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Antedate

Antedate, to date a document before the day of its execution. Means to affix with a date earlier than that true date e.g. antedate a check. To precede in

Any person

in Order 21, Rule 97(1) (CPC) is used deliberately for widening the scope of power so that the executing court could adjudicate the claim made in any application. Thus by use of words 'any person' it includes

Bipartite

Bipartite, of two parts (of an instruments) executed in two parts by both parties; Black's Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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Avoidance of a Deed

of a Deed. The rendering void or of no effect of a deed, either on account of defective execution, disclaimer, fraud, or otherwise.

Betterment

Betterment, increasing the value of property. Where the increase is due to the execution of public improvements, some modern Acts provide that the neighbouring owners should bear a special share of the

Berghmaster

Berghmaster [fr. berg, Sax., a hill], a bailiff or chief officer among the Derbyshire miners, who also executes the office of coroner; a mountaineer or miner.

Benami

the transferee, in the latter there is none such, the transferor continuing to retain the title notwithstanding the execution of the transfer deed. It is only in the former class of cases that it would be necessary,

Beadle, or Bedel

by the vestry, and whose business is to attend the vestry, to give notice of its meetings, to execute its orders, to attend upon inquests, and to assist the constables. A crier or messenger of a Court,

Bailment

of personal chattels on trust, usually on a contract, express or implied, that the trust shall be duly executed, and the chattels redelivered on either their original or an altered form, as soon as the time or

Bailiff

of a county court judge is required under the (English) Law of Distress Amendment Act, 1888. Bailiffs to execute county court processes are appointed under s. 28 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25

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