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Registration of title of land
the L. R. Act, 1925, and ss. 1 and 205 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, may, and in districts where registration is compulsory must, as a rule be registered except leaseholds having not more … if the land was registered before the 1st January, 1926, or, if first registered after that date the title has been possessory for fifteen years. … 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 21), repeals and re-enacts the (English) Land Transfer Acts, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87) and 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65), with amendments in keeping with innovations which were
Marriage
dwell in different parishes, but by the Marriage Measure, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, No. 3), banns may also be published in a church which is the usual place of worship of either party. In case … Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, … Nonconformists.--The marriage of dissenters in general, according to their own rites, was first provided for by the (English) Marriage Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm.
Copyhold
of a manor held at the lord's will, and according to the custom of such manor. The tenant may have the same quantities of interest in this tenure as he may enjoy in freeholds, as an estate … of joint tenants in this: two years' value is paid for the first life, half of that on the second, and a half of that … of 1924 and 1926, but the greater part of the former title on this subject has been retained verbatim in view of the importance of the subject in examining titles. In the previous edition of this work,
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Possession
of Madhya Pradesh, (1992) Cr LJ 3206. Possession, need not be actual, physical possession or personal occupation, but may be possession in law. 'Possession' means 'the state of owning or having in one's hands or power. It … or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152. Possession, does not imply mere acts of the user, or of occupation … 238. The possession of a firearm under the Arms Act must have, firstly the element of consciousness or knowledge of that possession in the person
Deed
or more persons having similar interests. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 57, a deed may be described according to the nature of the transaction, e.g., 'this lease,' 'this mortgage,' etc., or as a … who are to transfer any interest or relinquish any right should come first, and amongst them, those having legal estates before those having equitable only, … either an indenture (factum inter partes) needing an actual indentation [(English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 5], reproduced by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 56 (2), made between two
Highways
keep highways in repair (in whatever manner they may happen to have first originated) is of common right incumbent generally upon the parishes in which … a highway.' It cannot be lost by abandonment or non-user, and the public retain the right, though they may never have occasion to use it. But the right is only a right of passing and repassing, pausing … man has no right to stand on the highway in order to shoot pheasants flying across it, R. v. Pratt, (1855) 4 E&B 860; and see Fitzhardinge v. Purcell, (1908) 2 Ch 168, or maliciously to interfere
Fraction of a day
postponed; and every minor comes of age on the day proceeding the twenty-first anniversary of his birthday, and may act as of full age the first moment of that day. … the law does not recognize, except in cass of necessity and for the purposes of justice, see Clarke v. Bradlaugh, (1881) 8 QBD 63; when, therefore, a thing's to be done upon a certain day, all that
Qui prior est tempore potior est jure
a prior, equity, Phillips v. Phillips, (1862) 4 De GF&J 215. But the acquisition of the legal estate may make a most material alteration in the rights of the parties, Bailey v. Barnes, (1894) 1 Ch 25, … Qui prior est tempore potior est jure. Co. Litt. 14 a, (He who is first in time is better in law.) Broom's Leg. Max. Equitable incumbrances rank as a rule according to their
Seduction
with her virtue for the first time, R. v. Moon, (1910) 1 KB 818. An action of seduction may be brought by a parent or person standing in loco parentis for enticing away or debauching of the
Charges
property, both capital and income; see Stott v. Milne, (1884) 25 Ch D 710. Means any amount which may be demanded as a price for the rendering of some service or as price of some goods. Sree … right to his costs, charges and expenses properly incurred in relation to the trust, and they constitute a first charge on the trust property, both capital and income; see Stott v. Milne, (1884) 25 Ch D 710.
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