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Home Dictionary Name: delivery order Page: 3Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English)
Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97). Its principal enactments are: (1) that a writ of execution shall not effect a title bona fide acquired before seizure; (2) that in an action for breach of contract to deliver goods sold, a writ for the delivery of the goods may be obtained (these two ss. are repealed by the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, and reproduced by ss. 26 and 52 of that Act); (3) that the consideration for a guarantee need not appear in writing; (4) that a guarantee to or for a firm ceases upon a change in the firm (this s. is repealed by the Partnership Act, 1890, and reproduced by s. 18 of that Act); (5) that a surety who discharges a liability is to be entitled to an assignment of all securities held by the creditor; (Ss. 6 and 7) that an acceptance of a bill of exchange must be in writing, and that 'inland bill of exchange' bears a certain definition-these two sections are repealed by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and reproduced by ss. 7 and 17...
Shall
Shall, a word of slippery semantics in a rule is not decisive and the context of the statute, the purpose of the prescription, the public injury in the event of neglect of the rule and the conspectus of circumstances bearing on the importance of the condition have all to be considered before condemning a violation as fatal, State of Punjab v. Shamlal Murari, (1976) 1 SCC 719.Shall, does not always mean that an act is obligatory or mandatory and it depends upon the context in which the word 'shall' occurs and the other circumstances, Ramnath Narayana Mauzo of Margoa v. Union Government of India, AIR 1968 Goa 85.Shall, does not always mean that the enactment is obligatory or mandatory. It depends upon the context in which the word shall occurs and the other circumstances, State of Madhya Pradesh v. Azad Bharat Finance Co., (1966) (Supp) SCR 473: (1967) 1 SCJ 815.Shall, in a statute, though generally taken in a mandatory sense, does not necessarily mean that in every case it shall have th...
Bono et malo
Bono et malo (Writ de), an abolished writ of gaol delivery, which issued for every prisoner....
Terris liberandis
Terris liberandis, a writ that lay for a man convicted by attaint, to bring the record and process before the king, and take a fine for his imprisonment, and then to deliver to him his lands and tenements again, and release him of the strip and waste, Reg. Brev. 232. Also, it was a writ for the delivery of lands to the heir, after homage and relief performed, or upon security taken that he should perform them, Ibid., 293...
Allocato comitatu
Allocato comitatu, in proceedings in outlawry, when there were but two County Courts holden between the delivery of the writ of exigi facias to the sheriff and its return, a special exigi facias, with an allocato comitatu, issued to the sheriff in order to complete the proceedings. See Bac. Abr., 'Outlawry....
Cephalotripsy
The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery...
Craniotomy
The operation of opening the fetal head in order to effect delivery...
generic term
generic term Terms that the relevant purchasing public understands primarily as the common or class name for the goods or services. These terms are incapable of functioning as trademarks denoting source, and are not registrable. Examples include: "Classes Online" for classes provided via the Internet, "Pizza.com" for pizza ordering and delivery services, and "Live Plants" for plant nurseries. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
Seisina habenda
Seisina habenda, etc., a writ for delivery of seisin to the lord of lands and tenements, after the sovereign, in right of his prerogative, had had the year, day, and waste on a felony committed, etc., Reg. Brev. 165....
Metropolitan Police Magistrates
Metropolitan Police Magistrates. There are 25 salaried Metropolitan Police Magistrates (maximum 27) appointed by the Crown to execute the duties of justices of the peace within the Metropolitan Police District. The qualification for this office is having practised as a barrister for at least seven years. Any such magistrate can do alone any act which may be legally done by more than one justice of the peace. there is also special jurisdiction to settle disputes about wages for labour on the Thames, to deal with cases of oppressive distraint for small rents, to order delivery to the owner of goods unlawfully detained up to 15l. value, and to give possession of deserted premises to landlords (see Ston's Justices' Manual). The senior metropolitan Magistrate is ex-officio a justice for Berkshire (Indictable Offences Act, 1848). The Metropolitan Police Courts are: Bow Street, Clerkenwell, Marylebone, Marlborough Street, Westminster, Old Street, Thames, Tower Bridge, Lambeth, Greenwich, Wool...
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