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Actio locati

Actio locati, an action resulting from a contract called locatio conductio, which enables the locator to enforce the duties of the conductor, Civil Law. See ACTIO CONDUCTI.

Action

be an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which one party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public

Additional Controller

Additional Controller, Additional Controller includes joint controller, Deputy Controller and an assistant controller appointed under s. 5 [Standards of Weights and Measures(Enforcement) Act, (54 of 1985), s. 3 (a)]

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By contract or otherwise

that the possession of the donor of the gift must be referable to some contractual or other arrangement enforceable in law or in equity, George Da Costa v. Controller of Estate Duty, (1967) 1 SCR 1004: AIR

Excommunication

by others.) Excommunication was formerly the process by which the decrees and orders of the Ecclesiastical Courts were enforced; but in all cases of contempt of Court it has now been abolished, and in lieu thereof, where

Call of the House

no excuse offered, they may be committed to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms. No such call has been enforced since 1836, when there was a call on Mr. Whittle Harvey's Motion on the Pension List. Since then

Due

on the other hand, it may refer to the time of payment, indicating that the obligation is immediately enforceable, and is then an equivalent of payable, GEI Engineering Ltd. v. Asst. Commr., Comrl. Tax (M.P.), (2006) STC

Delectus person'

or personal representative of a partner should succeed him in the partnership, was inoperative and incapable of being enforced. The common Law, however, treats such a stipulation as valid and obligatory. This also, according to Pothier, was

Denial of justice

the operation of the courts of a state. Courts capable of administering justice effectively for the protection and enforcement of the rights of private persons constitute a necessary part of the machinery of a state. A denial

Deposit pre-contract

interest in land or towards meeting any liability which will arise if he acquires or enters into an enforceable contract to acquire that interest, Estate Agents Act, 1979, s. 12(3) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 1(2), para

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