Common Law authori-ties; (2) declarations, or directions, operating only on the conscience of the persons in whom the legal … a mode of ownership. By a particular power it is meant that the donee is restricted to some objects designated in the instrument creating the power, as to his own children. A power is expounded strictly; therefore,

Costs

suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is determined. Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and … for bingeing the action in the High Court; or (b) that the defendant or one of the defendants objected to the transfer of the action to the county court; may make an order allowing the costs or

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