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Antenati

marriage. In Scotland marriage removes the illegitimacy of antenati who inherit as heirs; but in England a child legitimated per subsequens matrimonium could not, before 1926, inherit real estate, Doe v. Vardill, (1835) 2 Cl & F

Justum non est aliquem post mortem facere bastardum qui toto tempore vita sua pro legitimo habebatur

Justum non est aliquem post mortem facere bastardum qui toto tempore vita sua pro legitimo habebatur [Lat.], It is not just to make anyone a bastard after his death when for his whole

Lying-in hospitals

Lying-in hospitals, charities which could not be established without a previous licence from the quarter sessions; legitimate children born in them are not to be chargeable to the parish of their births, 13 Geo. 3,

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Morganatic marriage

be considered as a just marriage. The marriage ceremony was regularly performed; the union was indissoluble; the children legitimate. This connection was very usual in Europe; but there is not proof that the concubines of Charlemagne and

Limited estate

'limited owner', connote a right in the property to which the possession of the female Hindu may be legitimately traced, that which is not a full right of ownership, Gulwant Kaur (Smt) v. Mohinder Singh, AIR 1987

Legal right

8 SCC 296. Legal rights of spouses and children in Scotland. See TERCE; COURTESY; JUS RELICT'; JUS RELICTI; LEGITIM.

Legal fiction

must be limited to the purposes for which it is created and not to be extended beyond its legitimate field', K.S. Dharmadatan v. Central Government, AIR 1979 SC 1495: (1979) 4 SCC 204. Legal fiction pre-supposes the

Lawful guardian

that wherever the relationship of a guardian and a ward is established by means which are lawful and legitimate that relationship is intended to be included, State v. Ramji Vithal Chaudhari, AIR 1958 Bom 381 (384). The

Law Reform (UK)

nature of unliquidated damages arising otherwise than by a contract, promise or breach of trust. See further, ADOPTION; LEGITIMATION; BASTARDY; FUNERAL EXPENSES; also INTEREST and LIMITATIONS. The (English) Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act,1935 (25 &

Law and order and public order

school building was creating panic in the minds of the police personnel of the State from performing their legitimate duties in the maintenance of law and order in the State. Such acts are connected with 'public order',

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