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Owner
Public Health Act, 1875, the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act (5 Edw. 7, c. ccix.), 'the person for the time being receiving the rack-rent of the premises in connection with … or substantially the whole of such undertaking, and includes any associated person who is a constituent of a group and who has the ultimate control over the affairs of such under-taking. [Monopolies and restrictive Trade Practices Act,
litigate
litigate -gat·ed -gat·ing [Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit-, lis lawsuit + agere to drive] vi : to seek resolution of a legal contest by judicial process [chose to rather than settle] vt :...
Protector of the settlement
Protector of the settlement. The person whose con-sent is required to enable a remainderman in tail to bar the entail. In the absence of such consent the remainderman can only … 7, c. 18), as amended by the Law Reform (M. W. & T.) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo.5, c. 30). The office of Protector is not assignable and if the protector is tenant for life under
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a bag of letters carried by the post, or the vehicle which carries the letters. As to theft, embezzlement by Post Office officer, or receiving mail bag, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, … theft, embezzlement by Post Office officer, or receiving mail bag, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), ss. 12, 18, 33 and (English) Post Office Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 48),
Maritime lien
Maritime lien, is well defined to mean a claim or privilege upon a thing to be carried into effect by legal process, that process to be a proceeding in rem ...... This claim or privilege travels with … little positive in value unless it is enforced by an action. It is a right which springs from general maritime law and is based on the concept as if the ship itself caused the harm, loss or
Navigation acts
Navigation acts, restricting the import or export of goods except in British bottoms, i.e., in ships the owners of which and the large proportion of … Navigation acts, restricting the import or export of goods except in British bottoms, i.e., in ships the owners of which and the large proportion of the crews
Notice of action
(English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76-both public and private, it was enacted that no action should be brought against persons, acting in pursuance of these statutes, until the expiration of … in pursuance of these statutes, until the expiration of a certain time after notice in writing had been given to the defendant that such action would be brought; but by the (English) Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893
Prerogative of mercy
Prerogative of mercy. In early times the operation of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy was far wider than at the present day, as … fatuous: ibid. p. 661. The power of pardoning offences is stated by Blackstone to be one of the great advantages of monarchy in general above every other form of government, and which cannot subsist in democracies. Its
Surety bond
question as to how far its terms can be considered to have been varied by any unilateral act. Each bond has to be construed on its own terms. But in construing the terms of a surety bond … v. Dadamiya Babumiya Sheikh, AIR 1971 SC 1722 (1724): (1972) 3 SCC 85. In the case of fidelity guarantees the security is discharged if a material alteration takes place in the risk, e.g., change of duties, Pybus
Real Property Act, 1845
Real Property Act, 1845 (English) (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), repealed and substantially re-enacted and extended by ss. 4, 51, 52, 56, 59, 138 and 168 of the Law of Property Act, 1925. The … immediate, future, vested, or contingent, may be disposed of by deed. When the reversion on a lease is gone by surrender or merger, the next estate is to be deemed the reversion--(so that if, e.g., A. in
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