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Consideration
not void for other reasons, Story on Contracts, 71. (d) Considerations moving from third persons. It is a general rule that in cases of simple contract, if one party make a promise to another for the benefit … (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration is one of the facts which the courts require as evidence of intention, (a) that a person intends his promise to be binding on him, or (b) that he intends to
Preamble
on Statutes; Hardcastle on Statutes; Mew's Digest, tit. 'Statute'; the effect of the cases being that as a general rule the preamble is to be resorted to only in case of ambiguity in the statute itself. Preamble, … as 'an introductory paragraph or part in a statute, deed, or other document, setting forth the grounds and intention of it'. The preamble thus betokens that which follows, Mohd. Yusuf Rather v. State of Jammu and Kashmir,
Innkeeper
Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 792. Innkeeper, proprietor of a common inn for the accommodation of travelers in general. All persons are deemed innkeepers who keep houses where a traveler is furnished, for profit, with everything which … goods have been deposited expressly for safe custody with the innkeeper. By 'expressly' is meant that the bailor's intention must be brought to the mind of the bailee or his agent in some reasonable and intelligible manner,
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Actus reus
Actus reus, means the wrongful deed that comprises the physical components of a crime and that generally must be coupled with mens rea to establish criminal liability; a forbidden act i.e. the actus reus for … by the conduct of the murderer) which is the actus reus in the mens rea is the murderer's intention to cause that death. In other words, the crime is constituted by the event, and not by the
Way
and regulated by specific Acts of Parliament, have now for many years become ordinary highways. See TURNPIKE-ROADS. Highways generally be-come so by what is called a 'dedication' of them to the pubic by the owner of the … rise at common law to any prescription of dedication; or unless there is evidence that there was no intention to dedicate, or unless there was not at any time any person in possession of such land capable
Railway
Parliament; and (2) under the Companies Clauses, Lands Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English) Railway Act, 1921, provides for the reorganization of almost all the railways … its face, by s. 6 of the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1889. Travelling without fare and with intent to avoid payment is punishable by fine up to 40s. or in the case of a second conviction
Pawn or Pledge
although equity allows a redemption. But in a pledge, a special property only passes to the pledgee, the general property remaining in the pledgor. Also, in the case of a pledge, the right of a pledgee is … for a sale, or he may proceed to sell ex mero motu, upon giving due notice of his intention to the pledgor. If several things be pledged, each is deemed liable for the whole debt or engagement;
Marriage
license without consent where the parties had subsequently lived together until the passing of the Act. Present Law.--The general purport of the existing law is to require a public ceremony by a clergyman of the Church of … the consent may be exchanged most secretly, the parties may never have lived together, but still the mutual intention, when proved, constitutes marriage. The so-called marriage by habit and repute, or by declaring themselves husband and wife
National insurance
thereunder; see also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Insurance,' and Comyns Carr or Watts on National Insurance; and for a general outline of National Health Insurance, see National Health Insurance Manual by Sir Kingsley Wood and T.S. Newman, and … of 104 weeks, but have ceased to be employed contributors, and who have give due notice of their intention to become voluntary contributors. (b) Persons engaged in excepted employment who have received the permission of the Minister
Defamation
be criminal as well as civil. Includes both libel and slander. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 499) Defamation, general term for words spoken (slander) or written (libel) to the prejudice of a person's character, in such wise … Defamation, an intentional false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injures another's reputation or good name, holding up of a
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