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Proviso, Trial by

Proviso, Trial by. Where the plaintiff after issue joined did not proceed to trial when he ought to have

Procedure

SC 597: (1978) 1 SCC 248: (1978) 2 SCR 621. The mode in which the successive steps in litigation are taken. The procedure of the Common Law courts was regulated by the C.L.P. Acts of 1852, 1854,

Note of allowance

note delivered by a master to a party to a cause, who alleged that there was error in law in the record and proceedings allowing him to bring error. See (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 149. Error

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Law of Property Act, 1925 (English)

Law of Property Act, 1925 (English) 915 Geo. 5, c. 20), with amending Acts, 1926, 1929 and 1932 (cited … Law of Property Act, 1925 (English) 915 Geo. 5, c. 20), with amending Acts, 1926, 1929 and 1932 (cited together as

Inevitable accident

Inevitable accident, that which cannot be avoided: used in leases together with fire or tempest as a cause of destruction of the demised premises excusing the payment of … be avoided: used in leases together with fire or tempest as a cause of destruction of the demised premises excusing the payment of rent or an omission by the lessee to repair. The expression is also very

Under-lease

Under-lease, a grant by a lessee to another, called under-lessee, or under-tenant, or sub-lessee, or sub-tenant, of a part of his whole interest under … Under-lease, a grant by a lessee to another, called under-lessee, or under-tenant, or sub-lessee, or sub-tenant, of a part of his whole interest under the original lease, reserving to himself a reversion; it differs from an assignment,

Feoffee to uses

Feoffee to uses, the person in whom, before the Statute of Uses, the legal seisin or feudal tenancy of the land was vested, the substantial and beneficial ownership or use being in … Feoffee to uses, the person in whom, before the Statute of Uses, the legal seisin or feudal tenancy of the land was vested,

Execution of Deeds

them by the parties, as their own acts and deeds, in the presence of witnesses. By s. 73, L.P. Act, 1925, sealing alone is not sufficient; an individual must sign or mark the deed. Sect. 74, ibid.,

Entireties, tenancy by

Entireties, tenancy by. Before the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, where an estate was conveyed or devised to a man and his wife during coverture, they

Dower

Dower [fr. dos, dotis, Lat., a marriage gift; dotare dower, Fr., endow, to furnish with a marriage portion. Dotarium, M. Lat., dotaire, Prov.; … Dower [fr. dos, dotis, Lat., a marriage gift; dotare dower, Fr., endow, to furnish with a marriage portion. Dotarium, M. Lat., dotaire, Prov.; douaire, Fr.; a dowry of marriage provision; douairiere, a widow in possession of

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