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Consideration

process of assessment. There must be something in the assessment order to show that the Income-tax Officer applied his mind to … Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which

Interpleader

Interpleader, the process whereby a person, who is or expects to be sued

Consider

authority after considering the entire circumstances of the case in order to decide the nature and extent of the penalty to … the term 'consider' postulates consideration of all the aspects, the pros and cons of the matter after hearing the aggrieved person,

Justices

judicial oath in the form respectively prescribed by the (English) Pro-missory Oaths Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 82), and

Steward of manor

the abolition of copyhold tenure by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922 (see COPYHOLDS). The scale of compensation to the

Tail

vests in such third person or remainder-man. Before 1926, in order to create an estate-tail by deed, the word 'heir' or … or as tenant by the curtesy if the Law of Property Act, 1925, had not been passed [s. 130 (4) (ibid.)]

Emergency legislation

Emergency legislation, the body of Statutes, Pro-clamations, Orders in Council, Rules, Regulations, and Notifications passed or made

Partnership

against the property of the firm, may obtain only an order charging the partner's interest in the partnership property, and appointing … between persons carrying on a business with a view to profit--so defined by s. 1, sub-s. 1, of the (English) Partnership

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