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Assessment year
Assessment year, means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of April every year. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2 (d)] Assessment year is a standard
Daily fine
Daily fine, means a fine for each day on which an offence is continued after conviction therefor. [Indian Electricity
Hague Convention
the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft @ signed at the Hague on the 16th day of December, 1970. [Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 (65 of 1982), s. 2(d)]
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Conge d'Eslire, or elire
Conge d'Eslire, or elire (leave to elect). The king's licence or permission sent to a dean and chapter to proceed … chapter shall elect the said person and none other, and that if they defer their election above twelve days, the sovereign at his liberty and pleasure shall appoint such person to the office as he shall think
Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem
of Lords cases, 'did not see how it could be considered as having any force at the present day.' The cases cited by Jessel, M.R., however, all turned upon the construction of wills; the maxim has been … Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem. Co. Litt. 36; Bac. Max. Reg. 3; Broom's Max.-(The words of deeds are received more strongly against the grantor.) Bacon styles this 'a rule drawn out of the depth of
Apportionment
periodical payments in the nature of income shall, like interest on money lent, be considered as accruing from day to day, and shall be apportionable in respect of time accordingly (s. 1). This Act has been held … Apportionment, a division of a whole into parts (usually unequal) proportioned to the rights of more claimants than one. It is
Mohammedan calendar
A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira hejira 622 a d Thirty of its years constitute a cycle of which the 2d 5th 7th 10th 13th 16th 18th 21st … the 2d 5th 7th 10th 13th 16th 18th 21st 24th 26th and 29th are leap years having 355 days the others are common having 354 days
Re-entry
has lately foregone. A clause of this nature, called a 'proviso for re-entry,' is inserted in every properly drawn lease, empowering the lessor to re-enter upon the demised premises if the rent is in arrear for a … to re-enter upon the demised premises if the rent is in arrear for a certain period, e.g., twenty-one days, or if there shall be any breach of the lessee's covenants. A proviso for re-entry, strictly speaking, is
Bishop
Bishop [fr. 'plokopoV, Gk. Biscop, Sax.], an overseer or superintendent. The chief of the clergy in his diocese or jurisdiction in England, Wales, or Ireland, and the archbishop's suffragan or assistant. A bishop is elected by … by a letter-missive, addressed to the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate whom he pleases. A bishop is said to be installed, and there
Marriage
a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of … the usual place of worship of either party. In case of license, the Act of 1823 requires fifteen days' residence, Tuckniss v. Alexander, 32 LJ Ch 794. It is only if both parties have concurred in falsifying
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