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Home Dictionary Name: exercisableAppointment in exercise of a Power
Appointment in exercise of a Power, In the case of freeholds an instrument which alters, abridges, or suspends a use limited by a prior assurance or trust creating the power which sanctions such appointment. In the case of appointments of uses of freeholds effected under the Statute of Uses the seisin to serve the appointed use was transferred by the prior assurance; the appointment vested the legal estate in the appointee, who took as though he were named in such prior assurance. After the 31st December, 1925, a power of appointment of land can only operate inequity, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1(7).Powers may also be reserved over personal estate, and in that case also only the equitable estate now passes; a common instance is the power of appointment among the issue usually given by a marriage settlement, by virtue of which the parents can distribute the settled funds amongst the issue in such shares as the donees of the power think fit, and the trustees will then hold t...
Mala fide exercise of power
Mala fide exercise of power, a right to get rid of the obstruction then and there by binding down the complainants or removing them from the place might be mistaken. Their act was necessarily 'mala fide' and so entirely divorced from or unconnected with the discharge of their duty that it was an independent act maliciously done or perpetrated, Mata Jog Dobey v. H.C. Bhari, AIR 1956 SC 44 (50). [Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 6(9)]A mala fide exercise of power does not necessarily imply any moral turpitude and may only mean that the statutory power is exercised for purposes other than those for which the power was intended by law to be exercised, Additional District Magistrate v. Shivakant Shukla, AIR 1976 SC 1207 (1343): (1976) 2 SCC 521: (1976) Supp SCR 172....
exercise
exercise 1 : the discharge of an official function or professional occupation 2 : the act or an instance of carrying out the terms of an agreement (as an option) vt -cised -cis·ing 1 : to make effective in action [exercising power] 2 : to bring to bear [ influence] 3 : to implement the terms of (as an option) ex·er·cis·able [ek-sər-sī-zə-bəl, ek-sər-sī-] adj ...
free exercise clause
free exercise clause often cap F&E&C : the clause in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from making any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion see also freedom of religion compare establishment clause ...
exercisable
That may be exercised used or exerted as the stock options are exercisable for only five years from the date of issue...
Exercisible
Capable of being exercised employed or enforced as the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction...
isometric exercise
A system of exercise to strengthen specific muscles of the body by pushing parts of the body such as the two hands strongly against each other or against a fixed object so that the muscles are strongly stressed but are stretched only a little It is claimed to produce strength in the muscles thus exercised Also called isometrics...
Exercise
The act of exercising a setting in action or practicing employment in the proper mode of activity exertion application use habitual activity occupation in general practice...
exerciser
One who exercises...
Setting up exercise
Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used as in drilling recruits for the purpose of giving an erect carriage supple muscles and an easy control of the limbs...
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