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Title

Title, means the union of all elements (as ownership possession, and custody) constituting the legal right to control and dispose of property; the legal link between a person who owns property

Ratio decidendi

is the rule deducible from the application of law of the facts and circumstances of a case which constitutes its ratio decidendi and not some conclusion based upon facts which may appear to be similar. One additional

Court of competent jurisdiction

competent jurisdiction, the expression 'a Court of competent jurisdiction' envisaged in s. 465 is to denote a validity constituted Court conferred with jurisdiction to try the offence or offences. Such a Court will not get denuded of

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Notice

the (English) Land Charges Act,1925, at the Land Registry or any local registry according to the statutory requirements constitutes notice of the instrument or matter registered, but this relates only to instruments and matters which must be

London, Port of

section, the provisions contained in the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the constitution and proceedings of the Port Authority and the election of and appointment of members. The Act provides very

Cruelty

any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security would also constitute cruelty, Shobha Rani v. Modhukar Reddi, (1988) 1 SCC 105: AIR 1988 SC 121 (124). (Penal Code, 1860,

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

the House of Lords, said that the absene of any provision for rectifying errors andmistakes in criminal cases constituted a blot upon the criminal jurisdiction of England which did not exist in any civilized country. The importance

Magna Carta

later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the

Confession

a 'confession' must either admit in terms the offence, or at any rate substantially all the facts which constitute the offence. An admission of an incriminating fact, howsoever grave, is not by itself a confession. A statement

Constitutionalism

The theory principles or authority of constitutional government attachment or adherence to a constitution or constitutional government

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