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Distringas
to the sheriff, and issued to effect various purposes. The cases in which it was used in Common Law proceedings may be thus stated:- (1) a distringas to compel appearance, where defendant had a place of residence … Distringas (that you distrain), anciently called constringas, a writ addressed to the sheriff, and issued to effect various purposes. The cases in which it was used in Common Law proceedings may be thus stated:- (1) a distringas
Contract for sale of land
Contract for sale of land. The incidents of a contract for sale of land re regulated partly by statute and partly by the … Contract for sale of land. The incidents of a contract for sale of land re regulated partly by statute and partly by the practice of conveyancers. A contract for sale of land must be in
Steward of manor
Steward of manor, the lord's deputy, who transacts all the legal and other business connected with the estate, and takes care of the … of much of its importance in consequence of the abolition of copyhold tenure by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922 (see COPYHOLDS). The scale of compensation to the steward of the manor if he was appointed
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Election
one or more from a greater number for an office. The exercise of his choice by a man left to his own free will to take or to do one thing or another. It is the obligation … Election, the word 'election' means any and every act taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR 2004 SC 3601 (3604).
Judgment
Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is … Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree'
Wilful
a free agent, knows that he is doing and intends to do what he is doing, Dictionary of Law by L.B. Curzon, p. 361. See also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282. Means 'governed
Double taxation
Double taxation, The expression 'double taxation' is often used in different senses, namely, in its strict legal sense of direct double taxation and in its popular sense of indirect double taxation. Double taxation in the … often used in different senses, namely, in its strict legal sense of direct double taxation and in its popular sense of indirect double taxation. Double taxation in the strict legal sense means taxing the same property or
Com
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum signifying with together in conjunction very etc It is used in the form com before b … A prefix from the Latin preposition cum signifying with together in conjunction very etc It is used in the form
temporary worker
temporary worker A foreign worker who will work in the United States for a limited period of time. Some visas classes for temporary workers are H, L, O, P, Q and R. If
Presentation
the benefice. It must be in writing (29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature of letters-missive to the ordinary. The sovereign, as protector ecclesi', is the patron paramount of all benefices which do not … Presentation, the offering by the patron of a benefice to the ordinary of a person to be instituted to
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