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Personal property

Personal property, money, goods, cattle, chattels, stocks, shares, securities, debts, etc., and also leases for years, however long. Personal property is either in possession, or in action, where a … Personal property, money, goods, cattle, chattels, stocks, shares, securities, debts, etc., and also leases for years, however long. Personal property is either

Poaching

Poaching, taking name by trespass. Also taking fish, e.g., salmon and trout by illegal methods (see infra). Trespassing in the daytime in pursuit of 'game'--i.e., hares, pheasants,

Real representative

Real representative. The name formerly given to a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st December, 1897, and the 1st January, 1926, under … Real representative. The name formerly given to a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st

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Wreck

[(English) Merchant Shipping act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60], ss. 518 to 522, and Hals. L. E., sub tit. 'Shipping'; Part XII., 'Wreck,'), as, after a shipwreck, are afloat or cast upon the land by … Wreck, such goods, including the ship or cargo or any part [(English) Merchant Shipping act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c.

Land charge

Land Charges Act,1925. By this Act the system of compulsory registration of charges over land has been greatly extended and no purchaser of land would be well advised to forego a preliminary search for such charges, both … the Land Charges Act,1925. By this Act the system of compulsory registration of charges over land has been greatly extended and no purchaser of land would be well advised to forego a preliminary search for such charges,

Equal pay for equal work

their seniority, source of recruitment, educational qualifications and various other incidents of service, State of Andhra Pradesh v. G. Sreenivasa Rao, (1989) 2 SCC 290. Article 39(d) of the Constitution proclaims 'equal pay for equal work for … Equal pay for equal work, it does not mean that all the members of a cadre must receive the

Engine

Engine. As to malicious injuries to engines and machinery, see Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 11, 14, 15; and … that Act. The Railway Fires Act, 1905, as amended by the Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Act, 1923, gives compensation for damage by fires caused by sparks or cinders from railway engines; see Martin v. G.E. Railway,

Receiver

described as standing in the position of a statutory-attorney or agent of the person under disability; see Re E. G., (1914) 1 Ch 927. See Kerr on Receivers, and Hals. L. E., tit. 'Receivers

Water and watercourse

the name of water only, but it must be brought for the land that lies at the bottom, e.g. 'twenty acres of land covered with water.'-Brownl. 142. See POOL. By granting a certain water, though the right

Usage

there is no usage through inheritance though a right can be acquired by prescription. 'Usage in its most extensive meaning, includes both custom and prescription, but in its narrower significance, it refers to a general habit, mode … Usage, denotes a habit or a mode of conduct or a course of action. Though such behaviour may generally be linked with human actions it is not the identify of the person vis-'-vis his caste which matters

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