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Heriot

Act, 1887, enacts that a lord or tenant of any land liable to any heriot may require and compel the extinguishment of the right to it. Heriots were included among the manorial incidents which were saved by

Initiative

Initiative, means an electoral process by which a percentage of voters can propose legislation and compel a vote on it by the legislature or by the full electorate. Recognised in some State Constitutions, the

Injunction

committing some apprehended wrong, there is a third class called mandatory injunctions, where the court goes further and compels a defendant who has actually completed the wrongful act to undo what he has done and restore matters

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Jesuits

v. Kennedy, (1902) 86 LT 753, in which the High Court held that they had to jurisdiction to compel Mr. Kennedy to issue the summons; the sections were virtually a dead letter [Re Smith, (1914) 1 Ch

Parish Apprentices

consent, till twenty-one years of age, to such persons as were thought fitting; who were no longer, however, compellable to take them, Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, s. 13. This was repealed by the Poor Law Act,

Self-incrimination

a statement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1364. Self-incrimination, no person accused of any offence can be compelled to be a witness against himself. [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)]

Perpetuating testimony

claim. A common case used to be that of a devisee establishing a will against the heir-at-law, by compelling him to litigate the question at once or not at all, and by perpetuating the evidence of the

Sufficient cause

has to be understood as sufficient cause. For instance economic difficulty or financial stringency or family reasons may compel a landlord to let out a building in his occupation. So long as it is found to be

Sewer

its control, giving them also powers and duties for the making, purchasing, and maintaining such sewers, and for compelling the use of them by persons within the district. See Wood Green Urban Council v. Joseph, 1908 AC

Shall

State Government and 'may' in connection with the action on an application by others in the same section compels the conclusion that on an application by anybody other than the State Government, the State Industrial Court or

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