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Vis major

Vis major, insuperable accident, irresistible force. See ACT OF GOD. Means 'act of God' is a mere short way of expressing the proposition that a common carrier is not liable for any accident as to which...

Voluntary conveyance

Voluntary conveyance. A conveyance by way of gift or otherwise without valuable consideration. Liable to be defeated, under 27 Eliz. c. 4, by a subsequent sale for value, but no voluntary disposition whenever made shall be...

Witness

Witness, is a person who testifies in a court, Webster Random House Dictionary, p. 1680. Witness, one who gives evidence in a cause. 1. One who sees, knows, or vouches for something 2. One who gives...

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Workmen

Workmen, if a person is mainly doing supervisory work, but, incidentally or for a fraction of the time, also does some clerical work, it would have to be held that he is employed in supervisory capacity;...

Stop Order

Stop Order. If any person entitled, in expectancy or otherwise, to any share of any stocks or funds, standing in the name of the Paymaster-General (formerly the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery: see (English) Chancery...

Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the House of Commons. This great officer is the organ or spokesman of the Commons; in modern times he is more occupied in presiding over the deliberations of the House than in delivering speeches...

Particular estate

Particular estate, that interest which is granted or carved out of a larger estate, which then becomes an expectancy either in reversion or remainder. See 3 Prest. Conv. 169.

Rackrent

Rackrent, rent raised to the uttermost; the full annual benefit of the property; in the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 334, in relation to any property, means a rent which is not less than two-thirds...

Pecuniary advantage

Pecuniary advantage, from whatever source are to be interpretend to mean any form of death under this Act, it would dilute all possible benefits conferred on the claimant and would be contrary to the spirit of...

Perpetuity

Perpetuity, concerns rights of property only, and does not affect the making of contracts, which do not create rights of property, Ram Baran Prasad v. Ram Mohit Hazara, AIR 1967 SC 744: (1967) 1 SCR 293....

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