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merger
a statute] [a of convictions] b : the doctrine according to which such offenses must be merged compare double jeopardy NOTE: Merger commonly involves the interpretation of statutes and legislative intent in deciding whether two or more … in a de facto merger are considered to have the same right to an appraisal of the fair value of their shares as shareholders in a statutory merger. short-form merger : an accelerated statutory merger between a
Limited liability
each shareholder to the amount of the shares held by him. Similar limitations, extending in some cases to double the amount of shares held, have also long been found (though not universally) in the charters of incorporated … by the (English) Railways Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 55), as to goods of the value of 10l. or for railways, 25l.; and that of railway companies in respect of the carriage of certain
Recovery
12 Edw 4 (19) and Tudor's Leading Cases, 3rd Edn., p. 695. This was called a recovery with double voucher, and effectually barred the entail, with every latent interest and all reversions and remainders expectant thereon. The … Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1280. A true recovery is an actual or real recovery of anything, or the value thereof, by judgment; as if a man sue for any land or other thing movable or immovable, and
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Damages
is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial … the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197
Distress
(English) Act of William and Marry allows the sale only after written notice of the distress, and gives double damages against any person distraining and selling if no rent is due. The same Act also requires appraisement … and bedding of the tenant or his family and the tools and implements of his trade to the value of 5l., by the (English) Law of Distress Amendment Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 21), s.
National insurance
the Minister of Health certifying that they are entitled to sickness and disablement benefits of at least equal value to those obtained under the Acts. (h) School teachers entitled to benefits under the School Teachers Superannuation Acts, … of 2l. to a mother on her confinement. If both husband and wife are insured, this benefit is doubled. (5) Additional Benefits, i.e., further benefits which an approved society can give to its members as a result
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