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Avoided
Avoided, word 'avoided' does not mean 'evaded' and that it has been used in the sense of escapment, Mansukhlal v. CIT, AIR 1969 SC 835 (839): (1969) 73 ITR 546. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 28(1)(c)]
Assignment
to a pouper or other man of straw, Fagg v. Dobie, (1838) 3 Y.& C. 96, and thus escape liability on the covenants in the lease, though he is usually made liable, on a covenant of indemnity
Act of Settlement
No pardon under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an impeachment. Ministers were thus prevented from escaping responsibility because the King had pardoned them. (iii.) Judges should hold office quamdiu se bene gesserint (during good
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Accessary, or Accessory
offence. An accessory who knows that a crime has been committed and who helps the offender try to escape arrest or punishment. As to the trial and punishment of accessories:-By the (English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861,
Abscond
Abscond, to fly the country in order to escape arrest (see FLY FOR IT) for crime. By s. 6 of the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 &
Abjuratio et Juramentum Latronum
Latronum, the oath which had to be taken by a thief who had claimed sanctuary and wished to escape punishment by abjuring the realm. See ABJURATION.
Smoke
The visible exhalation vapor or substance that escapes or expelled from a burning body especially from burning vegetable matter as wood coal peat or the like
Harbouring
thieves or reputed thieves under ss. 10 and 11 of the (English) Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871. See ESCAPE.
Passive trust
no active duty to perform. Passive uses were resorted to before the Statute of Uses, in order to escape from the trammels and hardships of the Common Law, the permanent division of property into legal and equitable
Ire ad largum
Ire ad largum (to go at large; to escape; to be set at liberty).
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