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Succession duties
Succession duties. The (English) Succession Duty Act, 1853, amended by 22 & 23 Vict. c. 21, ss. 12-15, and by the Customs and Inland
Death duties
Death duties. These are (1) the Estate Duty, which, by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), superseded the Probate or Administration
Misconduct
Misconduct, means 'A transgression of some established and definite rule of action, a forbidden act, a dereliction from duty, unlawful behaviour, wilful in character, improper or wrong behaviour; its synonyms are misdemeanour, misdeed, misbehaviour, delinquency, impropriety, mismanagement,
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Obligation
v. Rangnath Rathi and Co., AIR 1958 AP 43 (47). [Specific Relief Act, 1877, s. 54] Means 'a duty; the bond of legal necessity which binds together two or more determinate individuals. It is limited to legal
Negligence
question of law or fact or of mixed fact and law, depending entirely upon the nature of a duty, which the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of
Tort
contract to establish the relationship between the parties and the claim goes on to aver a breach of duty arising out of that relationship, the action is one of tort--per Collins, M.R., in Sachs v. Henderson, (1902)
Customs
history, were customs duties; the first being made onwine by the tun, and the latter being ad valorem duty of so much a pound on other merchandise. When these duties were granted to the Crown they were
Executor
should be obtained to the extend of the sum really expected to be received. (5) It is the duty of the executor to collect and speedily reduce into money the personal assets, when not otherwise directed, especially
Mandamus
(2) Ordinarily mandamus. Where a plaintiff in an ordinary action is personally interested in the fulfilment of some duty by the defendant he may in certain cases endorse his writ with a claim for a mandamus, either
Shall
the part of the law maker, Mohammed Yamin v. Zafar Md., AIR 1968 Del 149. Means has a duty to, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1379. Means in modern statutes the word shall is used as
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