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Overcrowding. By Part IV. of the (English) Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw. 8), s. 58, it is provided that a dwelling-house shall (subject to the provisions of the Act) be deemed for the purposes of the Act to be overcrowded at any time when the number of persons sleeping in the house either.(a) is such that any two of those persons being 10 years old or more of opposite sexes and not living together as husband and wife sleep in the same room, or(b) is in relation to the number and floor area of the rooms of which the house consists, in excess of the permitted numbers defined in the 5th Sched. To the Act, i.e., in effect--TABLE IRooms. Persons.(a) 1 2(b) 2 3(c) 3 5(d) 4 7 1/2(e) 5 10andTABLR II (in the aggregate)Square feet. Persons.110 290 to 110 1 1/270 to 90 150 to 70 1/2Children under 1 year old do not count; from 1 to under 10 are reckoned as half.After the appointed day overcrowding is made an offence on the part of the occupier as well as (subject to statutory provisions)...
Registration of title of land
Registration of title of land. The (English) Land Registration Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 21), repeals and re-enacts the (English) Land Transfer Acts, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87) and 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65), with amendments in keeping with innovations which were introduced by the property laws of 1925. Its object is to simplify the indicia of land ownership and transfer by mere inscription and transcription in a register. The advantages which are claimed for the system are (a) purchasers for value of an absolute or good leasehold title are absolved from any inquiry into the title other than it is shown to be on the register; (b) certain equitable claims which would be binding on the land under the general law and cannot be removed or over-reached without onerous formalities do not affect such purchasers; (c) the method of conveyance or charge is simple; (d) subject to the statutory provisions, registration guarantees the title to purchasers for value and mortgagees. It should be observ...
Assize, or assise
Assize, or assise [fr. assideo, Lat., to sit together; whence assire, O. Fr., to set, assis, set, seated, sealed], anciently a statute or ordinance, e.g., Assize of Clarendon; also a jury, who sit together for the purpose of trying a cause, or rather a Court of jurisdiction which summons jury by a commission of assize to take the assizes. Hence the judicial assemblies, held by the king's commission in every county as well to take indictments as to try causes at Nisi Prius, are commonly termed the assizes. There are two commissions. (I.) General, which is issued twice a year to the judges being usually assigned to every circuit. See CIRCUITS. The judges have four several commissions: (1) of oyer and terminer, directed to them and many other gentlemen of the county, by which they are empowered to try treasons, felonies, etc. This is the largest commission. (2) Of gaol delivery, directed to the judges and the clerk of assize or associate, empowering them to try every prisoner in the gaol ...
Criminal contempt
Criminal contempt, any act done or writing published which is calculated to bring a Court or a Judge into contempt, or to lower his authority, or to interfere with the due course of justice or the lawful process of the Court, is a contempt of Court. Any episode in the administration of justice may, however, be publicly or privately criticised, provided that the criticism is fair and temperate and made in good faith. The absence of any intention to refer to a Court is a material point in favour of a person alleged to be in contempt, Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh v. Sitamarhi Central Co.-op. Bank Ltd., AIR 1967 SC 1494 (1497): (1967) 3 SCC 163. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1952, s. 3]Clause (c) of S. 2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971) merely codifies the definition of 'criminal contempt' which had previously been crystallised by judicial decisions. It defines 'criminal contempt' to mean publication of any matter, or the doing of any other act which(i) scandalises or tends to sca...
Lawfully
Lawfully, means more than merely not unlawfully; rather it should be understood to connote the requirement for some positive legal underpinning, Taikato v. Queen, (1996) 186 CLR 454.The word 'lawfully' in the context indicates is that after something is delivered or something is done by one person for another and that thing is accepted and enjoyed by the latter, a lawful relationship is born between the two which under the provisions of section 70 gives rise to a claim for compensation, State of W.B. v. B.K. Mondal, AIR 1962 SC 779 (788): (1962) 1 Supp SCR 876. [Contract Act, 1872, s. 70]...
Restoration
Restoration, Restoration under s. 70 of the Indian Contract Act means that the defendant would have to restore the goods to the plaintiff by delivering the same to the plaintiff. As long as there is intimation by the defendant to the plaintiff that the plaintiff can take back the goods the defendant evinces intention of restoration, Union of India v. Sita Ram Jaiswal, AIR 1977 SC 329 (331): (1976) 4 SCC 505. (Contract Act, 1872, s. 70)...
Supply
Supply, in relation to electricity, mean the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(70)]The amount of goods produced or available at a given price, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1453.The word 'supply' used in the charging s. 3 should, receive liberal interpretation to include sale or consumption of electricity as envisaged in Entry 53 of the State List of the Constitution of India, Indian Aluminum Co. v. State of Kerala, AIR 1996 SC 1431 (1437). [Kerala Electricity Surcharge Levy and Collection Act (22 of 1989), s. 3]Supply, in relation to electricity, means the sale of electricity to a licensee or consumer. [Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(70)]Means supply of gas by means of pipelines but does not include distribution. [Gujarat Gas (Regulation of Transmission Supply and Distribution) Act, 2001, s. 2(t)]...
remote
remote re·mot·er -est 1 a : far removed in space, time, or relation [ancestors of a more degree] b : exceeding the time allowed under the rule against perpetuities for the vesting of interests [the residuary clause…violates the rule against vesting "Estate of Grove, 70 Cal. App. 3d 355 (1977)"] ;also : being in violation of the rule against perpetuities [a contingent estate] 2 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from a distance 3 a : not proximate or acting directly b : not arising from the effect of that which is proximate 4 : small in degree [a possibility of paternity] re·mote·ly adv re·mote·ness n ...
lxx
the Roman numeral representation of seventy seven times ten a determinate quantifier...
mid seventies
the time of life between 70 and 80...
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