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Lord Mayor's Court in London

and see Bowater & Sons Ltd. v. Davidson's Paper Sales, (1936) 1 KB 465. The conjoint Court thus established has all the powers and jurisdiction of the two courts, and is presided over by the judges of … London, (1867) LR 2 HL 239] Court of the king, held before the lord mayor and aldermen. Its practice and procedure were amended and its powers enlarged by the Mayor's Court of London Procedure Act, 1857. In

Rule

regulation made as a rule under any enactment. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(51)] An established and authoritative standard or principle; a general norm mandating or guiding conduct or action in a given type … rule under any enactment. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(51)] Rule, made under an Act having statutory force, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 539. Means an order or

Abduction

person is induced by any deceitful means to go from any place. The important task for prosecution to establish the offence under section 364, IPC is to demonstrate that abduction of a person was for murdering him. … the goods of their husbands, the abduction of nuns and of wards appear no longer to be of practical effect. See ABUSING CHILDREN; CHILDREN; RAPE. On a plain reading, of that clause there does not seem to

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Hire

far those principles which are derived altogether from the Roman and foreign laws are to be deemed satisfactorily established in our jurisprudence is a matter for consideration, since the Common Law does not furnish any direct recognition … person letting to hire, according to the Roman Law, to disclose the faults of the thing hired, and practice no artful concealment, to charge only a reasonable price therefore, and to indemnity the hirer for all expenses

Service

underlying idea of understanding when the servant is appointed and where he is admittedly appointed on a temporary establish-ment with which goes the idea that so soon as the establishment is wound up, his service will automatically … rendering of any service free of charge or under a contract or personal service. [Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2(r)] Means service of any description which is made available to potential

Company

of the (English) Companies Act, 1929. This part of the Act applies to all such companies which have established or establish a place of business in Great Britain in extension of s. 74 of the Companies (Consolidation) … allowed in 1879, and see now s. 16 of the Companies Act, 1929, that unlimited companies may be practically disregarded. But if a limited company carries on business for more than six months after with less than

Copyhold

fine apportionably, each according to his share. Joint tenants and coparceners pay a single fine for all. The practice as to the payment of the fine on the admittance of joint tenants in this: two years' value … c. 35), and its amending Acts were purely permissive, and merely facilitated the commutation and enfran-chisement by the establishment of the 'Copyhold Commissioners' as a tribunal to determine differences between lords and tenants. The (English) Act of

cause

even though the listing had expired] pro·duc·ing cause : an efficient, exciting, or contributing cause (as an act, practice, or event) that produces an injury which would not have occurred without it [claimed that the workplace accident … fact or circumstance. However, the facts or circumstances need not be of the nature of certainty necessary to establish proof in court. 2 : justification for an administrative search based on a showing that it is to

Preamble

in a Bill of great Constitutional importance or in a Bill to give effect to international conventions, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1977, p. 462. Preamble, introduction, preface; also the beginning of an Act of Parliament, … SCC 521: (1983) 1 SCR 122. Preamble, is a clause introductory to, and explainary of, the reasons for establishing a Constitution. A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 789. Preamble, is an introduction, especially one

Shall

the parties as actions, forbearance, etc., in the future in pursuance to the documents. This is a draftsman practice, he will find that his language seems to be less ambersome and clumsy and is easier to follow.

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