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vest

vest [Anglo-French vestir, literally, to clothe, from Old French, from Latin vestire] vt 1 a : to place in the possession, discretion, or province of some person or authority [all legislative powers herein granted shall be ed in a Congress of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a timely notice of appeal s jurisdiction in the appeals court] ;specif : to give to a person a fixed and immediate right of present or future enjoyment of (as an estate) [an interest ed in the beneficiary] b : to grant or endow with a particular authority, right, or property [ a judge with discretion] vi : to become vested ;specif : to entitle one unconditionally to the payment of pension benefits upon termination or retirement [his pension interest will after ten years with the company] compare mature ...


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Accidental fire

Accidental fire. By the (English) Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, no action shall be prosecuted against any person in whose house, chamber, stable, barn, or other building, or on whose estate any fire shall accidentally begin; but nothing herein contained shall defeat any contract or agreement made between landlord and tenant. The statute will not protect tenants from the consequences of fires caused by their negligence.Accidental fire is not an act of God which can be traced to natural causes, Patel Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd., (2000) 4 SCC 91....


And

And, 'and' has generally a cumulative sense, requiring the fulfilment of all the conditions that it joins together, and herein it is the antithesis of or, Sometimes, however, even in such a connection, it is, by force of a context, read as 'or', Ishwar Singh Bindra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1968 SC 1450 (1454): (1969) 1 SCR 219. See also Mohd. Abubakar Siddique v. Mustafa Shahidul Islam, (2000) 2 SCC 62....


Entry

Entry, the depositing of a document in the proper office or place; actual entry on land is necessary to constitute a seisin in deed, and is necessary in certain cases, as, e.g., to perfect a common-law lease.When a person without any right has taken posses-sion of land, the party entitled may make a formal but peaceable entry, which is quite an extra judicial and summary remedy, on such lands, declaring that thereby he takes possession, which notorious act of ownership is equivalent to a feudal investiture by the lord; or he may enter on any part of it in the same county, declaring it to be in the name of the whole; but if it lie indifferent counties, he must make different entries. This remedy by entry takes place in three only of the five species of ouster-viz., abatement, intrusion, and disseisin; for as in these the original entry of the wrongdoer was unlawful, they may therefore be remedied by the mere entry of him who has right. But upon a discontinuance or deforcement, the owner...


Living person

Living person, 'living person' includes a company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but nothing herein contained shall affect any law for the time being in force relating to transfer of property to or by companies, associations or bodies of individuals. [Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882), s. 5]...


Petroleum product

Petroleum product, means any commodity made from petroleum or natural gas and shall include refined crude oil, processed crude petroleum, residuum from crude petroleum, cracking stock, uncracked fuel oil, fuel oil, treated crude oil residuum, casing head gasoline, natural gas gasoline, naphtha, distillate gasoline, kerosene, waste oil, blended gasoline, lubricating oil, blends or mixture of oil with one or more liquid products or by-products derived from oil condensate, gas o petroleum hydrocarbons, whether herein enumer-ated or not. [Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959, s. 3(n)]...


Quod permittat prosternere

Quod permittat prosternere, a writ, in the nature of a writ of right, to abate a nuisance, Fitz. N.B. 104. Abolished.Means 'that he permit to abate'. A writ to abate a nuisance, similar in nature to a petition of right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1263.Means this is a writ commanding the defendant to permit the plaintiff to abate, quod permittat prosternere, the nuisance complained of; and, unless he so permits, to summon him to appear in court, and show cause why he will not. And this writ lies as well for the alienee of the party first injured, as hath been determined by all the judges. And the plaintiff shall have judgment herein to abate the nuisance, and to recover damages against the defendant, Commentaries on the Laws of England, 3 William Blackstone 222 (1768)....


Stage-play

Stage-play. It is enacted by the (English) Theatres Act, 1843 (see THEATRE), s. 23, that:-In this Act the word 'stage-play' shall be taken to include every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, burletta, interlude, melodrama, pantomime, or other entertainment of the stage, or any part thereof: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be constructed to apply to any theatrical representation in any booth or show which by the justices of the peace, or other persons having authority in that behalf, shall be allowed in any lawful fair, feast, or customary meeting of the like kind.See Wigan v. Strange, (1865) LR 1 CP 175...


Subsidence

Subsidence, means where the perils insured against are 'subsidence and/or collapse' the word 'subsidence' herein means 'sinking', that is to say, movement in a vertical direction as opposed to settlement' which means movement in lateral directions. In a proper context, the word 'subsidence' may mean both sinking as well as settlement, Bimla Charan Batabyal v. Indian Museum Trustees, 57 Cal 231: 1930 Cal 404....


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