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Entices takes

not necessarily connote taking by force and it is not confined only to use of force, actual or constructive. This word merely means, 'to cause to go', 'to escort' or 'to get into possession'. No doubt it … get into possession'. No doubt it does mean physical taking, but not necessarily by use of force or fraud. The word 'entice' seems to involve the idea of inducement or allurement by giving rise to hope or

Whoever takes or entices any minor

not necessarily connote taking by force and it is not connected only to use of force, actual or constructive. This word merely means, 'to cause to go', 'to escort' or 'to get into possession'. No doubt it … get into possession'. No doubt it does mean physical taking, but not necessarily by use of force or fraud. The word 'entice' seems to involve the idea of inducement or allurement by giving rise to hope or

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 … nature of trusts, introduced a more flexible disposition of legal interests in land. Under the (English) Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 7) trusts creating equitable estates or interests in land, including leaseholds and

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Notice

(1) statutory; (2) actual, which brings the knowledge of a fact directly home to the party; or (3) constructive or implied, which is no more than evidence of facts which raise such a strong presumption of notice … 28, a trustee or personal representative acting for one trust or estate is not in the absence of fraud affected by notice obtained through acting for another. Subject to the forgoing limitations on the doctrine and effect

Implied trusts

confer any right on the party abusing it, or on those who claim in privity with him. See CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST. Consult Lewin or Godefroi on Trusts. … third person; (2) those not depending upon such intention, but arising by operation of law, in cases of fraud, or notice of an adverse equity. A trust of this kind arises wherever the estate is converted by

Trust

or constituted. (b) Trusts executory, imperfect, incomplete, or directory. (II.) Arising by operation of law, such as (a) Constructive, which arise when property which has been acquired in right of another is being retained by the trustee … in relation there to co-extensive with his ability to dispose of it at law. The (English) Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 7 [reproduced by s. 53 (1) (b) of the Law of Property

Guaranty, or Guarantee

some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.' In case of guarantees, great inconvenience had resulted from the construction put upon the above s., viz., that the consideration for the promise of the guarantor must appear upon … is not binding. At Common Law a guarantee need not have been in writing, but the Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3), s. 4, enacts that 'No action shall be brought whereby to charge the

Passengers

AIR NAVIGATION. As to the liability of a passenger to pay his fare without demand under a bye-law, fraud not being alleged, see London Passenger Transport Board v. Sumner, 1935 WN 196. … Act, 1932 (c. 9), s. 33. The regulations concerning the inspection of passenger ships, their equipment, manning, and construction, are now contained in Part III. of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and the (English) Merchant Shipping

Deed

as an aid to collect the intention of the parties to the instrument, and a key to its construction. Thus a recital may restrain the effects of general phraseology in the operative part of a deed, and … of three acts, viz.:- (a) Signing. This was not necessary before 1926 in cases where the Statute of Frauds (see FRAUDS, STATUTE OF) did not apply. Whether signing was necessary where that statute applied, or whether mere

Insurance

Policy' is set out in the schedule to the Act of 1906, which also gives Rules for its construction. Besides individual underwriters and companies, there are associations formed by ship-owners, who agree, each entering his ships for … insure to the amount required; and in such a case it is done by different offices. To prevent frauds by insuring the full value in various offices, there is, in the proposals issued, an article requiring notice

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