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May presume and shall presume

defined in s. 4 of the Evidence Act. The presumptions falling under the former category are compendiously known as 'factual presumptions'

Res perit suo domino

Res perit suo domino (Bell Dict. 857), the loss falls on the owner. Where loss, damage, or delay of goods

Salary or wages

the retaining allowance paid to the workmen during the off-season falls within the substantive part of the definition of the expression

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Succession duties

Court in Great Britain and Northern Ireland--unlike legacy duty, it falls on property passing by death (succession), under disposition by deed

Lapse

before the testator. In such case the devise or legacy falls into the residuary real or personal estate, as the case

House of correction

House of correction, a species of goal which does not fall under the sheriff's charge, but is governed by a keeper

Equitable estates and interests

personal property, equity also followed the law; the legal incidents fall upon the legal owner, who has a right of indemnity

Escalation clause

Escalation clause, which takes care of the rise and fall of prices in the market, D.C.M. Mills Co. Ltd. v.

Factories and units

Factories and units, By definition, factories and units fall under different categories, the former being geared to manufacture of

Fiat justitia ruat c'lum

justitia ruat c'lum.-(Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.)

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