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Terminal charges

See Hodges on Railways. The (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, which by s. 24 directs railway companies to pre-pare revised classifications of traffic and schedules of maximum rates, and to state therein the nature and

Goods

'specially manufactured goods', Advent Systems Ltd. v. Unisys Corpn., 925 F. 2d 670 3d Cir 1991. Associated Cement Companies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs, AIR 2001 SC 862: (2001) 4 SCC 593. [Customs Act, 1962, ss. 2

Managing agent

Managing agent, means any person appointed or acting as the representative of another person for the purpose of carrying on such other person's trade or business, but does not include an individual manager subordinate to an...

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Charter

e.g., the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 210) or corporations; e.g., to 'chartered' banking or other trading companies [see 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 73, and (English) Chartered Companies Act, 1884 (47 & 48

Friendly societies

a consolidation in 1896 by the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, and the (English) Collecting Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies Act, 1896, but without any amendment of the previous law, and the Act of 1896 was amended by

Cheap trains

Cheap trains. Early in the history of railways the companies were compelled by the (English) Railway Regulation Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85), sometimes called the

Falsification

R. v. Palin, (1906) 1 KB 7. 4. Falsification by Director or other Officer of a Company.--The (English) Companies Act, 1929, by s. 272 makes this a misdemeanour on the part of a director, officer, or contributory

Bonus shares

Bonus shares, bonus share is an accretion. A bonus share is issued when the company capitalises its profits by transferring an amount equal to the face value of the share from its reserve to the nominal...

Borrowing powers

De Winton, (1906) 2 Ch 106; Rex v. Locke, (1910) 2 KB 201. A company under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, has no power to borrow money unless the provision is contained in the Memorandum of Association,

By-laws, or bye-laws

deals with the procedure for making by-laws and penalties for their breach, and evidence of their existence. Railway Companies have the power of making by-laws, by the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict.

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