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Banker

Banker, one who receives money to be drawn out again as the owner has occasion for it, the customer being lender, and the banker borrower, with the superadded obligation of honouring the customer's cheques up to the … and creditor, with a superadded obligation on the banker to honour the customer's cheques, so that the Limitations Act, 1623, (21 Jac. 1, c. 16), runs against the customer. See UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. A cheque is not an

Gavelkind

(English) Law of Property Act, 1932; Re Price, 1928 Ch 579; (1929) 2 Ch 400. The other special customs of this tenure were: (1) a wife was dowable of one-half, instead of one-third of the land; (2)

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Entry

the entry referred to in s. 82 or the entry made under the regulations made under s. 84. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (16)] The word 'Entry' in the case of the imported goods meant … Plastics Ltd. v. Collector of Customs and Central Excise, AIR 1998 SC 2371 (2376): (1998) 6 SCC 443. [Customs Act, (52 of 1962), s. 111(m)] The act, right, or privilege of entering real property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Decision or order passed by an Officer of Customs under this Act

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Tariff

drawn up usually in alphabetical order, containing the names of several kinds of merchandise, with the duties or customs to be paid for the same, as settled by authority or agreed on between the several States that … as settled by authority or agreed on between the several States that hold commerce together. The Customs Tariff Act, 1876, consolidated the then Customs Duties, and some of the duties imposed by that Act are still in

Custom stations

a customs station has, by reason of the explanation to s. 2(ab), the same meaning as in the Customs Act, 1962, and that is: 'any customs port, customs airport or land customs station', Minerals and Metals Trading Corpn.

Man, Isle of

Kingdom), being legislated for by its own Parliament, called the House of Keys, but an Isle of Man (Customs) Act, is passed every year by the Imperial Parliament.

Tenure

in an ancient borough are held of some lord by a certain rent. There were a great many customs affecting these tenures, the most remarkable of which was the custom of borough-English, evidently of Saxon origin, and … and petit serjeanty have been saved as incidents in free and common socage by the Law of Property Act, 1922, s. 136. (2) Tenure in burgage [burgus, Lat.] (now abolished, see infra) is where houses, or lands

Imperial preference

Imperial preference. Preferential customs, rates and other trade advantages agreed to be conceded by the British Government of the United Kingdom on … purpose), the Dominions including India, terri-tories under protection and mandated territories, by Order in Council. See (English) Finance Act, 1919, s. 8, as amended by the Import Duties Act, 1932, s. 1; and see (English) the Ottawa

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