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Police officer
officer, the expression 'police officer' used in s. 523, Criminal Procedure Code, is to be construed strictly. A Customs Officer cannot be regarded as police officer, Assistant Collector of Customs v. Tilak Raj Shiv Dayal, AIR 1969
Short-ford
Short-ford. The ancient custom of the city of Exeter is, when the lord of the fee cannot be answered rent due to
Consideration
receive in return for the supply of services or the provision of services, Nell Gwynn House Trustees v. Customs Comrs. [H.L. (E)], (1999) 1 WLR 181. If the consideration for a disposal is money, the money is
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Free-bench
Free-bench [sedes libera, Lat.], a widow's dower out of copyholds to which she was entitled by the custom of some manors. It is regarded as an excrescence growing out of the husband's interest, and is indeed
Fines in copyholds
which is preserved by 12 Car. 2, c. 24, s. 6, is a sum of money payable by custom to the lord. There are three classes of fines:- (1) those due on the change of the lord;
Borough English
Borough English, a custom abolished by Adminis-tration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45. See (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, 12th Schedule;
Bill of entry
Bill of entry, an account of the goods entered at the Custom House, both inwards and outwards. It must state the name of the merchant exporting or importing, the quantity
Law
sufficiently formulated or defined to be observed uniformly by the whole of a class it may become a custom; or it may be imposed on all individuals who consent or are unable to resist its application and
Optimus interpres rerum usus
Optimus interpres rerum usus [Lat.], the best interpreter of things is usage. --2 Inst. 282, (Custom is the best interpreter of things.) See Broom's Leg. Max. Similarly Optimus legum interpres consuetudo. 4 Inst. 75, (Custom is...
London
there is an alderman, and is governed by a lord mayor, who is chosen yearly. As to the customs of the city, see Pulling's Customs of London, p. 5 et seq. The customs of London as to
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