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Cruelty

that it is harmful or injurious for one spouse to live with the other, Dr. N.G. Dastane v. Mr. S. Dastane, (1975) 2 SCC 326: AIR 1975 SC 1534: (1975) 3 SCR 967. --The expression 'cruelty' has

Education

Education. Mr. Forster's Elementary Education Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), is the starting point in the … Education. Mr. Forster's Elementary Education Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), is the starting point in the history of the provision by legislation of a general system

Barrister, or Barrastor

the rule of etiquette was beneficial, and ought to be maintained; and the correspondence between the Attorney-General and Mr. Yerburgh, M.P. (Solicitors' Journal, July 7, 1888), where, however, an important distinction is drawn between contentious and non-contentious … counsel for his advocacy is not binding, see Re Le Brasseur & Oakley, (1896) 2 Ch 487; Kennedy v. Broun, (1863) 13 CBN S 677, where the whole law on the subject of counsel's fees is elaborately

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National insurance

National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering both ill-health and unemployment, which is based … the third contained miscellaneous provisions. This Act remained the basis of National Health Insurance, although the subject of very extensive amendment, until the National Health Insurance Act, 1924, consolidated the law. The law has been consolidated again

Frauds, Statute of

by the Irish Parliament in 7 Wm. 3, c. 12, applies generally to the British colonies, and, remarks Mr. Chancellor Kent (2 Com. 494, n. (d), 'carries its influence through the whole body of American juris-prudence, and … the statute was to take away the facilities for fraud and the temptation to perjury which arose in verbal obligations, the proof of which depended upon unwritten evidence. The greater part of the Statute of Frauds has

Contingent remainder

Before the Act of 1877 (English) was passed the rules for the creation of a contingent remainder, said Mr. Joshua Williams, might be reduced to two:-- 1. The seisin, or feudal possession, must never be without an … settlement under s. 1 (ii) of the (English) S.L. Act, 1925. See SETTLED LAND. In Smith d. Dormer v. Parkhurst, (1740) 18 Vin. Abr. 413; 6 Bro. Cas. Par. 351, the Court held that, in every case

Incorporated Law Society

Incorporated Law Society, now termed the Law Society, was founded by Mr. Bryan Holme in 1825, and incorporated in 1831 by Royal Charter; this was surrendered for a new Charter … was made registrar of attorneys and solicitors in 1843 by the (English) Solicitors Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 73), s. 21. On the decay of the Inns of Chancery, which in their later aspect were

Oath

Court of justice, could not affirm under this Act, Clarke v. Bradlaugh, (1881) 7 QBD 38, and in Mr. Bradlaugh's case the House of Commons, when he was first elected, refused to allow him to make oath,

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

has also been recognized by Starkie, Sir John Holker, and Chief Baron Pollock; and even Blackstone,with whom, as Mr. Lecky has observed, admiration of our national jurisprudence was almost a foible, passed some severe criticisms on the … 'A person convicted' includes a person who, upon the trial of an indictment, has been found insane, R. v. Ireland, (1910) 1 KB 654. The Court has power [s. 4, see R. v. Ettridge, (1909) 2 KB

Remainder

act of parties. it may be granted over, charged, devised, or barred by a prior tenant in tail. Mr. Burton (Comp. Pl. 28) thus indicates the difference between a reversion and a remainder: 'If the gift were … you for your life,' the reversion in fee-simple would remain in the feoffor. But this consequence would be varied if the gift were 'to you for your life, and after your decease to A. and his heirs

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