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Poor laws

fund, out of which the relief is to be afforded, belonged to the churchwardens and overseers; and the concurrence of the inhabitants was not necessary. But for the better execution of these duties, the appointment of collectors … from 1st April, 1930, except in the Scilly Islands) by the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, and their powers, duties and property were transferred to local authorities. By the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834, the administration of

Law of Property Act, 1925 (English)

of an owner or joint owners of full age who can deal with the whole estate without the concurrence of holders of equitable interests in favour of a purchaser for value by means of an expedient which … fee simple or term free from, i.e., over-reaching, any of the equitable interests covered or curtained by the powers exercisable by the respective donees under (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), to a purchaser for value without

Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance

any woman married before 1883 who became a trustee or personal representative after 1882. As to the Court's power to bind by order or judgment for her benefit and with her consent, the interest of a married … entitled for her separate use to the property to be dealt with, the Court may dispense with any concurrence by the husband which would otherwise be required and declare that the disposition shall have the same effect

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condition

esp. a contract ;also : a clause in the instrument describing the act or event and its effect concurrent condition : a condition that is to be fulfilled by one party at the same time that a … potestative condition [pō-tes-tā-tiv] in the civil law of louisiana : a condition whose fulfillment was completely within the power of the obligated party NOTE: article 1770 of the louisiana civil code eliminates the term potestative condition, stating

Contingent remainder

under the L.P. Act, 1925, and has been supplanted by the modern doctrine of an estate owner with power to alienate the entire fee simple or term of years in the property. 2. An estate cannot be … the determination of the particular estate; they were only preserved against those destructive acts by or with the concurrence of the owner of the particular estate which prematurely determine it, and a contingent remainder still failed of

Consideration

the party promising may, in such case, sue immediately after the promise is made. (c) Mutual promises are concurrent considerations, and will support each other if they be made simultaneously, unless one or the other be void. … if the promisee cannot show more than a promise in legal form, equity will not exert its auxiliary jurisdiction in his favour. In regard to the transfer of property, as distin-guished from contract to transfer property of

Trust

in contemplation of equity, the substantial ownership of or control over property, the person having the ownership or power can create a trust in favour of another person or in his own favour [Law of Property Act, … to be a trustee, on account of her inability to join in the requisite assurances without her husband's concurrence; but this difficulty has been removed by modern statutes; see especially (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1907, s.

Estate

604, see also Halsbury's Laws of England (39), para 302, p. 214. In India, the State has the power to acquire any estate or any rights therein; however, if an estate is acquired by the State where … or an equitable estate, land being an immovable is capable of being the subject of many estates existing concurrently with each other, thus the absolute ownership or fee simple may be leased and sub-leased, mortgaged and charged,

Legislative relations

mentioned in State Lists, Constitution of India, Art. 246(1) & (2). The Parliament can legislate on matters in concurrent list, Constitution of India, Art. 246(2). In case of conflicts the union law prevails, Prafulla Kumar v. Bank … Legislative relations, is the relations relating to lawmaking power, Parliament to make laws on the subjects mentioned in Union List and State Legislatures on those mentioned in

Federalism

with continuity between the Centre and the States which are the structural units operating on balancing wheel of concurrence and promises to resolve problems and promote social, economic and cultural advancement of its people and to create … the essence of a federation is the existence of the Union and the States and the distribution of powers between them. Federalism, therefore, essentially implies demarcation of powers in a federal compact, S.R. Bommai v. Union of

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