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Malice
means ill-will against a person, but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally without just cause or excuse': Bayley, J., in Bromage v. Prosser, (1825) 4 B&C 255; and see McPherson v. Daniels, … and upon due application of mind cannot be held to be suffering from malice in law on the ground that there had been undue on the part of the State and the Board. (1991) (4) SCC 54
cause
of unemployment benefits 2 : good cause in this entry prob··a·ble cause [prÄ -bə-bəl-] 1 : a reasonable ground in fact and circumstance for a belief in the existence of certain circumstances (as that an offense has … intervening cause in this entry supervening cause : intervening cause in this entry 2 : a reason or justification for an action or state (as belief): as a : good cause in this entry [an appeal dismissed
Leave to defend
defend the action generally, may make an order empowering the plaintiff to enter such judgment as may be just, having regard to the nature of the remedy or relief claimed. Relief from Forfeiture for Non-payment of Rent. … have the same right to relief after a judgment under this order for recovery of land on the ground of forfeiture for non-payment of rent as if the judgment had been given after trial.
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Hypothecation
of the thing pledged, as distinguished from pignus, where the possession was transferred to the pledge. See Sand. Just; Sith's dict. of Antiq., tit. 'Pignus'], the act of pledging a thing as security for a debt or … of chattels are held valid, without any actual possession by the mortgage, but they stand upon very peculiar grounds, and may be deemed exceptions to the general rule. It means a charge in or upon any movable
Amendment
to alter or amend his indorsement or pleadings, in such manner and on such terms as may be just, and all such amendments shall be made as may be necessary for the purpose of determining the real … a defective indictment unless such amendment cannot be made without injustice. Quarter Sessions can amend the statement of grounds of appeal to them from Courts of Summary Jurisdiction upon such terms as to costs and postponement as
Copyhold
II. para 13. Ibid., and (English) Law of Properties Amendment acts, 1924 and 1926); (4) Forfeiture upon any ground subject to right of relief [(English) Law of Properties Act, 1922, s. 132]; (5) The lord's right to … think proper; and the Court of Queen's Bench (now the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice) will order the lord to allow such inspection, and if the lord then refuse, he will be attached.
Malice in law
sense means malice such as may be assumed from the doing of a wrongful act intentionally but without just cause or excuse, or for want of reasonable or probable cause, S.R. Venkataraman v. Union of India, AIR … Malice in law, Acting on a legally extraneous or obviously misconceived ground of action would be case of 'malice in law', Regonal Manager v. Pawan Kumar Dubey, AIR 1976 SC
Statute Law Revision Acts
of 'Statutes Revised,' that is, statutes in force only, as distinguished from the 'Statutes at Large,' or statutes just as they are passed. In 1890, as explained in an Introductory Note to vol. 4 of the 2nd … specifically repealing Acts or parts of Acts which had been either impliedly repealed by subsequent statutes on the ground that leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant, or which (see the preambles to the various Acts) 'might be regarded
Free-board, or freebord
cites the same passage from the Monasticon. A small strip of land (usu. 2' feet wide and lying just outside a force. That the owner of the fenced property was allowed to claim and use, Black's Law … be described as denoting certain rights enjoyed by the owner of an ancient park over a strip of ground, varying in width indifferent cases, running along the outside of the boundary fence. The right seems to be
Right
1. That which is proper under law, morality, or ethics; something that is due to a person by just claim, legal guarantee, or moral principle, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1322. Right, comprehends every right known … sense. For example, the State claims to be entitled to legislate exclusively on all particular matter on the ground that it falls within List II of the VII Schedule to the Constitution and the Union of India
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