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guardian

interests of a minor, a person not yet born, or a person judged incompetent guardian by nature : natural guardian in this entry natural guardian : a guardian by natural relationship having custody of the person but … guardian : one who has or is entitled or legally appointed to the care and management of the person or property of another compare committee, conservator, curator, receiver, tutor guardian ad li·tem [-ad-lī-təm, -Ä d-lē-tem] : a

Producer

produces the goods and includes the person who processes or packages such goods; (ii) if such goods are natural goods, exploits the goods; (iii) if such goods are handicraft or industrial goods, makes or manufacture the goods, … Producer, in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, means a person who takes the initiative and responsibility for making the work. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2

Bastard

acquire one (Co. Litt.). A bastard may not marry within the prohibited degrees of relationship, it being the natural relationship which is here considered, R. v. Brighton (Inhabitants), (1861) 1 B&S 447. A bastard has no duties … such period as in the course of nature admitted of his being the father. In the case of persons born in wedlock pater est quem nupti' demonstrant (Co. Litt. 123) (he is the father whom marriage designates);

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Guardian

person of a minor or his property or of both his person and property, and includes: (i) a natural guardian, (ii) a guardian appointed by the will of the minor's father or mother, (iii) a guardian appointed … Guardian, means a person having the care of the person of a minor or his property or of both his person and

Pawn or Pledge

By the pledge of a thing, not only the thing itself is pledged, but also, as accessory, the natural increase thereof. If the pledgor have only a limited title to the thing, as for life or for … relinquished, the right of the pledgee is extinguished or waived. But, in the case of a mortgage of personal property the right of property passes by the conveyance to the mortgagee, and the possession is not or

Whoever

Whoever, includes association of persons, such as firm, and does not connote natural person alone, M/s Rai Bahadur Seth Shreeram Durgaprasad v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1987 SC 1364. The word

juridical person

compare natural person NOTE: The rights and responsibilities of a juridical person are distinct from those of the natural persons constituting it.

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Estate

or in futuro; personal property may also be subject concurrently to a variety of ownerships, according to its nature; technically, in regard to land, the word is used to denote the quantity of interest, e.g., estate in … good legal or equitable estate at the same time; again, estates may be in possession, or in futuro; personal property may also be subject concurrently to a variety of ownerships, according to its nature; technically, in regard

Wills

of the High Court, be provided safe and convenient depositories for the custody of the wills of living persons, and any person may deposit his will therein. And see (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & … to a testament, and to a codicil and to an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power, and to a disposition by will and testament or devise

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