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Delivery of a Deed

kinds:-- (a) Absolute, when the execution perfects the deed, and nothing is left to be done; or (b) Conditional, which is the handing of the writing to some third person to be delivered by him as the … date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it, 2 Bl. Com. 307. Deeds take precedence according to the time of their delivery, but their effect may vary according to time of registration, notice

Remainder

the proportions of the persons afterwards becoming capable, before the determination of the particular estate. (7) If a condition be annexed to a particular estate, making it void on a given event, and a remainder be limited … vested freehold at law, which the law will not allow. There is not, however, any necessity for a preceding freehold to support a contingent remainder for years; for such a remainder not amounting to a freehold, no

Alien

sufferance, or other lawful means, His Majesty exercises jurisdiction over British subjects. Any person whose British nationality is conditional on registration at a British Consulate shall cease to be a British subject unless within one year after … the Crown. The residence required is residence in the United Kingdom for not less than one year immediately preceding the application, and previous residence in some part of the King's dominions, here or elsewhere, for four years

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Marriage

law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. … office, solemnized within the hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. [Marriage (Extension of Hours) Act, 1934], and preceded by and within three months after banns, license, or certificate have been published or obtained. Church of England

Magna Carta

from wasting the lands of his ward, and from destroying his tenants, a plain indication of the wretched condition of the serfs in those days; chapter five compelled such guardians to keep in repair such lands; and … dead, saving to his wife and children their reasonable parts.' See REASONABLE PARTS. Debts owing the Crown take precedence of all other debts, and this appears to be perfectly fair, for it is only by the certain

Armour and arms

arms hereditary. Every subject in this realm has a right to carry arms for defence suitable to his condition and degree, and allowed by law, and this right is embodied in the Bill of Rights, 1 W. … Armour and arms are understood in Law to mean things (see preceding title) which a person wears for defence, or takes in hand, or uses in anger, to strike or

Employer

section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)] Employer, means: A person who controls and direct a

Executory devise

130, (English) Law of Properties Act, 1925 (see TAIL), bar the entail, and all remainders, executory devises, and conditional limitations dependent thereupon. See EXECUTORY LIMITATION and CONTINGENT REMAINDER. … in the strict sense of that word, and therefor every future bequest of personal property, whether it be preceded or not preceded by a prior bequest, or limited on a certain or an uncertain event, is an

Desertion

1955, s. 13(1)(1b)] For the offence of desertion, so far as the deserting spouse is concerned, two essential conditions must be there, namely, (1) the factum of separation, and (2) the intention to bring cohabitation permanently to … but as a ground for divorce it must exist for a period of at least three years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition or where the offence appears as a cross-charge, of the answer. Desertion as

Year

to which he maintains his books of accounts, except with the consent of the commissioner and upon such conditions as the commissioner may determine. [The Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(36)] Year, must be considered … tax, etc., see Chron. Tab. of Statutes, tit. ' Year.' The unemployment insurance year ends on the Sunday preceding the 27th Monday of the calendar year. [(English) Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 8), s.

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