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Directors
the Trustee Act, 1888, s. 8 [Re Lands Allotment Co., (1894) 1 Ch 616]. As to their position generally, see Re Faure Electric Accumulator Co., (1889) 40 Ch D 141. The (repealed) (English) Directors Liability Act, 1890 … of another company [Re Bulawayo Market Co., (1907) 2 Ch 458]. Directors are not trustees, but paid confidential agents, with very extensive powers, selected to manage the affairs of the company; they are, however, trustees of any
Signature
on taxation unless vouched by his signature, Ibid., Ord. LXV., r. 27, reg. 52. When signature by an agent is permissible, the writing of the name of the principal by the agent is regarded as the signature
Client
jealousy, and if impeached the onus of upholding them is thrown on the solicitor; see, as to the general law on this subject, Re Haslam, 1902 (1) Ch 769; Holman v. Loynes, (1854) 4 De GM & … it impossible to be perfectly assured, in certain cases, whether in their transactions the client is a free agent, or under influence and imposition. A Court of Equity, therefore, will not permit a solicitor to take a
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Falsification
money's worth to a purchaser of land or chattels real or personal, or for his solicitor or other agent to conceal from the purchaser any instrument or incumbrance material to the title or to falsify any pedigree … 3(3) of the (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27); and see the Act generally. 3. Books or Accounts by Clerks.--The (English) Falsification of Accounts Act, 1875 (37 & 39 Vict. c. 24),
Ship's husband
and provide for payment of the furnishings requisite. (6) To enter into charter-parties, or engage the vessel for general freight, under usual conditions; and to settle for freights and adjust averages with the merchant. (7) To preserve … Ship's husband, a peculiar agent appointed by the owner of a ship to look after the repairs, equip-ment, management, and other concerns of
Dealer, auction
liable to tax, Government of Medical Store Depot v. State of Haryana, AIR 1986 SC 1902 (1905). [Punjab General Sales Tax Act, (46 of 1948), s. 2(d) (applicable to Haryana)] A person to be a dealer must … retail (or industrial use), and includes a manufacturer and a pool-handling agency carrying on such business and the agents of such person, manufacturer or pool-handling agency, State of Punjab v. Gunomajra Cooperative Agriculture Service Society Ltd., (2000)
Damage
4 SASR 200. Means loss or harm, physical or economic, resulting from a wrongful act or default and generally leading to the award of a measure of compensa-tion. It includes the death of, or injury to, any … by breach of contract or acts of commission or omission on the part of the carrier or his agents or servants by reason of the negligent operation and management of the vessel, as, for example, when cargo
Wager
Burge v. Ashley and Smith, (1900) 1 QB 744; Hyams v. Stuart King, (1908) 2 KB 696. See, generally, the Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58). Consult Coldbridge and Hawksford's or
Renewal of lease
renewal. Every assignment or devolution of the term is to be registered with the lessor, his solicitor, or agent, within six months at a fee of a guinea in substitution for similar covenants (if any) in the … for renewal of leases by way of compensation for improvements and increase in value due to goodwill. See, generally, Woodfall, L.&T.
Copyright
by license, but any such assignment or grant must be in writing and signed by him or his agent [s. 5 (2)]; and there is a provision for the granting of compulsory licenses, after the death of … Copyright, see Part II of the (English) Copyright Act, 1911. International copyright has in modern times been very generally recognized, but until 1891 the United States of America refused to recognize it. In that year, however, an
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