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Parish meeting

registered electors, may, by the 1933 Act, Sch. III, Part VI, para. 2, convene a parish meeting. The main business of a parish meeting is to elect the parish council. But whether the parish has a parish

Quadriennium utile

Quadriennium utile, means a four-year period after the attainment of majority within which the young adult may seek to annul any contract under seal made while the person was

Inter-State transmission

Inter-State transmission, 'Inter-State transmission includes--(i) the conveyance of energy by means of a main transmission line from the territory of one State to the territory of another State; (ii) the conveyance of

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Hung Parliament

Hung Parliament, is the Parliament wherein no party has won a working majority, Reader's Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary, 1984, p. 823. The result of a hung Parliament is either a minority

Land Drainage Act, 1930

Catchment Board in the case of a catchment area. Catchment areas, the drainage of which directed to a main river, are set out in Part I., Schedule I., but they may be increased; each catchment area is

Macnaughton's Case, Rules in

political, medical, and legal writers (see, for example, Lord Birkenhead's letter to The Times, May 26th, 1924). The main rule which is laid down is, that in order to establish a defence on the ground of insanity,

Minor ante tempus agere non potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire; differetur usque etatem; sed non cadit breve

potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire; differetur usque etatem; sed non cadit breve [Lat.], a minor before majority cannot act in a case of property, not even to agree; it should be deferred until majority; but

Ordinarily

ordinary course' etc., Y.K. Bammi v. Jawahar Lal Nehru University, AIR 1993 Del 239. Means in the large majority of cases but not invariably, Kailash Chandra v. Union of India, AIR 1961 SC 1346 (1349): (1962) 1

Partnership

of business of the partnership where every partner may have access to them. The Act of 1890 is mainly declaratory. The chief amendment is that of the 23rd s., by which the judgment creditor of a partner,

Warranty

agreement with reference to goods which are the subject of a contract of sale, but collateral to the main purpose of such a contract, the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages, but not

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