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Family
or has ceased under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to be entitled to maintenance, she shall henceforth be deemed to be no longer a member of the subscriber's family in matter to … lineage; a race; people or group of people. According to Aristotle (Politics I), it is the characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, or just and unjust, and the association of
Desertion
be considered by taking into consideration the concept of marriage which in law legalises the sexual relationship between man and woman in the society for the perpetuation of race, permitting lawful indulgence in passion to prevent licentiousness
Contenement
he has with, and by reason of, his freehold; or that which is necessary for the support and maintenance of men, agreeably to their several qualities or states of life, Jac. Law Dict. … Contenement, a man's countenance or credit, which he has with, and by reason of, his freehold; or that which is necessary
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Charities, or Public Trusts
Commissioners for Income Tax v. Pemsel, 1891 AC 531, and comprehends 'relief of aged, impotent, and poor people; maintenance of sick and maimed soldiers and mariners, schools of learning, free schools, and scholars of universities; repairsof bridges, … judiciously remarked, that at an early period that ordinary had the power to apply a portion of every man's personal estate to charity; and when afterwards the statute compelled a distribution, it is not impossible that the
Adultery
himself had committed adultery and was the first offender, but now see the very full powers of granting maintenance and alimony which the Court has by virtue of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. … co-respondent, s. 177) to be assessed by a jury, and the Court has power to direct in what manner the damages shall be paid and that the whole or any part thereof shall be settled for the
Highways
in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Highways'; and the 11th s. of the Local Government Act, 1888, threw the entire maintenance of 'main roads' upon the County Councils. As to improvements and Developments, see Development and Road Improvement Fund … only for such time as is reasonable and usual when persons are using a highway as such. A man has no right to stand on the highway in order to shoot pheasants flying across it, R. v.
Food
into the body of an organism which serves for purposes of growth, work or repair and for the maintenance of the vital process. What human beings consume is styled as food and what animals consume is described … of Food and Drugs Act (see ADULTERATION) the word includes 'every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water and any article which ordinarily enters into or is used in the composition
Mahr (dower)
is prompt or deferred is clearly not a contemplated quantification of a sum of money in lieu of maintenance upon divorce, Fuzlunbi v. K. Khader Vali, AIR 1980 SC 1730: (1980) 4 SCC 125: (1980) 3 SCR … in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman, but an effect of the contract imposed by law on the husband as a token
Drunkenness
may also be licensed by borough and county councils, which councils are also empowered to contribute to their maintenance. In such retreats habitual drunkards, voluntarily submitting themselves, may be detained compulsorily for not more than two years. … guilty of very great violence.'--Per Patterson, J., in R. v. Cruse, (1838) 8 C&P 541. Thus if a man is so drunk that he is incapable of knowing that what he is doing is dangerous or likely
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