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Alien
be capable of holding real or personal estate; that alien friends might hold every species of personal property except chattels real; that subjects of a friendly power might hold lands, etc., for the purposes of residence or … was born within His Majesty's allegiance or was a person to whom a certificate of naturalization had been granted or had become a British subject by reason of any annexation of territory, or was at the time
Specific performance
Act, 1925, s. 36) By s. 49, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, where the Court refuses to grant specific performance of a contract the Court has power to order the repayment of any deposit. The board … to the sale or lease of land will be specifically enforced, but not contracts relating to personal property except under very special circumstances, as where damages do not afford an adequate remedy. The Court will not decree
Tenant
(formerly) of the lord of a manor, or of a landlord: the owner is seldom characterized as tenant except where it is necessary to particularize the quantity of his estate. The term is frequently used to denote … a licence as defined in s. 52 of the Indian Easements Act, 1882 (5 of 1882) has been granted. [Delhi Rent Act, 1995 (33 of 1995), s. 2(n)]
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Tail
his powers and duties as tenant for life under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, if a tenant-in-tail grant the fee-simple in the property to another person and his heirs without barring the entail, only a qualified … effect if the limitations had been limitations before 1926 of personal property [L.P. Act, 1925, s. 130 (2), except personalty settled by reference to land s. 130 (3)] Sub-s. (4) of s. 130 provides for the devolution
Pension
or any other addition thereto, of subscriptions to a provident fund. [Constitution of India, Article 366(17)] Includes gratuity except when the term 'pension' is used in contradistinction to gratuity, Jarnail Singh v. Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, … may be made to referees (s. 30 of c. 33). Pensions are payable under special statutory pro-visions to grantees from the Crown, for political, naval and military, police, civil and other services and for services under local
Advowson
hereditament. Thus, where an advowson has immemorially passed together with a manor or reputed manor by a simple grant of such manor, without particularly referring to the advowson, it is then said to be appendant, i.e., annexed … the case of a mortgage, it will reunite when the loan is repaid. So, if the advowson be excepted in a lease of the corporeal inheritance, it remains in gross during the lease, but upon its expiration
Oath
when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists. The Christian religion, though it prohibits swearing, excepts oaths required by legal authority (Art. Ch. of Engl. xxxix.). All who believe in a God, the avenger … this rule, and the privilege of affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which-- Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
494, or to write a book or paint a picture, See Leake on Contracts; Broom's Max.; Twycross v. Grant, (1877) 4 CPD 40; Phillips v. Homfray, (1993) 24 Ch D 439; and Jones v. Simes, (1890) 43 … actions of tort are destroyed by death of either the injured or the injuring party. Besides the statutory exceptions mentioned below, an action may be brought by the personal representatives of a deceased person for injury done
power
persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited (as by constitutional provision) reserved powers : the political powers reserved by a constitution to … : a power that is reasonably necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of a power expressly granted ;esp : a power that is not specifically delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution but
Licence
is for more than forty years and is made for building, improvement, or alteration of buildings, with the exception of some public or similar buildings, no licence or consent is required for an assignment or under letting … it (Odgers on the Common Law, pp. 25, 574). As to the nature and effect of the licence granted to the purchaser of a ticket for a theatre or other similar entertainment, see Hurst v. Picture Theatres,
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