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Community obligation

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Negotiorum gestor

object or business, and to finish whatever he has begun. Without such an obligation every person in the community would be at the mercy of ignorant and officious friends, Story on Bailments.

Labadist

17th century who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism and the obligation of community of property among Christians

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Libel

mere fact of a contract to supply information does not create such a duty or common interest that communications made in fulfilment of the contractual obligations are privileged. The underlying principle is the common convenience and welfare … information does not create such a duty or common interest that communications made in fulfilment of the contractual obligations are privileged. The underlying principle is the common convenience and welfare of society, and not the convenience of

Witness

1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 83), s. 1], but husbands and wives are not compellable to disclose communications between each other (s. 3 ibid.). As to criminal cases, see Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, as amended, and … As to criminal cases, see Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, as amended, and that title. A witness is not obliged to answer any question which tends to criminate him. On the application of either party, all the witnesses

solidary

solidary [French solidaire characterized by community of interests, from Middle French, from Latin (in) solidum for the whole, involving all] in the civil law … civil law of Louisiana 1 : existing jointly and severally 2 : being a party to a solidary obligation [when one obligor owes an indivisible performance to distinct obligees, the obligees are obligees "Foreman v. Montgomery, 496

Alien

of State to revoke certificates obtained by false representations or in the case of a person who has communicated or traded with an enemy or within specified limits been fined or imprisoned in the Empire, or who … of allegiance. The certificate gives the grantee all the rights, powers, and privileges and subjects him to all obligations, duties and liabilities of a natural-born British subject, and gives him the status of such a subject (s.

Common

Common, a profit which a man has in the land of another; it derives its name from the community of interest which thence arises between the claimant and the owner of the soil, or between the claimant … It differs from a rent, principally in freedom of enjoyment on the one hand, and in freedom from obligation on the other; which the law expresses by the quaint antithesis that it lies not in render but

Citizenship

1963 SC 1811 (1819). A person who, by either birth or naturalisation, is a member of a political community, owing allegiance to the community and being entitled to enjoy all its civil rights and protections; a member … concept; acquired by birth or by naturalization; there are federal and State citizenship each with distinct rights and obligations. In Canada, there is no provincial citizenship. Mode of acquisition of citizenship are (1) birth, and (2) certificate

Wireless telegraphy

24), s. 7, and 1925 (15 & 16 Geo.5, c. 67), s. 1, as meaning 'any system of communication by telegraph as defined in the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1904, without the aid of any wire connecting … tonnage and upwards, must provide wireless installation and services. The Board of Trade may exempt ships from the obligations of either Act under certain circumstances. Passenger ships of more than 5,000 tons gross tonnage are to be

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