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Rationabile estoverium

Rationabile estoverium, alimony.

Public order

a distinct corrodation. Investigation into the offence under the Essential Commodities Act, may not be equated with the maintenance of public order as is commonly understood, Romesh Lal Jain v. Naginder Singh Rana, (2006) 1 SCC 294.

Husband and wife

the absence of her husband she commit the felony'even by his order'her covertures is no excuse. As to maintenance of the wife by the husband under the Poor Law, by 5 Geo. 1, c. 8, a husband

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Champerty

Champerty, is a species of maintenance and therefore it is convenient to use the phrase 'Champertous maintenance', distinguishing it from simple maintenance, in which

Judicial separation

and relief can also be obtained by a husband where the wife is an habitual drunkard (ibid.). Under Maintenance Acts the husband can be ordered to make weekly payments to his wife, which can be enforced by

County Councils

(4) Management of halls,offices and other buildings; (5) Licensing of houses formusic and dancing and of racecourses; (6) Maintenance and management of hospitals and rate-aided mental hospitals. (7) Education and maintenance of schools; (8) Management of roads

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.

Estovers, or estouviers

a tenant is allowed to take for fuel, the manufacture or repair of agricultural instruments, and erection and maintenance of fences and lodges, Black's Law Dictionary.

Within

on or before the expiration of the iddat period, the husband is bound to make and pay a maintenance to the wife and if he fails to do so then the wife is entitled to recover it

Rolling stock

trollies and vehicles of all kinds moving or intended to move on rails. [Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 (60 of 2002), s. 2(1)(a)] By the Railway Rolling Stock Protection Act, 1872 (35 & 36

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