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Road fund

Road fund. A fund established under s. 3 of the Roads Act, 1920, for dealing with moneys applicable to the improvement of roads received under the Act, and also under Part II. of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909. The Fund is administered by the Ministry of Transport in accordance with these Acts and regulations made by the Treasury....


Dormant funds

Dormant funds, funds in Court which have not been dealt with for fifteen years. See R.S.C. Ord. XXII., r. 11, as to service on the Official Solicitor; (English) Supreme Court Funds Rules, 1927, r. 96. As to triennial publication of list of funds, see UNCLAIMED PROPERTY....


Borough Funds Acts

Borough Funds Acts. The (English) Borough Funds Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 91) (commonly called Leeman's Act), authorized borough councils and governing bodies of other urban districts to apply public funds under their control to promoting or opposing bills in Parliament or to prosecute or defend legal proceedings in the interest of their constituents, but will not allow of their indemnifying the chief constable for costs he has incurred in opposing a licensing appeal at Quarter Sessions, Tynemouth Corporation v. A.-G., 1899 AC 293; and the Borough Funds Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 14), has materially amended that Act by requiring the resolutions of councils to promote bills to be submitted to public meetings, and dispensing with the consent of owners and rate-payers to incurring expense in opposing bills. See now the (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 254 et seq., which consolidates and amends both the 1872 and 1903 Acts, but does not apply to London. See C...


executor fund

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common trust fund

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client security fund

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Wakf fund

Wakf fund, means a wakf fund formed under sub-s. (1) of s. 77. [Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995), s. 3(t)]...


Treasury Chest Fund

Treasury Chest Fund. A fund originating in the usual balances of certain grants of public money, and which is used for banking and loan purposes by the Commissioners of the Treasury. See 40 & 41 Vict. c. 45...


growth fund

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Sinking fund

Sinking fund. A fund formed for the redemption of a debt by the periodical accumulation of fixed amounts by the borrower....



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