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Consolidation of mortgages

to exclude the operation of the s., thus preserving the rights of the mortgagee as defined by the decided cases. For the general law, see Jennings v. Jordan, (1881) 6 App Cas 698; Pledge v. White, 1896

Construction, Court of

Court of Construction with regard to wills, as opposed to its Probate, etc., Division, whose duty is to decide whether an instrument be a will at all.

Contraband

they are trading, unless they engage in the conveyance of contraband goods. But great difficulty has arisen in deciding as to the goods comprised in this term. In order to obviate all disputes as to what commodities

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Cost-book mining companies

formed thus:-A number of adventures, who have obtained permission from the landowner to work a lode, assemble; they decide on the number of shares into which their capitalis to be divided, and the number to be allotted

Costs

costs might be rebutted by the particular circumstances of the case, and it was for the court to decide whether those circumstances were or were not sufficient to rebut the claim. See Morgan and Wurtzburg on Costs;

Crime

see OFFENCE, and consult Russell on Crimes, and Mellor v. Denham, (1880) 5 QBD 467, and other cases decided upon the meaning of 'criminal cause or matter' in Judicature Act, 1925, s. 31 (1)(a), replacing s. 47

Dangerous structure

confined to buildings, etc., adjacent to a highway; see L.C.C. v. Herring, (1894) 2 QB 522, a case decided under the (English) Metropolitan Building Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 122). See also the London Building

De jure judices de facto juratores respondent

of the law of England.' A judge sitting without a jury, as in the old Court of Chancery, decides all questions of fact as well as of law.

Decree

opinion that the case involves substantial question of law of general importance and the question needs to be decided by the Supreme Court, Constitution of India, Art. 133(1)(a) and (b) Is of two types ' interlocutory and

Deems

Deems, means 'is of opinion' or 'considers' or 'decides' 'and there is no implication of steps to be taken before the opinion is formed or the decision is taken, Sudha Rani Garg v. Jagdish Kumar, (2004)...

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