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Suits pending

on the commencement of the Act and it means a live suit whether in the Court of first instance or in an appeal Court where the judgment of the Court of first instance is being considered, Dayawati

Public trustee

discharge (s. 7). By s. 13 an investigation and audit of trust accounts may be made at the instance of any trustee or beneficiary, by some agreed solicitor or accountant, and in default of agreement by the

Remand

Act, 1848, s. 21, and Summary Jurisdiction acts, 1848, s. 16 and 1879, s. 24), in the first instance for the sake of allowing further evidence to be collected and adduced at a further hearing. The act

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Pawn or Pledge

If the pawn is of such a nature that it will be worse for the use, such, for instance, as clothes, the use is prohibited to the pawnee. (3) If the pawn is of such a nature

Executory devise

The case of a devise to one, to take effect six months after the testator decease, is an instance of the first class in this description. And the case of a limitation to one for life, and

roll call

roll call : the act or an instance of calling off a list of names (as for checking attendance) ;specif : an act or instance of

Commercial letters of credit

Commercial letters of credit, commercial letters of credit may be issued at the instance of a buyer in favour of a seller in the same or another country, in which latter case

Casting vote

from voting, Nell v. Longbottom, 1894 (1) QB 767, is usually not entitled to vote in the first instance. The Speaker of the House of Commons (though he was no vote in the first instance) has a

Judgment

the adverse effect on the party concerned must be direct and immediate rather than indirect or remote. For instance, where the Trial Judge in a suit under Order 37 of the Code of Civil Procedure refuses the

Lien

possessory, may be defeated like other charges under the Statute of Limitations, from which possessory liens are exempt. Instances of equitable liens are vendor's lien (q.v.); partner's lien on partnership assets; trustee's lien for costs, charges and

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