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Service

s. 10(B)] The word 'service' has been construed to be wide enough to take in not only the general motor service, but also the species of motor service, Adarsh Travels Bus Service v. State of U.P., AIR … the purveying of news or other information, but does not include the rendering of any service free of charge or under a contract of personal service. [Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), s. 2(zb)] 'Service'

Title

person who owns property and the property itself, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1493. Title: 1, a general head, comprising particulars, as in a book; 2, an appellation of honour or dignity; 3, the means whereby … or his trustee free from equitable interests unless the purchaser agrees to accept it subject to a family charge. (see Law of Property Amendment Act, 1926) 4. That no reversion or remainder is outstanding in the Crown,

Wills

wholly repealed by s. 2 of the Wills Act, 1837, which does not extend to Scotland, where, as generally in Europe, except in England and Ireland, a man cannot deprive his wife and children of a reasonable

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Forfeiture

standing those as to forfeiture for non-payment of rent), by s. 14, conferred on the High Court a general power to relieve against forfeiture. S. 14 was replaced and extended by s. 146 of the (English) Law

Power

Dictionary. Power, is not synonymous with jurisdiction, K.E. v. Vithu, (1899) 1 Bom LR 157. Power, may be general or implied. The general powers are such as the donee can exercise in favour of such person or … Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1 (8), all powers of appointment over, or powers to convey or charge land or any interest therein, whether created by statute or other instrument or implied by law, and whether

Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)

to levy distress or resume possession of property by landlords and of mortgagees to foreclose or realize their security. This Act was followed by a series of complicated statutes which imposed restrictions on increasing the rent and

Trade Union

or on behalf of the union in contemplation or in furtherance of a trade dispute. The s. is general inits application and is not limited to tortious acts committed in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute,

Abstract of title

Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property,...

Complaint

Complaint. This term is most generally used with reference to Courts of Summary Jurisdiction where proceedings are commenced 'on information,' but is also sometimes

Building

International Dictionary the word 'building' has been defined as follows: 'That which is built specific: (a) as now generally used a fabric or edifice, framed or constructed, designed to stand more or less permanently, and covering a

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