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Liability of legal representative signing
note, bill of exchange or cheque is liable personally thereon unless he expressly limits his liability to the extent of the assets received by him as such. (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 29)
Law Reform (UK)
be such as may be found by the Court to be just and equitable having regard to the extent of that person's responsibility for the damage; and the Court shall have power to exempt any person from
Legal fiction
the consequences which flow from that state of facts have got to be worked out to their logical extent, Bengal Immunity Co. v. State of Bihar, (1955) 2 SCR 603: AIR 1955 SC 661 (709). [Constitution of
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Leuca
Leuca, a measure of land, the extent of which is not precisely known: some say 1,500 paces. Ingulphus, p. 910, says 2,000 paces. In Dugd.
Librata terr'
and every ox-gang fourteen acres. This is the same with what in Scotland was called pound-land of old extent.
Limited Owners Residences Act
of a settled estate to charge the estate with the expense of building a mansion house to the extent of two years' rental of the estate; see Re Dunn, 1877, WN 39.
L'sio ulta dimidium vel enormis
one of the parties to an onerous contact when he had been overreached by the other to the extent of more than one-half of the value of the subject-matter-e.g., when a vendor had not received half the
Magna Carta
time to time been necessary and expedient to give to justices and local magistrates jurisdiction to a limited extent in dealing with crimes and quasi criminal matters. This jurisdiction is of two kinds:-(1) Relating to indictable offences;
Managing agent
of an agreement with the company, and under the control and direction of the directors except to the extent, if any, otherwise provided for in the agreement, and includes any person, firm or company occupying such position
Mansion-house
occupied as a farmhouse, or its site with its park, etc., do not exceed twenty five acres in extent) was not to be sold, exchanged, or leased by such tenant for life without the consent of the
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