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Burglary
which may be either actual, e.g., the forcing of a door or the opening of a window, or constructive, as where the offender obtains admittance by fraud, is a necessary part of the offence of burglary, although … felonious intent must exist, but need not be executed. The 'breaking,' which may be either actual, e.g., the forcing of a door or the opening of a window, or constructive, as where the offender obtains admittance by
Bye-law street
Bye-law street, means a street constructed so as to comply with any bye-laws, regulations or other enactments in force in the district, Halsbury's Laws
Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem
having any force at the present day.' The cases cited by Jessel, M.R., however, all turned upon the construction of wills; the maxim has been recognized in the House of Lords since 1877, see Birrell v. Dryer,
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Sewer
old, works. The Act includes all commissions of sewers granted by the Crown for the time being in force, whether granted previously to the Act or not ,but does not extend to the metropolis. It provides for … all parts of England, and give them jurisdiction over such areas as may be most expedient for the construction of new, and maintenance and improvement of old, works. The Act includes all commissions of sewers granted by
Machine
general any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified as a screw and its nut or a lever arranged to … or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot etc especially a construction more or less complex consisting of a combination of moving parts or simple mechanical elements as wheels levers
Equitable estates and interests
legal estate or ownership in the transferee, by mortgage or charge, and whenever a trust arises, either express, constructive, implied or by operation of law. In theory the legal owner alone was entitled, both in law and … the obligations and incidents attaching to the property, the beneficial owner merely having a personal right inequity to force the legal owner to carry out his obligation or trust, but the rights and obligations of beneficial ownership
Simple trust
the L.P. (Amendment) Act, 1926, vesting the estate existing on 1st January, 1926, in the beneficial owner by force of the statute. … for another, and the nature of the trust, not being qualified by the settlor, is left to the construction of law. In this case the cestui que trust has jushabendi, or the right to be put into
Precedent
3512. Precedent, when not binding. If is rendered in ignorance of a statute or a rule having the force of statute, Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd., (1944) KB 729: (1944) 2 All ER 293. Precedents, authorities … precedent has remained unquestioned, the more hard it becomes to reverse it. The courts has to adopt a construction of law, which would inevitably result in upsetting titles long founded on the contrary view, Pratap Bahadur Sahi
Workmen's Compensation Act
business, and not engaged or paid by a club for games or recreation; (c) members of a police force; (d) out workers; (e) a member of the employer's family living in his house; (f) in the naval, … Workmen's Compensation Reports. Means any agreement for carrying out for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration, the construction fitting out, improvement or repair of any building, road, bridge or any other immovable property, or manufacture, processing,
Shelley's case, Rule in
take as would in the case of freehold land have answered that description under the general law in force before the commencement of the Act. … 658. The rule has been abolished by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 131, in the construction of all instruments coming into operation after 1925; but the rule governs the construction of all instruments which
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