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Shall

473: (1967) 1 SCJ 815. Shall, in a statute, though generally taken in a mandatory sense, does not necessarily mean that … may be remembered, does not always necessarily connote a mandatory intent on the part of the law maker, Mohammed Yamin v.

Trust

the (English) Trustee Act, 1888, by which trustees, as a general rule, are allowed [see Re Somerset, (1894) 1 Ch 231; … is a trust for public purposes, the substances and primary intention of the creator must be seen, Shabbir Husain v. Ashiq

Domicile

be animo et facto. From these considerations and rules the general conclusion may be deduced, that domicile is of three sorts: … and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus revertendi). Two things, then, must concur to

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Falsification

& 4 Geo. 5, c. 27); and see the Act generally. 3. Books or Accounts by Clerks.--The (English) Falsification of Accounts … in any official document or in any copy thereof, with intent to defraud or deceive, is felony punishable by penal servitude

Heir

'heir' will be construed according to its meaning under the general law in force before 1926, in deeds and wills executed … devolves on the death of another and hence when the intent is clear the word 'heir' may well be treated as

Fraud

certain transactions are held to be fradulent, as contrary to general policy, or to fixed legal principles; as marriage-brokerage bonds, and … the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or

Mens rea

NISI MENS SIT REA. Although prima facie and as a general rule there must be a mind at fault before there … to make an act criminal, whether there has been any intention to break the law or otherwise to do wrong or

Hindu

given rise to a controversy amongst ideologists; but the view generally accepted by scholars appears to be that the word 'Hindu' … sufficient to convert him to Hinduism. But a bona fide intention to be converted to the Hindu faith; accompanied by conduct

Insurance

i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable … are not subject to his or her debts, unless an intent to defraud creditors be proved. A husband has an insurable

Lien

growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, as a right to retain a thing not only for … not be inconsistent with the express terms or the clear intent of the contract. (2) The debts or claims to which

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Shall

473: (1967) 1 SCJ 815. Shall, in a statute, though generally taken in a mandatory sense, does not necessarily mean that … may be remembered, does not always necessarily connote a mandatory intent on the part of the law maker, Mohammed Yamin v.

Trust

the (English) Trustee Act, 1888, by which trustees, as a general rule, are allowed [see Re Somerset, (1894) 1 Ch 231; … is a trust for public purposes, the substances and primary intention of the creator must be seen, Shabbir Husain v. Ashiq

Domicile

be animo et facto. From these considerations and rules the general conclusion may be deduced, that domicile is of three sorts: … and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus revertendi). Two things, then, must concur to

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Falsification

& 4 Geo. 5, c. 27); and see the Act generally. 3. Books or Accounts by Clerks.--The (English) Falsification of Accounts … in any official document or in any copy thereof, with intent to defraud or deceive, is felony punishable by penal servitude

Heir

'heir' will be construed according to its meaning under the general law in force before 1926, in deeds and wills executed … devolves on the death of another and hence when the intent is clear the word 'heir' may well be treated as

Fraud

certain transactions are held to be fradulent, as contrary to general policy, or to fixed legal principles; as marriage-brokerage bonds, and … the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or

Mens rea

NISI MENS SIT REA. Although prima facie and as a general rule there must be a mind at fault before there … to make an act criminal, whether there has been any intention to break the law or otherwise to do wrong or

Hindu

given rise to a controversy amongst ideologists; but the view generally accepted by scholars appears to be that the word 'Hindu' … sufficient to convert him to Hinduism. But a bona fide intention to be converted to the Hindu faith; accompanied by conduct

Insurance

i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable … are not subject to his or her debts, unless an intent to defraud creditors be proved. A husband has an insurable

Lien

growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, as a right to retain a thing not only for … not be inconsistent with the express terms or the clear intent of the contract. (2) The debts or claims to which

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