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Husband and wife

Uses, by granting an estate to another person for her use; (2) by creating a trust in her favour; (3) by the custom of particular places; (4) by surrendering copyholds to her use; and (5) by will.

Portion

Portion, property settled or provided in favour of children or their issue. In settlements by deed or will of personal property, portions were and are

Charities, or Public Trusts

legacies destined to works of charity, whether they related to spiritual or temporal concerns) were entitled to peculiar favour, and to be deemed privileged testaments. Lord Thurlow was clearly of opinion that the doctrine of charities grew

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Oath

and it is supposed to be accompanied with an invocation of his vengeance, or a renunciation of his favour; in the event of falsehood'. It includes an affirmation. It is 'a pledge by the person taking it

Privilege

(1962) 1 SCJ 641: (1962) 1 SCR 702. (Constitution of India, Art. 362) It is a right, advantage, favour or immunity granted to some person, group of persons or class not enjoyed by others and sometimes detrimental

Trust for sale

arising before or after 1926, for the duration or prolongation of the powers of sale until sale in favour of purchasers (s. 23); confers a power to postpone sale in the absence of a contrary intention (s.

Possession follows title

the law, be deemed to be in possession. The benefit of such a presumption can accrue only in favour of a rightful owner and not in favour of a wrongdoer. The latter can acquire a title only

Power

157. Power, may be general or implied. The general powers are such as the donee can exercise in favour of such person or persons as he pleases, including himself, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom

Resulting trust

some one else. In either of these cases the law creates a 'resulting trust'-in the former case, in favour of the owner of the legal estate; in the latter, in favour of the purchaser, i.e., the man

Salami

SCR 36. 'Salami' is defined as; 'a free gift by way of compliment or in return of a favour'. Salami is a payment by the tenant as a present or as price for parting by the landlord

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