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First Impression

First Impression. See PRIME IMPRESSIONIS....

Prim' impressionis. A case prim' impressionis (of the first impression) is a case of a new kind, to which no established principleof law directy applies, and which must be decided entirely by reason as distinguished from authority. See COMMON LAW, and the remarks of Parke, B., in Mirehouse v. Bennell, (1832) 8 Bing at p. 515....

Trust

Trust, is a comprehensive expression, as covering not only the relationship of trustee and beneficiary but also that a bailor and bailee master and servant pledger and pledgee, guardian and ward and all other relations which postulate the existence of fiduciary relationship between the complainant and the accused, State v. K.P. Jain, (1983) 2 Crimes 947 (All).Trust, is a trust for public purposes, the substances and primary intention of the creator must be seen, Shabbir Husain v. Ashiq Husain, AIR 1929 Oudh 225.Trust, is an obligation annexed to ownership. A trustee holds property 'subject' to an obligation, which the testator has imposed upon him, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom 218: (1957) 59 Bom LR 478.Means any arrangement whereby property is transferred with intention that it be administered for another's benefit is a trust. It casts an obligation on the trustee to use the property for achieving the purpose for which the trust is created, Baba Jamuna Das Mah...

Dingdong theory

The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions that is as stated by Max Muumlller the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper...

Receipt

Receipt, an acknowledgment in writing of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421.The act of receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.A stamp duty first imposed in 1783 was progressively ad valorem, until 1853, when the uniform 1d. rate was imposed; this was increased to 2d. by the Finance Act, 1920.For the purposes of the Stamp Act, 1891, the expression 'receipt' is defined (s. 101) as including--(1) Any note, memorandum, or writing whereby any money amounting to two pounds or upwards, or any bill of exchange or promissory note for money amounting to two pounds or upwards, is acknow-ledged or expressed to have been received or deposited or paid, or whereby any debt or demand, or any part of a debt or demand, of the amount of two pounds or upwards, is acknowledged to have been settled, satisfied, or discharged, or which signifie...

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