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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

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

Prize Court

prize Court, though exceedingly important, is peculiar to itself, and is governed by rules not applying to the Instance Court of the Admiralty (now part of the High Court), which is a mere civil tribunal. The old

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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

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

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

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

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

Abstract of title

1925, s. 44, unless an earlier title may be required by law. On a sale of leaseholds, for instance, the lease, whatever its date, must be abstracted, Frend v. Buckley, (1875) LR 5 QB Ex 213 though

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