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Purchaser

Act, 1833, the descent was in every case to be traced, before 1926, and now, as to a limitation to the heir taking effect as purchaser (see previous title, and (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 132). The

Mortgage

at a certain time. This conditional assurance is resorted to when a debt has been incurred, or a loan of money or credit effected, in order to secure either the repayment of the one or the liquidation … Mortgage [fr. mort, Fr., dead, and gage, pledge], a deed pledge; a thing put into the hands of a creditor. A mortgage is the creation of

Misrepresentation

of indolence and folly, or of careless indifference and neglect of easily accessible means of information. At Common Law, see more fully under the title DECEIT. If the representation amounts to a warranty (q.v.), its untruth is … Misrepresentation, 'Misrepresentation' means and includes-- (1) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is

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Injunction

adjective and, therefore, it would, comprehend both interim and perpetual injunc-tion, Cotton Corporation of India v. United Industries Ltd., AIR 1983 SC 1272 (1277): (1983) 4 SCC 625. [Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 41(b)] This is the … 'injunction' in s. 41(b) is not qualified by an adjective and, therefore, it would, comprehend both interim and perpetual injunc-tion, Cotton Corporation of India v. United Industries Ltd., AIR 1983 SC 1272 (1277): (1983) 4 SCC 625.

Baronet

Baronet [fr. Baron, Fr., and et, diminutive termination], the holder of a dignity of inheritance created by letters-patent, and descendible to the issue male. The order was instituted in 1611 by James I., who conferred the … male. The order was instituted in 1611 by James I., who conferred the dignity in consideration of the payment of 1,000l. to the Crown, the money so raised being applied to pay the troops sent to quell

Assigns

all successive assigns (Spencer's Case, 1 Sm. L. C.; 13 Ex. 51; and see s. 79 of the L. P. Act, 1925).

Apportionment

give a counter notice as to the rest of the land demised. As to agricultural holdings, see (English) L. P. Amendment Act, 1926. The (English) Lands Clauses Act, 1845, as. 119, provides for an apportionment of rent where

culpable

culpable : deserving condemnation or blame as wrong or harmful cul·pa·bil·i·ty [kəl-pə-bi-lə-tē] n cul·pa·ble·ness n cul·pa·bly adv

Timber

in which it is employed, and may refer to standing trees or wood suitable for the manufacture of lumber to be used for building and allied purposes, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 54, p. 1. Timber, may be

Clause

article in which the ex-pression occurs. [Constitution of India, Art. 366(5)] A distinct section or provision of a legal document or instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 243. Clauses, means a series of numbered parts into

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