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General custom of the Punjab

- a general custom applicable to all persons throughout the province, subject (like the English common law) to modification in its application, by a special custom of a class, or by a local custom.' Young C.J., said

Imperial preference

Ottawa Agreements Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), giving effect to the Ottawa Conference by modification of customs duties and providing further for Imperial pre-ference; see also (English) Isle of Man Customs Acts, 1933

Ireland

c. 2, modifies the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, as contemplated in Art. 12 of the Treaty. This modification involved the abolition of the High Court of Appeal for Ireland, and provided for appeal from decisions of

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Law of Property Act, 1925 (English)

of the (English) L.P. Act, 1925). A substantial part of the Law of Property Acts consists of the modifications necessary or to give effect to the changes in the law and to simplify the investigation of title.

Limitation of estate

Limitation of estate, a modification or settlement of an estate determining how long it shall continue, or a qualification of a preceding estate,

Material concealment of facts

would induce him either to refuse to agree to it or not to agree to it except on modification of the terms thereof, Elton v. Larkins, 131 ER 376.

Perpetuity

that age shall be substituted for the age stated in the will, settlement or other instrument. The statutory modification only extends to instru-ments executed after 1925 or to any appointment or bequest by will of a person

Restitution

royal charter of pardon. The word 'restitution' in its etymological sense means restoring to a party on the modification, variation or reversal of a decree what has been lost to him in execution of the decree or

Restrictive Covenant

land for money or money's worth. See also REGISTRATION OF LAND and PRIORITY NOTICE. As to extinction or modification of these covenants, see Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 84, enabling an 'authority,' being one or more

Workmen's Compensation Act

any building, road, bridge or any other immovable property, or manufacture, processing, fabrication, erection, installation, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair, conversion or commissioning of any movable property. [Rajasthan Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act,

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