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Gift
(1868) LR 6 Eq 655. In the absence of any such objection, however, a gift if completed is good both at law and in equity, but the Court will do nothing to perfect the gift if the … 59(2), and the deed required livery of seisin. It is obsolete. See Jac. Law Dict. A gift is now understood to mean a mere voluntary assurance or transfer of property without any consideration being given for it.
replevin
give security for, from re- back + plevir to pledge] : an action originating in common law and now largely codified by which a plaintiff having a right in personal property claimed to be wrongfully taken or … a party to a contract that has been breached by the seller has a right of replevin for goods that are identified to the contract if cover cannot reasonably be effected. vt : replevy
Entry
by s. 4(2) of the (English) Law of Properties Act, 1925, the only rights of entry which are now capable of subsisting or being conveyed at law are rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of … account-book the particulars of business transacted. Book-keeping is performed either by single or double entry. In relation to goods means an entry made in a bill of entry, shipping bill or bill of export and includes in
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name and form; and the same rules were substantially applicable to each, Story's Eq. Plead. The procedure is now by ordinary action in the High Court; see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. I., r. 1; but the term … on Crown lands; debt, for Crown moneys due upon breaches of penal statutes; and in rem, when any goods are supposed to become they property of the Crown, no one claiming them, as treasure-trove, wrecks, waifs, and
Capital offences
Capital offences, those crimes upon conviction of which the offender is condemned to be hanged. The only crimes now punishable with death are high treason; murder; destruction of H. M. Ships, arsenals, etc. (12 Geo. 3, c. … capital offence, with the result that juries, to save a prisoner's life, would often falsely find that valuable goods stolen were of the value of 39s. Sentence of death cannot be pronounced on or recorded against a
Piracy
(English) Capital Punishment Amendment Act, 1868 (31 Vict. c. 24). Section 3 of the Act of 1837 as now amended provides that:- 3. Whosoever shall be convicted of any offence which by way of the Acts hereinbefore … made piracy by statute, e.g., rendering assistance to a pirate, or boarding a merchant ship and destroying her goods (8 Geo. 1, c. 24, s. 1, made perpetual by 2 Geo. 2, c. 28). As to piracy,
Social justice
is just and fair to both parties with the object of establishing harmony between capital and labour, and good relationship, J.K. Cotton Spinning and Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. v. AIR 1964 SC 737 (743): (1964) 3 SCR … Social justice, the concept of social justice has now become such an integral part of industrial law that it would be ideal for any party to suggest
Master and servant
Esp 201. But if a character be given, it must accord with the truth; for if a false good character he given, and the servant afterwards rob his new master, the person who gave such false character … the end of the year. Consult Burn's Justice, tit. 'Servants.' 2nd Servants in particular trades. These (who are now more frequently termed 'workmen,' their masters being termed 'employers') are subject to the control of the magistrates under
Gratuity
as per the statute has been made payable on voluntary resignation as well. Gratuity is a reward for good, efficient and faithful service rendered for a considerable period. A workman gains experience during his tenure of employment, … at his pleasure but as a result of a long series of decisions of industrial tribunals gratuity has now come to be regarded as a legitimate claim which workmen can make and which, in a proper case,
Code
name was changed to that of Code Napoleon, by which it is still often designated, though it is now styled by its original name of Code Civil. A Code de Procedure Civile, a Code de Commerce, Code … & 54 Vict. c. 39)''an Act to declare and amend the law of Partnership'; the (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 71)''for codifying the law relating to the sale of goods'; and
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