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Leading question
question, must depend upon the circumstances of each particular case. If a witness by his conduct show himself decidedly adverse to the party calling him it is in the discretion of the Court to allow him to
Mixed questions of law and fact
and fact, cases in which a jury are to find the particular facts, and the court is to decide upon the legal quality of those facts by the aid of established rules of law, independently of any
Lease or licence
of the parties which is to be inferred from the circumstances of each case. For the purpose of deciding whether a particular grant amounts to a lease or a licence, it is essential, therefore, to look to
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Letters-patent, or letters overt
is valid for 16 years with a further period of 7 to 14 years if the High Court decide that the invention has not been sufficiently remunerated. The patent is subject to certain rights of the Crown
Lex loci contractus
loci contractus (the law of the place of the contract). Generally speaking, the validity of a contract is decided by the law of the place where it was made. If valid there, it is, by the general
Lodger
as far as that Act applies (see DISTRESS). The case of Morton v. Palmer, (1881) 51 LJQB 7, decides that a person many be a 'lodger' even though his landlord does not reside on the premises, so
Mahesul adalat
petitions and of investigating into them, in a manner resembling the manner of investigation by Courts and of deciding on them after due consideration, is conferred by any law for the time being in force, Vora Adamji
Majority
day preceding the anniversary of his birth. 2. The grater number. In a deliberative body, questions are ordinarily decided by a majority of those present at a meeting and voting, provided that the whole number present be
Marginal note
note, an abstract of a reported case, a summary of the facts, or brief statement of the principle decided, which is prefixed to the report of the case, usually in the earlier reports placed in the margin,
Market
business is carried on, the question in what sense it is used in a particular statute must be decided on a consideration of the context of that statute, Waverly Jute Mills Co. Ltd. v. Rayman & Co.,
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