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May and shall, The word 'may' in s. 363 does not mean 'shall', and that the Magistrate has under that s. a discretion whether he should pass an order for demolition or not, Corporation of Calcutta v. Mulchand Agarwala, AIR 1956 SC 110: (1955) 2 SCR 995.(ii) The word may' is capable of meaning 'must' or 'shall' in the light of the context and that where a discretion is conferred upon a public authority coupled with an obligation, the word 'may' which denotes discretion should be construed to mean a command, Shri Rangaswami, the Textile Commissioner v. Sagar Textiole Mills (P) Ltd., AIR 1977 SC 1516: (1977) 2 SCC 578: (1977) 2 SCR 825.(iii) As observed in Craies On Statute Law, 7th edn., page 229, the expression 'may' and 'shall' have often been subject of constant and conflicting interpretation. 'May' is a permissive or enabling expression but there are cases in which for various reasons as soon as the person who is within the statute is entrusted with the power, it becomes his duty to ...
Compound householder
Compound householder. The payment of rates was formerly one of the ingredients in the qualification for the parliamentary franchise; but modern statutes have enabled the owners of small houses to pay the rates for the occupiers and receive a composition for so doing. To prevent the occupiers being disfranchised by this process, it was enacted that they might claim to be rated themselves, and such householders so claiming became commonly known as 'compound householders,' as appears from the title to the Act, 14 & 15 Vict. c. 14, now repealed, see Representation of People Act, 1918, Schedule 8....
Good behaviour, security for
Good behaviour, security for. The exercise of preventive justice, which consists in being bound with one or more sureties in a recognizance or obligation to the Crown, and taken in some Court, by some judicial officer; whereby the parties acknowledge themselves to be indebted to the Crown in the sum required, with the condition to be void if the party shall be of good behaviour, either general or especially for the time therein limited. See (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 49), s. 25; see, further, (English) Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 17); (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), ss. 26(2), 39(3); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices.'Security for Convicted Drunkard.--The (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (Edw. 7, c. 28), enables a Court on conviction of a person for drunkenness in a public place, etc., to order him to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to be of good behaviour....
It shall be lawful
It shall be lawful, according to s. 105(1) of the Companies Act, 1913 'It shall be lawful for a company to pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing' for shares in it. The words 'it shall be lawful' are enabling words. They are used in a statute when it is intended to permit something to be done which previously could not legally be done, Madanlal Fakirchand Dudhediya v. Shree Changdeo, AIR 1962 SC 1543 (1557): 1962 Supp (3) SCR 973. [Companies Act, 1913, s. 105(1)]...
Official use
Official use, an active use, which imposed some duty on the legal owner or feoffee to uses, as a conveyance to A. with directions for him to sell the estate and distribute the proceeds amongst B., C., and D. to enable A. to perform this duty he kept the legal estate under the Statute of Uses....
Sederunt, Acts of
Sederunt, Acts of, ordinances of the Court of Session in Scotland, made originally under authority of the statute 1540, c. 93, and later enabling Acts, which may be said to be equivalent to the Regul' Generales of the English Courts. Generally speaking, Acts of Sederunt regulate procedure in Scots litigation, terms of membership of legal Societies, etc. A quorum of nine judges is necessary-48 Geo. 3, c. 151, s. 11....
Donis conditionalibus, Statute de
Donis conditionalibus, Statute de (13 Edw. 1, c. 1, A.D. 1285), otherwise called Westminster the Second. At the date of this statute a gift to a man and the heirs of his body, provided that if he had no heirs the lands should revert, was construed to give the donee a conditional fee, which enabled him, after issue begotten, to alien the land, and thereby to disinherit the issue and to deprive the donor of his right of reverter. This interpretation is declared by this statute to be 'contrary to the minds of the giver, and the form impressed in the gift': wherefore it is ordained that the 'will of the giver, according to the form in the deed of gift manifestly expressed, be henceforth observed; so that they, to whom the land is given under such condition, shall have no power to alien the land so given, but that it shall remain unto the issue of them to whom it is given after their death, or shall revert to the giver or his heirs if issue fail, or there is no issue at all . . . And if a f...
Tail
Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest which may be created after 1925 in respect of personalty as well as realty by way of trust and which (if not barred or disposed of by will after 1925) will devolve inequity on the person who would have taken realty as heir of the body or as tenant by the curtesy if the Law of Property Act, 1925, had not been passed [s. 130 (4) (ibid.)]The limitation of an estate so that it can be inherited only by the fee owner's issue or class of issue, Black's Law dictionary 7th Edn., p. 1466.An estate-tail in land now constitutes a settlement. [(English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 1]With this and other statutory modifications under the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, the rules relating to this form of estate are still applicable (a) in the investigation of all titles to land in existence on the 31st December, 1925; (b) in the construction of equitable interests into which th...
Wills
Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable property. ''But in law ultima voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a.Depository of Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of the Court of Probate Act, 1857:-There shall, under the control and direction of the High Court, be provided safe and convenient depositories for the custody of the wills of living persons, and any person may deposit his will therein.And see (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 26), s. 11, as to deposit of wills under control of the High Court.Law before 1838.-The right of testamentary aliena-tion of lands is a matter depending on Act of Parliament. Before 32 Hen. 8, c. 1, a will could not be made of land, and before the Statute of Frauds a will (see NUNCUPATIVE WILL) could be made by word of mouth...
Title
Title, means the union of all elements (as ownership possession, and custody) constituting the legal right to control and dispose of property; the legal link between a person who owns property and the property itself, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1493.Title: 1, a general head, comprising particulars, as in a book; 2, an appellation of honour or dignity; 3, the means whereby the owner of lands has the just possession of his property--titulus est justa causa pos sidendi id quod nostrum est: Co. Litt. 345b.1. The union of all elements (as ownership, possession, and custody) constituting the legal right to central and dispose of property; the2. Legal evidence of a person's ownership rights in property; an chastenment (such as a deed) that constitute such evidence3. The heading of a statute or other legal document, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.There are several stages and degrees requisite to form a complete title to lands and tenements.1. The lowest and most imperfect degree of ...
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