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Foreign documents

Foreign documents. The admissibility in evidence in the United Kingdom of entries

Dehors

Dehors [Fr.], foreign to, outside, out of the point or document in question. … Dehors [Fr.], foreign to, outside, out of the point or document in question.

Passport

from one country to another. Passports are issued by the Foreign Office to British-born subjects or to those naturalised in the … & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86). A 'passport' is a document which, by its nature and purpose, is a political document

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Licence and lease

1 SCC 276: (1971) 3 SCR 319[ Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 105] A tenant protected by a statute is … whether instrument is a licence or lease, substance of the document must be preferred to the form; the real test is

Service

of charge or under a contract of personal service. [Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), s. 2(zb)] 'Service' of … on properly addressing, prepaying, and posting a letter containing the document' to be served, 'and unless the contrary is proved, to

Transfer

permanent alienation includes the several kinds of transfers, namely, sale, exchange or gift, Syed Jalal v. Targopal Ram Reddy, AIR 1970 … 1504. Transfer, to convey; to make over to another; the document by which property, as shares in public companies, is made

Question of fact

sworn. See VOIR DIRE; WITNESS; OATH. The law of a foreign country is a question of fact. See FOREIGN LAW. … a point of law, etc., e.g., the genuineness of a document at necessary to its being admitted in evidence, that question

Constitution

the British yoke and who knew what domination of a foreign rule meant in the way of deprivation of basic freedoms … Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1) (f)] The Constitution is a document having a special legal sanctity which sets out the framework

Bill of Exchange

151. Bill of exchange, is either an inland or a foreign bill. An inland bill is a bill which is, or … Act, 1881 and includes also a hundi and any other document entitling or purporting to entitle any person, whether named therein

certificate of citizenship

Citizenship Act of 2001 gives American citizenship automatically to certain foreign-born children of American citizens. These children can apply for certificates … certificate of citizenship A document issued by the Department of Homeland Security as proof that

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