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Further consideration, the postponed considera-tion by a judge of a cause or of some question in it. In the Chancery Division in actions for administra-tion, partition, and the like, it is usual at the first hearing merely to direct accounts and inquiries and to adjourn the further consideration of the cause. When the Master has made his certificate as to the result of the accounts and inquiries the action comes on for hearing on further consideration when any outstanding questions of law are determined by the Court and the action is finally disposed of; though in some rase cases a second or even a third further consideration may be necessary. See (English) R.S.C., Ord. XXXVI., r. 21; Dan. Ch. Pr. In the King's Bench Division, if there are important legal questions raised, the judge sometimes does not give judgment at once, but reserves the matter for further consideration...
open
open 1 : exposed to general view or knowledge : free from concealment [an , notorious, continuous, and adverse use of the property] [an and obvious danger] NOTE: When a defect, hazard, or condition is open such that a reasonable person under the circumstances should have recognized the danger posed by it, a defendant is usually relieved of liability for failure to warn. 2 : not restricted to a particular group or category of participants ;specif : enterable by a registered voter regardless of political affiliation [an primary] 3 a : being in effect or operation [an mine] [a bench warrant still ] b : available for use [an toll road] c : not finally determined, decided, or settled : subject to further consideration [an question] d : remaining effective or available for use until canceled [an insurance contract] 4 : not repressed or regulated by legal controls [a state with gambling] vb opened open·ing vt 1 : to begin the process of [ the succession] 2 a : to make the...
threshold
threshold : a point of beginning : a minimum requirement for further action ;specif : a determination (as of fact or the existence of a reasonable doubt) upon which something else (as further consideration or a right of action) hinges [the for inquiry] adj : of, relating to, or being a threshold [the issue in a negligence action is whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the plaintiff "Noakes v. City of Seattle, 895 P.2d 842 (1995)"] [a showing of the need for psychiatric evaluation] ...
Reserving points of law
Reserving points of law. It was long the practice for a judge at the assizes to reserve points of law for consideration by the full Court (for which he was sitting as Commissioner) at Westminster, and this practice, recognised by s. 34 of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, which conferred a right of appeal, was kept up by s. 46 of the Judicature Act, 1873, and R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 22, of the Rules of 1875. But s. 17 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 22A (now rescinded), substituted for this procedure the argument of the point on 'further consideration' before the judge himself, and now by R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 39, the judge shall, at or after trial, direct judgment to be entered as he shall think right, and no motion for judgment shall be necessary.As to the reserving points of law at sessions or assizes, see Crown Cases Act, 1848; Judicature Act, 1873, s. 47 [see now Jud. Act, 1925, s. 31 (1) (a)], and Judicature Act, 1875, s. 19 [see now (English...
Consideration
Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment or inconvenience sustained or suffered by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153.Consideration is one of the facts which the courts require as evidence of intention, (a) that a person intends his promise to be binding on him, or (b) that he intends to divest himself of a beneficial interest in property. In its widest sense consideration is the price, motive or inducement for a promise or for a transfer of property from one person to another. The nature or quality of the consideration which will be sufficient for these purposes varies with the nature of the transaction and in the absence of consideration the Courts will, except in the case of s...
Further advance, or charge
Further advance, or charge, a second or subsequent loan of money to a mortgagor by a mortgagee, either upon the same security as the original loan was advanced upon, or an additional security, Equity considers the arrears of interest on a mortgagee security converted into principal, by agreement between the parties, as a further advance.Although the tacking of a third or subsequent mortgage has been abolished by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 94, that s. has expressly preserved the right to tack a further advance by a prior mortgage so that the advance may rank in priority to subsequent mortgages, even if the further advance was made with notice of a subsequent mortgage or charge in cases where the mortgage imposes an obligation to make further advances. Where the mortgage is to secure a current account or any other further advances, notice of an intervening charge will postpone the further advance to that charge but (by way of exception) in this case notice will not be imputed to t...
consideration
consideration : something (as an act or forbearance or the promise thereof) done or given by one party for the act or promise of another see also contract compare motive NOTE: Except in Louisiana, consideration is a necessary element to the creation of a contract. The consideration must result from bargaining by the parties, and must be the thing that induces the mutual promises. ad·e·quate consideration : a consideration that is reasonably equivalent in value to the thing for which it is given fair consideration : a consideration that is reasonable and given in good faith ;specif : something with a reasonably equivalent value that under the laws of fraudulent conveyances is given in good faith in exchange for the transfer of property good consideration 1 : a consideration based on a family relationship or natural love and affection 2 : valuable consideration in this entry NOTE: When used as defined in sense 1 good consideration is the opposite of valuable consider...
cooling-off period
cooling-off period : a period of time (as after a sale or a call to strike) to allow further consideration or negotiation see also Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section ...
Adequate consideration
Adequate consideration, The condition regarding adequate consideration would not apply to a gift, as a gift is a transfer without consideration, Kumari Sonia Bhatia v. State of U.P., AIR 1981 SC 1274: (1981) 2 SCC 585. [Contract Act, 1872, s. 2(b) (9 of 1872)]In the absence of a definition of the phrase 'adequate consideration', the common parlance meaning of the term has to be accepted. A reference to the decision of Hidayatullah, J. as he then was in Tulsidas Kilachand v. CIT shows that the words 'adequate consideration' were held to denote consideration other than mere love and affection which, in the case of a wife, may be presumed. When the law insists that there should be 'adequate consideration' and not good consideration , it excludes mere love and affection, Major V. P. Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1991 Supp (2) SCC 346 (347): AIR 1991 SC 1502. [U.P. Imposition of ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, s. 5(6) Proviso(b) second clause]The words 'adequate consideration' clearl...
Casting vote
Casting vote, the vote given by the chairman or president of a deliberative assembly when the suffrages of the meeting are equal. The chairman, though not disqualified by law from voting, Nell v. Longbottom, 1894 (1) QB 767, is usually not entitled to vote in the first instance.The Speaker of the House of Commons (though he was no vote in the first instance) has a casting vote, and by the practice of the House gives it in favour of a motion or bill, so as to give opportunity for further consideration. So has the mayor or other chairman at a meeting of a town council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 22, and Sched. II., r. 11), and the Chairman of a (English) Country Council (Local) Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), s. 75), and the chairman of a parish meeting, or Parish Council (Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), Sched. I., Pt. 2, r. 8, and Pt. 3, r. 10). These Acts have been replaced, except in regard to London, by the Local...
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