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Park

must be enclosed; if it lie open, it is a good cause of seizing it into the sovereign's hands, as a free chase may be if it lie enclosed. To a park three things are required-1st, a

Merger

or beneficial ownership of that estate, the trust will merge in the legal ownership, but, on the other hand, the legal estate can never be extinguished in the equitable ownership. Merger is either absolute or qualified, for

Chose

1925, s. 136(1), replacing the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 25(6), any absolute assignment by writing under the hand of the assignor (not purporting to be by way of charge only) of any debt, or other legal

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trust

activity, transferable certificates of interest, existence continuing after the death of beneficiaries, limited liability, legal title in the hands of trustees, and officers having duties of management called also common-law trust Massachusetts trust NOTE: A trust that

Distress

Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as a pledge for the redressing an injury, the performance of a duty, or

Abdication

that resignation is made by one who has received his office from another and restores it into his hands 'as an inferior into the hands of a superior. On King James II.'s leaving this kingdom, and abdicating

Release

he is only entitled (in the absence of special circumstances) to a simple receipt for the funds he hands over, but in practice a release is often given him. A release, however wide its terms, does not

Magna Carta

which the Great Seal of the realm was solemnly affixed, and the instrument was given by the king's hand as a confirmation of his own act, but it was not signed by him, as commonly supposed. This

Treasury Bench

Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 222. Treasury Bench, is the front Bench on the right hand of the Speaker is occupied by the Prime Minister and other members of Government, Practice and Procedure of

Public servant

must discharge his duties in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the Government. On the other hand, a Municipal Councillor does not owe his appointment to any governmental authority. Such a person is elected by

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