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Absentees, or des absentees

Absentees, or des absentees, A Parliament so called was held at Dublin, 10th May, 8 Hen. 8. It is mentioned in letters-patent 29 Hen. 8.

Access and non-access

Access and non-access, Access and non-access again connote, as has been held by the Privy Council (Vide Karapaya v. Mayandy, 12 Rang 243), existence and non-existence of opportunities for material

Accroaching royal power

Accroaching royal power, or attempting to exercise royal power, was in the 21 Edw. 3 held to be treason. 4 Br. & Had. Com. 83.

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Age

of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, a legal estate in land is not capable of being held by an infant, by s. 21 ibid. A married infant can give a receipt for income. As to

Accused, statement of

to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been held out to him to induce him to make any confession, but that whatever he says may be given

Act of Bankruptcy

Court or in any civil proceeding in the High Court, and the goods have been either sold or held by the sheriff for 21 days: Provided that where an interpleader summons has been taken out in regard

Actus curiae neminem gravabit.

Leg. Max., citing Cumber v. Wane, (1719) 1 Str. 126; 1 Smith L. C., in which it was held that if one party to an action die during a curia advisari vult, judgment maybe entered nunc pro

Ad vitam aut culpam

which is to determine only by the death or delinquency of the holder, or which is, in fact, held quamdiu se bene gesserit (so long as he conducts himself properly). See Encyc. Of Scots Law.

Addition

to or connected with another building that predates the structure; an extension or annex. Although some courts have held that an addition is merely an appurtenant structure that might not actually be in physical contact with the

Adequate consideration

Hidayatullah, J. as he then was in Tulsidas Kilachand v. CIT shows that the words 'adequate consideration' were held to denote consideration other than mere love and affection which, in the case of a wife, may be

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