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Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against

intent to defraud and deceive any person, bodies politic or corporate, who shall purchase the same, shall be deemed (as against that person, etc.) to be utterly void. But the Act shall not be construed to defeat

Extinguishment

any merger by operation of law only of any estate the beneficial interest in which would not be deemed to be merged or extinguished in equity. (7) Extinguishment of interesse termini. A mere interesse termini could neither

Factory

and dyeing works, lace warehouses, paper mills, flax scutch mills, rope works and hat works shall not be deemed to be textiles factories. 'Tenement factory' means a factory when mechanical power is supplied to different parts of

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False pretence, obtaining property

is not by itself a false pretence,' and 'may add any such further explanation as the Court may deem suitable to the circumstances.

Firm

of the firm. This principle cannot be stretched and extended to such situations in which the firm is deemed to be a person and hence a legal entity for certain purpose, Dena Bank v. Bhikhabhai Prabhudas Parekh,

Fixtures

as part of the land. But a tenant may so construct the erections that they shall not be deemed fixtures; thus, even if he erect buildings'as barns, granaries, sheds, and mills upon blocks, rollers, patterns, pillars, or

Foreign Bill of Exchange

part of the United Kingdom, as England, on a person in another part, as Ireland or Scotland, was deemed a foreign bill; but this was altered by s. 7 of that Act, of which the effect is

Foreign instrument

Foreign instrument, any such instrument not so drawn, made, or made payable shall be deemed to be a foreign instrument. (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, s. 12).

Forestalling the market

dissuading persons to bring their goods there, or persuading them to enhance the price when there. It was deemed an offence against public trade, but the statutes prohibiting it were repealed by 7 & 8 Vict. c.

Forwarding merchant

the vessels or waggons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight, and not being deemed a common carrier, but a mere warehouseman and agent, Story on Bailments, 509.

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