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Year

Year, means a period commencing on 1st April and ending on 31st March next following. [Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(t)] Means a year commencing on 1st day of April. [Equity Linked Savings Scheme, 2005,...

Election

elections cannot displease him on further consideration.) See also Re Simms, Ex p. Trustee, 1934 Ch 1. In equity the doctrine of election is founded on the rule that a person who takes under an instrument must

Rules of Court

an action or suit. (1) General rules regulating the practice of the Courts, both of Common Law and Equity, have from time to time been made by the Courts in pursuance of the powers of various Acts

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Revised Reports

Revised Reports. A republication of such cases in the English Courts of Law and Equity from 1785 to 1865 as are still of practical utility. Edited by Sir F. Pollock.

Next friend

guardian, as such, or by his next friend, though he must always have defended by his guardian. In equity he sued by next friend, and not by guardian, and defended by guardian ad litem. A married woman,

Protestando

by Rule of Court in 1834, whereby it was rendered unnecessary, Chit. Pl. 646. As to protestation in equity pleadings, consult Story's Eq. Pl.; Daniell's Chancery Practice.

Nihil tam conveniens est naturali eaquitati quam unumquodque dissolvi enquiry officer ligamine quo ligatum est

quam unumquodque dissolvi enquiry officer ligamine quo ligatum est. 2 Inst. 359, (Nothing is so consonant to natural equity as that a thing should be dissolved by the same means by which it was bound.) see Broom's

Nihil tam conveniens estnaturali eaquitati quam voluntatem domini rem suam in alium transferee ratam haberi

voluntatem domini rem suam in alium transferee ratam haberi. 1 Co. 100, (Nothing is so consonant to natural equity as to regard the intention of the owner in transferring his own property to another.)

Opening biddings

Opening biddings. Before 1867, where estates were sold, under the decree of a Court of Equity, the Court considered itself to have a greater power over the contract than if the contract were made

Otherwise

should be interpreted to mean some kind of legal obligation or some transaction enforceable at law or in equity which, though not in the form of a contract, may confer a benefit on the donor, George Da

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