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Macnaughton's Case, Rules in
Macnaughton's Case, Rules in [4 St. Tr. (N.S.) 847]. A discussion took place in the House of Lords upon the direction to the jury by Tindal, C.J., in the trial of Macnaughton, and as a result...
Husband and wife
Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could...
If from any cause whatsoever
If from any cause whatsoever in a contract ran as: 'If from any cause whatsoever, the purchase should not be completed and the purchase money paid on the day hereinbefore stipulated, not paid, the purchaser shall...
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Exemplary damages
Exemplary damages, damages on an unsparing scale, given in respect of tortious acts, committed through malice or other circumstances of aggravation. In Belt. v. Lawes, (1884) 2 QBD 356, an action by a sculptor for libellously...
Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale
Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale, a contract of hire-purchase is properly speaking a contract of hire by which the hirer is granted an option to buy but is not, as under a contract of...
Fees and taxes
Fees and taxes, 'Fees' are the amounts paid for a privilege, and are not an obligation, but the payment is voluntary. Fees are distinguished from taxes in that the chief purpose of a tax is to...
Eligibility
Eligibility, connoting the minimum criteria for selection that may be laid down by the University Act or any central statute, Dr. Preeti Srivastava v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (1999) 7 SCC 120.
Emergency
Emergency, means a situation which is not normal, a situation which calls for urgent remedial action. Break-down of the Constitutional machinery in a State does gives rise to a situation of emergency, S.R. Bommai v. Union...
Estate duty
Estate duty. A duty first levied by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), upon the principal value of all property, real or personal, settled or not settled, which passes or is...
Evidence
Evidence, proof, either written or unwritten, of allegations in issue between parties. Something (including testimony, documents and tangible objects) that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,...
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Macnaughton's Case, Rules in
Macnaughton's Case, Rules in [4 St. Tr. (N.S.) 847]. A discussion took place in the House of Lords upon the direction to the jury by Tindal, C.J., in the trial of Macnaughton, and as a result...
Husband and wife
Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could...
If from any cause whatsoever
If from any cause whatsoever in a contract ran as: 'If from any cause whatsoever, the purchase should not be completed and the purchase money paid on the day hereinbefore stipulated, not paid, the purchaser shall...
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Exemplary damages
Exemplary damages, damages on an unsparing scale, given in respect of tortious acts, committed through malice or other circumstances of aggravation. In Belt. v. Lawes, (1884) 2 QBD 356, an action by a sculptor for libellously...
Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale
Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale, a contract of hire-purchase is properly speaking a contract of hire by which the hirer is granted an option to buy but is not, as under a contract of...
Fees and taxes
Fees and taxes, 'Fees' are the amounts paid for a privilege, and are not an obligation, but the payment is voluntary. Fees are distinguished from taxes in that the chief purpose of a tax is to...
Eligibility
Eligibility, connoting the minimum criteria for selection that may be laid down by the University Act or any central statute, Dr. Preeti Srivastava v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (1999) 7 SCC 120.
Emergency
Emergency, means a situation which is not normal, a situation which calls for urgent remedial action. Break-down of the Constitutional machinery in a State does gives rise to a situation of emergency, S.R. Bommai v. Union...
Estate duty
Estate duty. A duty first levied by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), upon the principal value of all property, real or personal, settled or not settled, which passes or is...
Evidence
Evidence, proof, either written or unwritten, of allegations in issue between parties. Something (including testimony, documents and tangible objects) that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,...
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