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annuity
annuity pl: -ities [Medieval Latin annuitas, from Latin annuus yearly] 1 : an amount payable at regular intervals (as yearly or quarterly) for a certain or uncertain period 2 : the grant of or the right to receive an annuity [his will included annuities for several old friends] 3 : a contract (as with an insurance company) under which one or more persons receive annuities in return for prior fixed payments made by themselves or another (as an employer) annuity cer·tain pl: annuities certain : an annuity payable over a specified period even if the annuitant dies annuity due pl: annuities due : an immediate annuity in which the payment of the benefits is made at the beginning of each payment interval rather than at the end contingent annuity : an annuity whose starting or ending date depends on the occurrence of an event (as the death of the annuitant) whose date is uncertain con·ven·tion·al annuity : an annuity under which the annuitant receives a specified...
constitutional
constitutional 1 : consistent with or authorized by the constitution of a state or society [ rights] 2 : regulated by, dependent on, or ruling according to a constitution [a monarchy] 3 : of, relating to, or dealing with a constitution or its interpretation, formulation, or amendment [a convention] [ lawyers] con·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adv ...
judicial
judicial [Latin judicialis, from judicium judgment, from judic- judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to determine, say] 1 a : of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary b : of, relating to, or being the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare administrative, executive, legislative 2 : created, ordered, or enforced by a court [a foreclosure] compare conventional, legal ju·di·cial·ly adv ...
Alternat
Alternat, a usage amongst diplomatists by which the rank and places of different powers, who have the same rights and pretensions to precedence, are changed from time to time, either in a certain regular order, or one determined by lot. In preparing treaties and conventions, it is the usage of certain powers to alternate both in the preamble and the signatures, so that each power occupies, in the copy intended to be delivered to it, the first place, Wheaton, Int. Law. Pt. Ii., c. 3, s. 4....
Annexation
Annexation, the union of lands to the Crown, and declaring them inalienable. Also the appropriation of the church lands by the Crown, and the union of land lying at a distance from the parish church to which they belong, to the church of another parish to which they are contiguous. The permanent occupation by a sovereign state of the territory formerly belonging to another, and see RES NULLIUS. As to concessions granted by the former sovereign prior to annexation, see Cook v. Sprig, 1899 AC 572. The financial liabilities of a conquered state are not after annexation binding on the conquering state. See West Rand Gold Mining Co. v. R., 1905 (2) KB 391.Occurs when the Occupying Power acquires and makes the occupied territory as its own. Annexation gives a de jure right to administer the territory. Annexation means that there is not only possession but uncontested sovereignty over the territory, Rev. Mons Sebastio Fransisco Xavier Dos Remedios Monterio v. State of Goa, (1969) 3 SCC 419: A...
Carriage by Air Act (English)
Carriage by Air Act (English), 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air. The rules constitute a code of the law of carriage of passengers, luggage and goods consigned, and the liabilities of the carrier and rights and liabilities of passengers and consignors. The Act is to come into force by Order in Council....
Covenant
Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done or shall be done, or stiuplates for the truth of certain facts. He who thus promises is called the covenantor; and he to whom it is made the covenantee. A covenant being part of a deed is subject to the general rules for the construction of such instruents; as, first, to be always taken most strongly against the covenanter and most in favour of the covenantee; secondly, to be taken according to the intent of the parties; thirdly, to be construed ut res magis valeat quam pereat; fourthy, when no time is limited for its performance, that it be performed in a reasonable time.Covenants are personal obligations; formerly the did not bind theheirs of the covenanter unless the heirs were named and inthat case only to the extent of the lands descended, but if made ...
Disposition
Disposition, giving away or giving up by a person of something which was his own, Commissioner of Gift Tax v. N.S. Getty Chettiar (1971) 2 SCC 741: AIR 1971 SC 2410: (1972) 1 SCR 736 & Controller of Estates Duty v. Kancharla Kesava Rao, (1973) 2 SCC 384: AIR 1973 SC 2484: (1973) 3 SCR 897.Disposition in the estate duty law of India enjoys and extended meaning. The framers of the Estate Duty Act,1953 desired by a deeming provision regarding 'disposition' to cover extinguishments of debts and all other rights at the expense of and made by the deceased in favour of the beneficiary. The substantive definition of 'property' in s. 2(15) is not exhaustive but only inclusive and the supplementary operation of Explanation 2 takes in which is not conventionally regarded as 'disposition'. Indeed, 'disposition', even accord-ing to law dictionaries, embraces 'the parting with, alienation of, or giving up property.... a destruction of property' (Black's Legal Dictionary), Controller of Estate Duty v...
Ecclesiastical Corporations
Ecclesiastical Corporations. Corporations created for the furtherance of religion, and for the perpetuation of the rights of the church, the members of which are exclusively spiritual persons. They are of two kinds: corporations sole-viz., bishops, certain deans, parsons, and vicars; and corporations aggregate-viz., deans and chapters, and formerly prior and convent, abbot and monks, and the like. For a statutory definition see (English) 14 & 15 Vict. c. 104, s. 11....
League of Nations (Societe des Nations)
League of Nations (Societe des Nations), is a conventional assembly which was set up early in 1920 at the conclusion of the War of 1914-1919 (First World War), with a membership of 58 States. The Covenant, consisting of 26 Articles at the beginning of each of the Peace Treaties, is its charter, pledging these States to promote international co-operation, and achieve peace and security by accepting obligations not to go to war, and to respect treaties. Among the important principles which underlie the League are the 'collective system,' e.g., collective action to prevent aggression, as well as to assist members to carry on their common interests more effectively; the duty of reduction of armaments; equality for States, e.g., recognition of greater responsibility of large Powers, with legal equality for all, large or small; undertaking to use peaceful settlement for disputes, with recognition that any war is the responsibility of all peoples; provision of means for adapting existing righ...
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