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Drawback

no duties if imported; and, of course, get no drawback on their exportation. Sometimes a drawback exceeds the duty or duties laid on the article; and in such cases the excess forms a real bounty of that

Hire

the thing free from any fault inconsistent with the proper use or enjoyment of it. It is the duty of the person letting to hire, according to the Roman Law, to disclose the faults of the thing

Office

Wazed Mian, (1988) Supp SCC 580 (592): (1988) 2 SCR 370. By 'office' is meant the right and duty to exercise an employment or a position of authority and trust to which certain duties are attached, Shrilekha

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Poor laws

numerous. Consult Chitty's Statutes, tits. 'Poor,' 'Poor (Apprentices),' 'Poor (Rating),' 'Poor (Settlement and Removal),' and 'Poor (Metropolis).' The duty of making and levying the poor-rate or parochial fund, out of which the relief is to be afforded,

Inland revenue

(by far the largest) of the public revenue (which is derived from the taxation of home commodities and duties on property and income, houses, stamps, probates, legacies, etc., as distinguished from the portion derived by customs duties

Breach of trust

Breach of trust, a violation of duty by a trustee, executor, or other person in a fiduciary position. In some cases a breach of trust

breach

: a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a duty esp. by a

fiduciary relationship

one party places special trust, confidence, and reliance in and is influenced by another who has a fiduciary duty to act for the benefit of the party called also confidential relationship fiduciary relation see also fiduciary duty

Ethics

The science of human duty the body of rules of duty drawn from this science a particular system of principles and rules concerting

Accounts duties

in which the settlor had reserved a life interest. These duties were in name superseded by the 'Estate Duty' imposed by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 30), the property chargeable under the

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