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Cognizance
war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A judge is not bound to take cognizance of current events, however notorious, nor of the … any formal action or indeed action of any kind but occurs as soon as a Magistrate applies his mind to the suspected commission of an offence. Cognizance, therefore, takes place at a point when a Magistrate first
Consideration
will not support a simple contract, as was held in Eastwood v. Kenyon, (1840) 11 A&E 438, after many conflicting decisions on the subject. Other instances of insufficient consideration or absence of consideration maybe found in:' Cooke … of assessment. There must be something in the assessment order to show that the Income-tax Officer applied his mind to the particular subject-matter or the particular source of income with a view to its taxability or to
Panic
even creating un-reasoning or hysterical fear, often spreading quickly. It is the effect, the cause being due to many situations. What creates panic can also create terror depending upon the acts with which a person is confronted, … Panic, 'panic' is a state of mind or reaction to fear-some or gruesome events or even creating un-reasoning or hysterical fear, often spreading quickly. It
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Knowledge
Jurisprudence, 380-381, Glanville L Williams; see also Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 876. Can be seen in many ways as playing the same role in relation to circumstances as intention plays in relation to consequences. One … Knowledge, 'knowledge' is an awareness on the part of the person concerned indicating his state of mind. 'Reason to believe' is another facet of the state of mind. 'Knowledge' will be slightly on a higher
Possession
except any one with a better legal title to it (see next title) and LIMITATIONS. But there are many kinds of ownership without possession, and in its legal meaning, possession is often indistinguishable from ownership, which is … v. Bhagwan Baksh Singh, (1961) All LJ 301. Possession, implies dominion and control and the consciousness in the mind of the person having dominion that he has it and can exercise it, Chhedi Ram v. Mahngoo Tiwari,
Residence
it certainly does not connote the place of origin. The word 'reside' is a flexible one and has many shades of meaning, but it must take its colour and content from the context in which it appears … residence; and if he absent himself (without licence from the bishop, grantable by s. 43 for incapacity of mind or body, or illness of wife or child for six months) for more than three months in any
Copyhold
general rule to the case of joint tenants would be unfair to the lord. By the custom of many manors, fines are due from copyholders on every change of the lord which happens by the act of … immemorial, for the two pillars, upon which every custom rests, are common usage and existence time out of mind. No copyhold estate can, therefore, be created at the present day. Copyhold customs are divided into two species:'(1)
Power
have been adopted to obviate the confusion arising from the circumstance that powers in gross have been by many called powers collateral, Saville v. Blackett, (1721) 1 P Wms 777. (2) Relating to the land, which are … the person to whom it is addressed; or whether it is merely his wish or indication of his mind that the person appointed by him should use his own discretion and act as he thought best. In
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
are limited to six months [(English) Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61)], and many statutes provided for special periods of limitation. Under Modern statutes, e.g., (English) Housing Act, 1936, a time limit … to recover land, etc., first accrues, are under the disability of infancy, coverture, idiotcy, lunacy, or unsoundness of mind, are allowed six years from the termination of their disability, and their representatives the same time from their
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