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Charitable uses and trusts
Charitable uses and trusts. 9 Geo. 2, c. 26, commonly called 'The Mortmain Act,' 1735, after reciting that ifts or alienations of land in mortmain (see MORTMAIN) were prohibited by Magna Charta and other whole-some laws...
judgment
favor of a creditor for the balance of a debt that is not satisfied in full by the security ;esp : such a judgment following the foreclosure of a mortgage final judgment : a judgment that leaves
Partnership
Partnership, the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business with a view to profit--so defined by s. 1, sub-s. 1, of the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), a codifying...
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Cruelty
coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security would also constitute cruelty, Shobha Rani v. Modhukar Reddi, (1988) 1 SCC 105: AIR 1988 SC 121 (124).
County Courts
Any action of tort in the High Court may in like manner be remitted unless the plaintiff give security for the defendant's costs, or satsify judge of the High Court that he has a cause of actionfit
Insurance
fire and life insurances are made at the risk of companies, which include within themselves the requisites of security, wealth, and numbers, a large proportion of marine insurances is made at the risk of individuals called underwriters.
Power
Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1 (8), all powers of appointment over, or powers to convey or charge land or any interest therein, whether created by statute or other instrument or implied by law, and whether
Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)
to levy distress or resume possession of property by landlords and of mortgagees to foreclose or realize their security. This Act was followed by a series of complicated statutes which imposed restrictions on increasing the rent and
Abstract of title
Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property,...
power
government to exercise reasonable control over persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited (as by constitutional provision) reserved powers : the political
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