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Incorporated Law Society
and for better and more conveniently discharging the professional duties of the members of the Society,' under the full title of 'The Society of Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors, and others not being Barristers practicing in the Courts of … Incorporated Law Society, now termed the Law Society, was founded by Mr. Bryan Holme in 1825, and incorporated in 1831 by Royal Charter;
Accumulation
person who, under the limitations of the instrument, directing such accumulations, would for the time being, if of full age, be entitled to the income directed to be accumulated. See re Cattell, (1914) 1 Ch 177. In … or dispose of any property, in such manner that the income thereof shall be accumulated for any longer term than-- (1) The life of the grantor or settlor; (2) 21 years from the death of the grantor
Imprisonment for life
read in the context of s. 45, IPC. So read in it would ordinarily mean imprisonment for the full or complete span of life, Ashok Kumar v. Union of India, AIR 1991 SC 1792 (1800): (1991) 3 … is applicable only in case of accused persons who have, on conviction, been sentenced to imprison-ment for a term and the Penal Code as well as the Criminal Procedure Code make and maintain a clear distinction between
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Deposition
witness is dead or unable to travel, and that the prisoner or his counsel or solicitor had a full opportunity of cross-examining the witness. Under the second, the testimony of any person dangerously ill may be taken … 5; and EVIDENCE; PERPETUATE TESTIMONY, BILLS TO. As to deposition in criminal proceedings (in connec-tion with which the term is most commonly used), see especially the (English) Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 42),
Abandonment
sea, become practically valueless. Upon abandonment, the assured is entitled to call upon the assurers to pay the full amount of the insurance, as in the case of a total loss. The loss is in such case … never again claiming it. In the context of contracts of the sale of land, courts sometimes use the term abandonment as if it were synonymous with rescission, but the two should be distinguished. An abandonment is merely
Judgment
the judgment, the suit or action brought by the plaintiff is dismissed or decreed in part or in full. Such an order passed by the Trial Judge indisputably and unquestionably is a judgment within the meaning of … [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the
Title, Covenants for
expressed to convey as beneficial owner, that without any qualification the grant or lease is valid and in full force and is nowise void or voidable, and also a covenant that the person conveying or the person … anyone from whom he derives title otherwise than by purchase for value as mentioned, the lease creating the term is valid, unforfeited, unsurrendered, and in nowise become void or voidable, and that the obligations under the lease
Free-bench
(English) L.P. Act, 1922, or if he dies after 1925, but was on the 1st January, 1926, of full age and of unsound mind, and died intestate and without having recovered. … as an excrescence growing out of the husband's interest, and is indeed a continuance of his estate. The term free-bench is equally applicable to the estate which, by the custom of some manors, a husband takes in
Deed
deed may become ineffectual to vest the legal estate in the grantee or lessee or to give a full legal title in rem against the world, unless the title or charge is registered. Before 1926 extrinsic formalities … (7) The attestation is not essential, unless it be required by a particular statute, or by the express terms of a power. See POWER. In practice, however, every deed is attested, in order to render it more
contract
otherwise continues to have an interest in it until the buyer makes payments in installments equal to the full purchase price or as much of the purchase price as agreed upon called also contract for deed land … that guarantees the return of principal and a specific amount of interest at the end of the contract term ;also : such a contract considered as an investment [purchased a guaranteed investment contract] called also GIC il·lu·so·ry
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