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Consolidation Acts (English)

as references to the provisions so re-enacted. This is a generalization of a modern common form in (English) Consolidation Acts: see, … Act to the provisions so repealed shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the provisions so re-enacted.

Distributor of TV Channels

through cable or through space intented to be received by general public directly or indirectly, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Service) Interconnection … TV Channels through electro-magnetic waves through cable or through space intented to be received by general public directly or indirectly, Telecommunication

Interpretation of Statute

289: (1979) 2 SCR 148. Interpretation of Statutes, as a general principle of interpretation, where the words of a statute are … words of a statute are plain, precise and unambiguous, the intention of the legislature is to be gathered from the language

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Marriage articles

articles, the heads of an agreement for a marriage settlement. Generally speaking, expressions and limitations in these Articles are allowed a … these Articles are allowed a more liberal meaning consistently with intention than formal conveyances and settlements, and as two words of

Object of general public utility

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Wills

Act, 1837, which does not extend to Scotland, where, as generally in Europe, except in England and Ireland, a man cannot … that no will shall be revoked by presumption of an intention on the ground of alteration in circumstances; by the twentieth

Shelley's case, Rule in

tenant may hold in realty, is the antique feudal doctrine generally known as the rule in Shelley's Case, which is reported … rules of construction; for while the latter seek for the intention of parties, and strive for its accomplishment, the former combats

Desertion

Court has discouraged attempts at defining desertion, there being no general principle applicable to all cases. Desertion is not the withdrawal … the separation of one spouse from the other, with an intention on the part of the deserting spouse of bringing cohabitation

Uses

first time, the estate of the cestui que use. In general, however, there was but little difference in the terms 'use' … Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to

Marriage

lived together until the passing of the Act. Present Law.--The general purport of the existing law is to require a public … parties may never have lived together, but still the mutual intention, when proved, constitutes marriage. The so-called marriage by habit and

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