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Annexation
financial liabilities of a conquered state are not after annexation binding on the conquering state. See West Rand Gold Mining Co. v. R., 1905 (2) KB 391. Occurs when the Occupying Power acquires and makes the occupied … by a sovereign state of the territory formerly belonging to another, and see RES NULLIUS. As to concessions granted by the former sovereign prior to annexation, see Cook v. Sprig, 1899 AC 572. The financial liabilities of
Seigniorage
feudal lord as a prerogative, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata Finlay Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 2672. [See Kerala Grants and Leases (Modifications of Rights) Act (16 of 1980), s. 4] Means profit made by a Government by … Seigniorage, a royalty or prerogative of the Crown, whereby an allowance of gold and silver, brought in the mass to be exchanged for coin, is claimed.Seigniorage, has two distinct meanings (i)
Deposit
See Law of Property Act, 1925, ss. 45 and 49. By s. 49(2), where the Court refuses to grant specific performance of a contract or in any action for the return of a deposit the Court may, … bills in a bank, where the specific money, the very silver or gold coin, or bills deposited, are to be restored and not an equivalent, … depositor may meet without proper opportunity for reflection or choice, and thence it is called miserabile depositum; (2) voluntary, which arises from the mere consent and agreement of the parties. the Common Law has made no such
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