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Sue and labour clause
may be incurred by the assured or his agents to avert the loss. The clause does not cover general average losses and contributions and salvage charges, (English) Marine Insurance Act, 1906, s. 78 (2), and see Aitchison … in a policy of marine insurance which was introduced to make it clear that the assured and his agents or servants, e.g., master and crew, can take every step to recover insured property in peril without loss
Specific performance
specific performance of a contract the Court has power to order the repayment of any deposit. The board general rule is that contract relating to the sale or lease of land will be specifically enforced, but not … specifically executed, are these:- (a) The contract must be entered into by competent parties, or their lawfully authorized agents. The general rule is, that all parties who can bind themselves at law are competent to enter into
good faith
of any defect in the title. In section 1-201 of the Uniform Commercial Code good faith is defined generally as “honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned.” Article 2 of the U.C.C. says “good faith … of every contract or duty under its purview. The law also generally requires good faith of fiduciaries and agents acting on behalf of their principals. There is also a requirement under the National Labor Relations Act that
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Vice-Consul
Vice-Consul, a consular officer, which expression by the Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 12 (20), includes consul-general, consul, vice-consul, and any person for the time authorized to discharge their duties, and also consular-agent; see CONSUL; a sheriff.
National Bank
(e); see also Act (2 of 1934), s. 2(ccc)] A private or quasi public corporation, organised under the general law, by individual stockholders, with their own capital, by private gain and managed by officers, agents and employees … under the general law, by individual stockholders, with their own capital, by private gain and managed by officers, agents and employees of their own selection; a quasi-public institution under a sort of State Control.
Cinematograph
to which the public are not admitted [s. 7 (4)]. The exhibition of films by dealers or their agents to intending purchasers or hirers does not amount to an exhibition within the meaning of the Act, Attorney-General
VerbarMateria medica
Material or substance used in the composition of remedies a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine … Material or substance used in the composition of remedies a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine
principal
as a : one who engages another to act for him or her subject to his or her general control or instruction : one from whom an agent derives authority to act compare fiduciary b : one
Custom-house agents
to act for parties at their option in the entry or clearance of ships, and the transaction of general business. They have been abolished for very many years … Custom-house agents were persons authorized by the Commissioners of Customs to act for parties at their option in the entry
Universal agent
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