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Fraudulent proceeding
Matched in: Term Fraudulent proceeding
Collusive proceeding and fraudulent proceeding
Matched in: Term Collusive proceeding and fraudulent proceeding
Fraud
which have been declared to be or treated as fradulent by statute, see MISFEASANCE; PROSPECTUS; WINDING-UP; FRADULENT PREFERENCE; FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES; PASSING OFF. Fraud and collusion vitiate even the most solemn proceedings in any civilised system of jurispru-dence. … see MISFEASANCE; PROSPECTUS; WINDING-UP; FRADULENT PREFERENCE; FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES; PASSING OFF. Fraud and collusion vitiate even the most solemn proceedings in any civilised system of jurispru-dence. It is a concept descriptive of human conduct. Michael Levi likes a
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Act of Bankruptcy
is committed [Re Bumpus, (1908) 2 KB 330]. Act of bankruptcy, means an event, such as a debtor's fraudulent conveyance of property, that triggers an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding against a debtor, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Barratry
no act of the master or crew shall be deemed barratry, unless it proceed from a criminal or fraudulent motive.-see Arnould, or Chalmers, or Marsden on Marine Insurance, also Scrutton on Charter-parties. 3. In Scotland, it is … country it is ruled that no act of the master or crew shall be deemed barratry, unless it proceed from a criminal or fraudulent motive.-see Arnould, or Chalmers, or Marsden on Marine Insurance, also Scrutton on Charter-parties.
Fraudulent preferences
Matched in: Term Fraudulent preferences
Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of
Matched in: Term Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of
Embezzlement
and punished as if they had not been such partners. [(English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 40 (4)] The fraudulent taking of personal property with which one has been entrusted, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 540. Embezzlement … be found guilty of embezzlement if it shows embezzlement. [(English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 44] As regards summary proceedings for embezzlement of materials, etc., by persons in woollen, etc., trade, see (English) Hosiery Act, 1843 (c. 40).
Winding-up
claims of the general creditors. Transactions which would be avoided against an individual in his bankruptcy as a fraudulent preference (Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 44, see FRAUDULENT PREFERENCE) are avoided by s. 265, the commencement of the … every attachment, sequestration, distress or execution if made after commencement is void undr s. 174; no action or proceeding shall be proceeded with or commenced against the company except by leave of the Court (s. 177); and
Abatement
reversioner or remainder man: and disseisin differs from them both, for to disseise is to put forcibly or fraudulently a person seised of the freehold out of possession, Co. Litt. 277a. (2) Abatement of Nuisances.-A remedy allowed … e.g., that the plaintiff was an alien enemy, or that the defendant was a married woman. In criminal proceedings, a plea in abatement might have been given in writing by a prisoner or defendant on account of
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