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Nullum tempus aut locus occurit regi

Act; and s. 9 of the (English) Crown Lands Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 28), placing a limitation of sixty years on the recovery of quit rents, etc., payable in Ireland; and see Carson's Real Property

Unclaimed property

provision in Table A to the Acts of 1908 and 1929. Dividends are barred by the Statute of Limitations at the end of twenty years [Re Artisans, etc., Corporation, (1904) 1 Ch 796]. No period of limitation … Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property. (1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo.

Ship

between some place or places in the United Kingdom, and some place or places situate beyond the following limits: that is to say, the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, … Ship, the carriage of goods by Sea Act, 1925 (26 of 1925). [XXVI of 1925, Sch. Art. 1, Cl. (d)] Ship, means any vessel used for

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Administrator

effects of deceased persons, whether with or without the will annexed, and whether granted for general, special, or limited purposes. Administration is ordinarily granted to some one or more -- persons interested in the residuary estate of … to in clause (a) of section 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 (58 of 2002). [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 80C(8)(i)]. Administrator means a person appointed by competent authority

Joint-stock Banks

believed that the liability of the shareholders in chartered banks is in most if not in all cases limited to some amount fixed by the charter, generally twice the amount of their shares. Under the (English) Companies … & 21 Vict. cc. 49 & 91; and 27 & 28 Vict. c. 32; or by the Companies Act, 1929, in substitution for previous Acts, which makes registration under it compulsory in the case of a partnership

Notice

not in the absence of fraud affected by notice obtained through acting for another. Subject to the forgoing limitations on the doctrine and effect of notice, a purchaser of a legal estate or equitable interest in land … known to a person of which he was or might be ignorant. Notice is either (1) statutory; (2) actual, which brings the knowledge of a fact directly home to the party; or (3) constructive or implied, which

Within such period

in the context, Ram Lal v. Rewa Coalifieds Ltd., AIR 1962 SC 361 (364): (1962) 2 SCR 762. (Limitation Act, 1963, s. 5)

Possibility on a possibility

Bowles, (1902) 2 Ch 650]. It gave rise, however, to the rule, now well settled in regard to limitations and trusts of realty created by instruments coming into operation before 1926, but abolished in regard to those … abolished in regard to those created by instruments coming into operation after 1925 by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 161 (see PERPETUITIES), that if land is limited to an unborn person for life, a remainder

Executory limitation

Matched in: Term Executory limitation

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

which case the later date is to be taken as the date when the rent became due. Certain limitations are imposed in respect of things which can be distrained. All disputes arising out of a distress maybe … Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (English) (13 & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing with

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