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In the interest of general public

integrity of India or in the interests of the security of India or in the interests of friendly relations of India with any foreign country, it would satisfy the requirement of Article 19(2). But if it is … economic welfare of the community and the objects mentioned in Part IV of the Constitution. in respect of legislations and notifications concerning the wages, working conditions or the other amenities for the working class, the courts have

Code

by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800, this Code, after having passed both the tribunate and the legislative body, was promulgated in 1804 as the 'Code Civil des Francais.' When Napoleon became emperor, the name was … by the (English) Bills of Exchange Act,1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61)''an Act to codify the law relating to Bills of Exchange, Cheques, and Promissory Notes'; the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c.

Mortgage

a foreclosure decree, a sale by the mortgagee under a power, express or implied, in that behalf, a legislative provision, or unreasonable delay. see CLOG ON EQUITYOF REDEMPTION. A provision rendering a mortgage irredeemable for a short … of real and personal property by the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 35. This provision now relates to any property, whether real or personal, including estates-tails. A mortgagor in possession or receipt of the rents

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Trust for sale

analogous powers to mortgagees, personal representatives and trustees in bankruptcy, provided a model for much of the land legislation of 1925. Beneficiaries under a trust for sale had no estate in the land but only in the … matters except where capital money arises on the transaction (s. 27); the trustees are to have all the relative powers of a tenant for life under the Settled Land Act, 1925, and land conveyed to them in

Estate

much of their importance since 1925, when a new system of conveyancing was introduced by the Real Property legislation of that year. (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 1(1), declares that the only estates in land (see definition, … common. (E) Entireties. 2. Bl. Com. cc. vii.-xii. According to article 31-A(2)-- (a) the expression 'estate' shall, in relation to any local area, have the same meaning as that expression or its local equivalent has in the

Workmen's Compensation Act

Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 58), which very largely increased the scope and character of this particular legislation, but, like the earlier Acts, was very fruitful in litigation. The act was amended and extended by the … make Orders in Council giving effect to any convention with a Foreign State providing for reciprocity in matters relating to workmen's compensation, and in particular the Anglo-French Convention of 1909 (see Workmen's Compensation Rules, 1925, Rules 68

Frauds, Statute of

through the whole body of American juris-prudence, and is in many respects the most comprehensive, salutary, and important legislative regulation on record affecting the security of private rights.' The main object of the statute was to take … wills, etc., which have been repealed by the Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict. c. 26), but s. 22, relating to the wills of soldiers and sailors, is still in force. As to what constitutes an agreement not

Joint-tenancy

was favoured because it did not induce fractions of estates, and returning to early principles the (English) Land Legislation of 1925 has employed the tenure generally as the machinery by which legal estate may in such cases … and a body corporate, or of two or more bodies corporate, and any such holding shall in its relation to the bank be deemed a joint-tenancy'; and, finally, the (English) Bodies Corporate (Joint Tenancy) Act, 1899 (62

representative

others in a special capacity: as a : one that represents a constituency as a member of a legislative or other governing body ;specif : a member of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress or … which the people are represented by individuals chosen from among them usually by election 3 : of or relating to representation n : one that represents another or others in a special capacity: as a : one

judicial

all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare administrative, executive, legislative 2 : created, ordered, or enforced by a court [a foreclosure] compare conventional, legal ju·di·cial·ly adv … from judic- judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to determine, say] 1 a : of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary b : of, relating

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