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Consultation
something together, or to deliberate'. By giving an opportunity to consultation or deliberation the purpose thereof is to enable the Judges to make their respective points of view known to the others and discuss and examine the … place by mutual discussions and a consensus is arrived at between different authorities performing different functions under the statutes, the purpose for which consultation was to be made would stand satisfied, Chairman & M.D. BPL Ltd. v.
Company
and using the powers of company management. The company law was at that time conceived merely as a statute intended to regulate the structure and mode of operation of a special type of economic institution called company. … expert examination as to the best means of remedying certain defects in the working of the Acts which enabled persons to make use of them for dishonest purposes. The Act of 1929, by ss. 357 and 358,
Quorum
denotes the minimum number of members of any body of persons whose presence is necessary in order to enable that body to transact its business validly so that its acts may be lawful. It is generally left … The term is derived from the 'justices of the quorum.' See JUSTICES, and the General Index to Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Quorum.' 'Quorum' denotes the minimum number of members of any body of persons whose presence is necessary
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Dissenters
Universities Tests Act, 1871 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 26), has abolished the University Tests, and dissenters are enabled to take any degree (other than a divinity degree) in any of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or … & 19 Vict. c. 81), provides for the certifying and registering of dissenters' places of worship. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Religious Worship.' The (English) Universities Tests Act, 1871 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 26), has abolished the
Pardon
cum injuria et damno aliorum.' Neither at Common Law could the sovereign pardon an offence against a penal statute after information brought; for thereby the informer had acquired private property in his part of the penalty. But … informer had acquired private property in his part of the penalty. But the Remission of Penalties Act, 1859, enables the Crown to remit penalties for offences, although payable to parties other than the Crown; and a special
Appointment of new trustees
of Chancery. Latterly, however, a power for this purpose has been supplied by various Acts of Parliament, the statute at present in force being the (English) Trustee Act, 1925, ss. 36 and 37 replacing and extending the … to have the power of appointing new trustees. Ss. 41, 42 and43 of the (English) Trustees Act, 1925, enable the Court, whenever it is expedient in cases of difficulty and impracticable otherwise, to appoint a new trustee
In forma pauperis
was confined to plaintiffs at Common Law, but was extended by Courts of (English) Equity to defendants. The statute 11 Hen. 7, c. 12, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision and Civil Procedure Act, 1883, but … willing to undertake conduct of actions on behalf of poor persons without remuneration. Order 33 is intended to enable the indigent person (or paupers) to institute and prosecute suits without payment of court fees. (CPC, Order 33,
Appointment in exercise of a Power
as manifesting the intention of the appointor, or person executing the power, and also of every other authority enabling him in that behalf, so as to guard against any misrecital of the assurance creating the power. It … the power which sanctions such appointment. In the case of appointments of uses of freeholds effected under the Statute of Uses the seisin to serve the appointed use was transferred by the prior assurance; the appointment vested
Abstract of title
said to be perfect if it deduces the title from the date fixed by the contract or by statute for its commencement and discloses every incumbrance affecting it, by setting out the material parts of all deeds, … to remedy any defects, or to dissipate any doubts or ambiguities. The objects of every abstract is to enable the pur-chaser or mortgagee to judge of the evidence deducting, and of the incumbrances affecting, the title. It
Forgery
Edn., p. 661. Forgery at Common Law was a misdemeanour but most forgeries have been made felony by statute. Many of these statutes were consolidated by 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 66, repealed and … 77, and is made retrospective by the (English) Forged Transfers Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 36), enables, but does not oblige, companies and local authorities to make compensation, 'by a cash payment out of their
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