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that the s. relates to covenants only which run with the land or property. See COVENANT. Before this statute, however, a person not named in an indenture could and still take a remainder, or a use, or … sequence; and although it is not absolutely necessary that a deed should be drawn in accordance with the generally received formulary, provided it exhibits the intention of the parties, yet it is not advisable to deviate from

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Act of Parliament

is a further class of Acts which contain clauses frequently required in local Acts. The provisions of such general Acts are incorporated in private Acts by reference, e.g., Railways Clauses Act, 1863. Is a law made by … law made by the British sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons; a British Statute, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35. The principal rules for the interpretation of Acts of Parliament are

Uses

19 Hen. 7, c. 15, extended, for the first time, the estate of the cestui que use. In general, however, there was but little difference in the terms 'use' and trust. See OFFICIAL USE; ACTIVE USE; PASSIVE … which superseded the doctrines and practice of feudal law, and laid the foundation of modern conveyancing. Before the Statute of Uses, a use was in its nature equitable, as such; it may be defined to have been

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

seas within the meaning of 4 & 5 Anne, c. 16.' As to real property, there are four general cases when the possession is not adverse, viz.:--1st, when both parties claim under the same title; 2ndly, when … Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal

Tail

an equitable interest in tail, is an estate limited to a person and the heirs of his body general or special, male or female, and was the creature of the statute De Donis. The estate, if the

Shall

v. Azad Bharat Finance Co., (1966) (Supp) SCR 473: (1967) 1 SCJ 815. Shall, in a statute, though generally taken in a mandatory sense, does not necessarily mean that in every case it shall have that effect,

Includes

generally in order to enlarge the meaning of any word or phrase occurring in the body of a statute, or in the normal standard sense, to mean 'comprises' or 'consists' of or 'means and includes', depending on … category; (iii) to contain as a secondary or minor ingredient or element. It is no doubt true that generally when the word 'Include' is used in a definition clause it is used as a word of enlarge-ment,

Nuisance

founded on negligence. Where the actual method of exercising the power creating a nuisance is indicated by the statute negligence in the authorised method may be actionable. The onus appears to be on a defendant pleading that … the particular circumstances of the case. Actions against persons or public undertakings for damage under statutory powers are generally founded on negligence. Where the actual method of exercising the power creating a nuisance is indicated by the

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