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Burglary

Burglary [fr. burg, Sax., a house, and larron, a thief, fr. latro, Lat.]. At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling-house of another in the night-time with intent to commit a felony...

Abduction

be an assault which is an offence against the human body and that assault should be with the intention of abducting , and whenever these elements are present the clause will be applicable (Penal Code 1860), Vishwanath

Desertion

on the subject in these terms:' Desertion is the separation of one spouse from the other, with an intention on the part of the deserting spouse of bringing cohabitation permanently to an end without reasonable cause and

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assault

and involves the infliction of serious bodily injury by the use of a dangerous weapon indecent assault : intentional offensive sexual contact that does not amount to sexual intercourse or involve penetration and that is committed without

Fraud

fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be

Wills

the statute of Distributions; by the nineteenth s., that no will shall be revoked by presumption of an intention on the ground of alteration in circumstances; by the twentieth s., 'that no will or codicil shall be

Cy-pres

order that effect may be given to the general object, as near as may be to the testator' intention, according to law. Thus, where a testator has devised lands in a manner transgressing the rules of perpetuity

Forgery

Forgery [fr. forger, Fr.; or fingo, Lat.], the crimen falsi, or the false making or alteration of an instrument, which purports on the face of it to be good and valid for the purposes for which...

Proper law of a contract

the legal system by which the parties to the contract intended their contract to be governed if their intention is expressly stayed or if it can be clearly inferred from the contract itself or its surrounding circumstances,

Shall

is mandatory. Unless the ordinary interpretation leads to some absurd or inconvenient results or is contrary to the intention of the legislature as envisaged in a particular statute, the ordinary interpretation of the term is normally adhered

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Burglary

Burglary [fr. burg, Sax., a house, and larron, a thief, fr. latro, Lat.]. At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling-house of another in the night-time with intent to commit a felony...

Abduction

be an assault which is an offence against the human body and that assault should be with the intention of abducting , and whenever these elements are present the clause will be applicable (Penal Code 1860), Vishwanath

Desertion

on the subject in these terms:' Desertion is the separation of one spouse from the other, with an intention on the part of the deserting spouse of bringing cohabitation permanently to an end without reasonable cause and

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assault

and involves the infliction of serious bodily injury by the use of a dangerous weapon indecent assault : intentional offensive sexual contact that does not amount to sexual intercourse or involve penetration and that is committed without

Fraud

fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be

Wills

the statute of Distributions; by the nineteenth s., that no will shall be revoked by presumption of an intention on the ground of alteration in circumstances; by the twentieth s., 'that no will or codicil shall be

Cy-pres

order that effect may be given to the general object, as near as may be to the testator' intention, according to law. Thus, where a testator has devised lands in a manner transgressing the rules of perpetuity

Forgery

Forgery [fr. forger, Fr.; or fingo, Lat.], the crimen falsi, or the false making or alteration of an instrument, which purports on the face of it to be good and valid for the purposes for which...

Proper law of a contract

the legal system by which the parties to the contract intended their contract to be governed if their intention is expressly stayed or if it can be clearly inferred from the contract itself or its surrounding circumstances,

Shall

is mandatory. Unless the ordinary interpretation leads to some absurd or inconvenient results or is contrary to the intention of the legislature as envisaged in a particular statute, the ordinary interpretation of the term is normally adhered

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