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Mise [Fr., mise, mise en gage, stake-money], disbursement, costs; also a tax or tallage, etc.' also, the issue in a writ of right. It is sometimes corruptly used for measeor mees-i.e., a messuage....
Land Commissioners
Land Commissioners, the title by the (English) Settled Land Act, 1882, s. 48, of the Commissioners formerly called 'The Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioners.' By s. 26 of that Act, a certificate of these Commissioners that an 'improvement' within that Act has been effected is, in the absence of an Order of the Court, an authority to trustees to pay for the improvement out of 'capital money,' and by s. 28 a tenant for life must maintain and repair an 'improvement' at his own expense during such period, if any, as the Commissioners by certificate in any case prescribe.All powers and duties of the Land Commissioners were transferred to the Board of Agriculture by the (English) Board of Agriculture Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30)....
Homo economicus
Homo economicus, denotes 'man with the money'. 'Homo Economicus can no longer warp the social order' [LIC of India v. D.J. Bahadur, AIR 1980 SC 2181, para 45]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
Exchange, Deed of
Exchange, Deed of [fr. excambium, Lat.], an original Common Law conveyance, for the reciprocal transfer of interests ejusdem generis, as fee simple for fee simple, legal estate for legal estate, copyhold for copyhold of the same manor, and the like the one in consideration of the other. It takes place between two distinct contracting parties only, although several persons may compose each party. The operative and indispensable verb was 'exchange,' which no longer implies a general warranty or right of re-entry [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 59, replacing Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 4]. An actual entry upon the pro-perty exchanged by the parties themselves to the deed was essential. The exchange was void if either party died before entry, for, under such cir-cumstances, the parties had no freehold in them, for the heir could not enter and take as a purchaser, because he took under the deed, only by way of limitation in course of descent, but by the L.P. Act, 1925, s....
Dog stealing
Dog stealing is punishable on summary conviction, for the first offence, by six months' imprisonment and hard labour, or fine not exceeding 20l. beyond the value of the dog. A second offence is, however, an indictable misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding eighteen months. Similar punishment is provided for persons found in possession of dogs or their skins, knowing them to have been stolen, and a justice may order the restoration of the stolen property to the owner. Corruptly taking money or reward, to aid in the recovery of a stolen dog, is punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour for eighteen months. Dogs are not the subject of larceny at common law. See (English) Larceny Act, 1861, ss. 18, 19, 21 and 22; Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 5 and 48, and Sched...
Decies tantum
Decies tantum, a writ which lay against a juror, who had taken money of either party for giving his verdict, to recover ten times the sum taken, 38 Edw. 3, c. 12, repealed by 6 Geo. 4, c. 50, s. 62....
bribe
bribe : a benefit (as money) given, promised, or offered in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust (as an official or witness) compare kickback vt bribed brib·ing : to influence (a person) by giving a bribe ...
Collatio bonorum
Collatio bonorum (a contribution of goods). Where a portion or money, advanced by the father to a son or daughter, is brought into hotchpot (q.v.), in order to have an equal distributory share of his personal estate at his death, according to the intent of the Statutes 22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10 (the Statute of Distribution). Repealed and replaced by the (English) Administration of Estates Act 1925, ss. 46, 47, and 49...
Borough Fund
Borough Fund, the revenues of a municipal borough derived from the rents and produce of the land, houses, and stocks belonging to the borough in its corporate capacity, and supplemented where necessary by a borough rate. See ss. 138-144 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, which specifies the purposes to which it is legally applicable, and allows (s. 141) orders of a town council for payment of money out of it to be questioned by the High Court on certiorari....
Banking
Banking, means the accepting, for the purpose of lending or investment, of deposits of money from the public, repayable on demand or otherwise, and withdrawal by cheque, draft, order or otherwise. [Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), s. 5 (b)]The expression 'banking' in Entry 45, List I means all forms of business which since the introduction of western methods of banking in India, banking institutions have been carrying on in addition to banking as defined in S. 5(b) of the Banking Regulation Act, and on that account all forms of business described in S. 6(1) of the Banking Regulation Act in clauses (a) to (n) are, if carried on in addition to the 'hard-core of banking' banking and the Parliament is competent to legislate in respect of that business under Entry 45, List I, Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India, (1970) 1 SCC 248 (280): AIR 1970 SC 564: (1970) 3 SCR 531. (Constitution of India, Sch. VII, List 1, Entry 45)In ordinary parlance 'banking' is business transactions ...
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