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Surcharge

of 1948), s. 49] The word 'surcharge' means an additional or extra charge or payment, Delhi Cloth and General Mills Co. Ltd. v. Rajasthan, AIR 1986 SC 1126 (1145): (1986) 2 SCC 431. Surcharge, is to charge … Public Health Act, 1875, s. 247 (7)]; a second or further mortgage. See AUDIT. 1. An additional tax, charge, or cost usu. one that is excessive 2. An additional load or burden, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Estate duty

Estate duty. A duty first levied by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), upon the principal value of all property, real or personal, settled or not settled, which passes or is...

horizontal price-fixing

horizontal price-fixing : a generally illegal arrangement among competitors to charge the same price for an item compare vertical price-fixing … horizontal price-fixing : a generally illegal arrangement among competitors to charge the same price for an item compare vertical price-fixing

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De odio et atia

an obsolete writ which commanded the sheriff to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed on general cause of suspicion, or merely propter odium et atiam, for hatred and ill-will, with a view, if the

Ordination

the powers of a settled minister of the gospel, without the charge of a particular church, but with general powers whenever he may be called upon to officiate. … Presbyterian and Congregational churches ordination means the act of establishing a licensed preacher over a congregation with pastoral charge and authority, or the act of conferring on a man the powers of a settled minister of the

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

point

circumstances) b : a unit used in the pricing of securities and valuation of markets c : a charge to a borrower (as a mortgagor) that is equal to one percent of the principal and that is

Bond

the obligee. A bond is called single (simplex obligatio) when it is without a penalty, but there is generally a condition added, that, if the obligor does or forbears from some act, the obligation shall be void,

Railway property

Railway property, includes any goods, money or valuable security or animal, belonging to, or in the charge or possession of, a railway administration. [Railway Property (Unlawful Possession)

Borrowing powers

it has an implied power to borrow money and give security therefor for the purposes of its business, General Auction Estate Co. v. Smith, (1891) 3 Ch 432. If the money borrowed is beyond the company's powers … is contained in the Memorandum of Association, but it has an implied power to borrow money and give security therefor for the purposes of its business, General Auction Estate Co. v. Smith, (1891) 3 Ch 432. If

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