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Insurance

well as of losses and other casualties; and, in general, all such information as may be supposed of importance towards guiding the judgments of the underwriters. These accounts are regularly filed, and are accessible to all the

To the extent of

To the extent of, the words 'to the extent of' in Article 13 do not import any idea of time. They only import the idea that the law maybe void either wholly or in

Toll

two significations:- (1) A liberty to buy and sell within the precincts of the manor, which seems to import as much as a fair or market. (2) A tribute or custom paid for passage. For its importance

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Urgency

Urgency, means, immediate, very important, that which requires immediate attention. From its meaning it is apparent that its applicability has to vary what

Uses

before the Statute of Wills (32 Hen. 8, c. 1, AD 1540). But this is of no practical importance, since the Courts, in their decisions, are entirely guided by a testator's intention, and it has been always

Vesting

Vesting, 'vesting' is a word of slippery import and has many meanings. The sense of the situation suggests that in s. 117(1) of the Act 'vested

Victimisation

Victimisation, is a term of comprehensive import. Thus, if a person is made to suffer by treatment, it would amount to victimisation, Lakmat Newspapers Pvt.

Wharfinger

of a wharf, quay warehouse, or granary adjoining the Port of London mainly used for warehousing the goods, imported into the Port of London, of persons other than the occupier of such premises. See also Merchant Shipping

Wills

the residuary legatee or next of kin, but from this rule of lapse the thirty-third s. makes an important exception for legacies to children or other issue of the testator who may have died leaving issue living

Interpretation Act, 1889 (English)

Interpretation Act, 1889 (English) (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63). A most important statute, repealing and re-enacting Lord Brougham's Act of 1850 (13 Vict. c. 21), 'for shortening the language used

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