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Power
without that sanction it could not have done, consent cannot give jurisdiction, K.E. v. Vithu, (1899) 1 Bom LR 157. Power, … technical term and is distinct from the dominion which a man has over his own estate by virtue of ownership, Stroud's
Abatement
a stranger, having no right, makes a wrongful entry and gets possession of it. Such an entry is technically called an … latter is to the prejudice of the reversioner or remainder man: and disseisin differs from them both, for to disseise is
Lien
right to retain a thing for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, … tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to
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Vegetable
Act, 1954 (29 of 1954), s. 4] Vegetable, cannot be given the comprehensive meaning as it bears in natural history, and … Vegetable, 'Vegetables' understood in common parlance are not products of manufacture unless we say that agriculture is an industry for certain
Way
Way [fr. w'g, Sax.; weigh, Dut.; vig or wig, M. Goth.], road made for passengers. 1. A passage or pat 2. … and regulated by specific Acts of Parliament, have now for many years become ordinary highways. See TURNPIKE-ROADS. Highways generally be-come so
Salary or wages
time being in force. (vi) any retrenchment compensation or any gratuity or other retirement benefit payable to the employee or any … lower scale which is paid to the workmen by the management during the off-season for their force idleness. The payment of
Necessaries
food, lodging, apparel, medical attendance, schooling and instruction--unless credit be given solely to the parent, which is presumed to be the … of fact in the particular circumstances of the case. The mandate may be revoked or limited, e.g., by express notice to
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
appropriation of payments, but not by way of set-off (9 Geo. 4, c. 14, s. 3). In regard to land, the … Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland nor the Islands of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark, nor any islands adjacent to
Impossibility
date of contract, or never existed [see (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 6; and Conturier v. Hastie, (1852) 8 … Impossibility. If a man contract to do a thing which is absolutely impossible by
Labourer
person who is engaged in the performance of unskilled labour, generally speaking. A person who is called upon to do some … [Limitation Act, 1908, Art. 7] Means servants in husbandry or manufactures, not living intra m'nia. Various repealed Acts of (English) Parliament
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