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Town

Ry. Co. v. Blackmore, (1879) LR 4 HL 611, it was said that where there is such a continuous occupancy of houses that persons living in them may be said to be living in the same town, … a towne in law, unlesse it hath, or in time pasthath had, a church, and celebration of divine service, sacraments, and burials' (Co. Litt. 115 b). 'And it appeareth by Littleton, that a towne is the genus,

Guarantee

a 'collateral' or 'conditional' contract, in order to distinguish it from one that is 'original' or 'absolute'. A continuing guarantee is one which extends to a series of transactions and is not exhausted by nor confined to … rise to legal obligations such as there resulting from bailment, tort or unsatisfied judgments, Moschi v. Lep Air Services Ltd., (1973) AC 331 (347-348): (1972) 2 All ER 393 (401) HL, per Lord Diplock. As in the

trademark

in addition to the common-law claim. Registration also serves as evidence of the owner's exclusive right to the continuous use and validity of the mark, and as constructive notice to the world of the claim to the … dilution, infringement, strong mark, weak mark Trademark Act of 1946 in the Important Laws section compare copyright, patent, service mark NOTE: The Patent and Trademark Office registers trademarks and service marks that are used in interstate commerce

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Scotland and Ireland

113, and 26 & 27 Vict. c. 89 (Ireland); but irremovability to Ireland is acquired by five years' continuous residence in England, under the (English) Poor Removal Act, 1900. Acts of Parliament passed since the Unions bind … Scotland and Ireland. As to service of writ, by leave of judge, upon a defendant resident in Scotland or Ireland, see (English) R.S.C. Ord.

Dealer, auction

business and the agents of such person, manufacturer or pool-handling agency, State of Punjab v. Gunomajra Cooperative Agriculture Service Society Ltd., (2000) 9 SCC 210. There is nothing either in the main definition in s. 2(5) or … business of such purchase, sale, or storage; and the concept of business in the context must necessarily postulate continuity of transactions. It is not a single casual or solitary transaction of sale, purchase or storage that would

Office of profit

Yeshwant Singh, AIR 1970 Raj 134 (141). [Constitution of India, Art. 102(1)(a)] It need not be in the service of Government. Generally it is understood that an office means a position to which certain duties are attached. … of India. The power of the government to appoint a person to an office of profit or to continue him in that office or revoke his appointment at their discretion and payment from out of Government revenues

Distress

power to distrain within six months after determination of the lease, but it must be made during the continuance of the landlord's title or interest, and also during the possession of the tenant. By the Real Property

Valuation

a process which does not end on marks being awarded by an examiner, Sanjay Singh v. U.P. Public Service Commission, (2007) 3 SCC 720. Means the act or process of valuing, Jensen v. Jensen, 458 NW 2d … shall not be taken into account: (5) Where the land is, and but for the compulsory acquisition would continue to be, devoted to a purpose of such a nature that there is no general demand or market

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