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Comfort letter

absence from the document of any express words of warranty or of promise, Kleinwort Benson Ltd. v. Malaysia Mining Corpn. Bhd, (1989) 1 All ER 785.

In the course of trade or business

In the course of trade or business, this expression means, that the mining lease, if it was a contract, was in the course of the business of the respondent. It was

Company

the acquisition of gain, unless it be formed under special Act of Parliament, or letters-patent, or be a mining company subject to the jurisdiction of the Stannaries (see STANNARY). The first s. provides for incorporation and is

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Law of Property Act, 1922

customary tenure; the extinguish-ment of manorial incidents (but not, apart from the lord's consent of his rights to mines, minerals, franchises, fairs and sporting rights), and the conversion of perpetually renewable leaseholds into long terms. The other

Judicial proceeding

on oath. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s. 2 (i)] The investigation made by the junior Inspector of Mines was not a judicial proceeding, Bhurangya Coal Co. Ltd. v. Sahebjan Mian, AIR 1956 Pat 299 (302). (Evidence

Khas possession

the person who is actually cultivating the lands than that of a person who is working directly (the mines) u/s. 9 of the Bihar Land Reforms, Act, 1950, Kaviraj Basudevanand v. Mahant Harihar Gir, AIR 1974 SC

Land

of Property Act,1925, s. 205(1)(ix.), 'land' for the purposes of the Act includes land of any tenure, and mines and minerals, whether or not held apart from the surface, buildings or parts of buildings (whether the division

Manor

in fee simple or many valuable rights which are or may be incident to a manor, such as mines, minerals, lime, clay, stone, gavel pits or quarries, whether under the now enfranchised land or not, rights of

Lot or loth

Lot or loth, the thirteenth dish of lead in the mines of Derbyshire, which belonged to the Crown.

Maintenance

the marriage, Sheshappa Shetty v. Kijanar Devaraja Shetty, AIR 1926 Mad 723. The words 'requiring the maintenance in mines' of 'suitable rooms' must surely include, where there are no such rooms, their construction and then their maintenance,

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