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Inops consilii

Inops consilii (lacking advice). Means Destitute of counsel; without legal counsel. This term described actions taken without benefit of

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Ademption by satisfaction

testator, while alive, has already given property to the beneficiary with the intention of rendering the testamentary gift inoperative, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 40.

Delectus person'

the partnership, that the heir or personal representative of a partner should succeed him in the partnership, was inoperative and incapable of being enforced. The common Law, however, treats such a stipulation as valid and obligatory. This

Disagreement

the law implies such an agreement until the contrary is shown, but his disagreement renders the grant, etc., inoperative, see Peacock v. Eastland, (1870) LR 10 Eq 17. If an infant purchases an estate he may, on

Domicile

there for one year; but no convention having been entered into with any foreign state, this enactment is inoperative. The domicile of a wife is that of her husband, A.-G. of Alberta v. Cook, 1926 AC 444.

Escheat

rules under the (English) Escheat Procedure Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 53), which repealed, as practically inoperative, the numerous statutes from 29 Edw. 1, by which officers called 'escheators' were authorized to hold such inquiries.

Legitimate expectation

right in the conventional sense, Union of India v. Hindustan Development Corpn., (1993) 3 SCC 499. It treats inoperative statutory provision as having immediate effect, as contradicted by the language of the Statute, Reg. v. D.P.P., Ex

Married women's property

or to be made, whether before or after marriage, respecting the property of any married woman,' or render inoperative 'any restriction against anticipation' [see ANTICIPATION] 'at present attached, or to be hereafter attached, to the enjoyment of

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