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Children

38 of the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, the evidence of a child not understanding the nature of an oath may be received if he has sufficient intelligence to justify the reception of the evidence

Making a false document

by reason of unsoundness of mind or intoxication cannot or by reason of deception does not know the nature of the document or the nature of alteration [Indian Penal Code, s. 464] … Making a false document, A person is said to make a false document-who dishonestly or fraudulently makes, signs, seals or executes a document with

artificial person

artificial person : legal person compare natural person … artificial person : legal person compare natural person

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legal person

persons or an entity (as a corporation) considered as having many of the rights and responsibilities of a natural person and esp. the capacity to sue and be sued

Annuity

is the grantor, and the lender is the grantee, of such annuity. Government annuities may be purchased by persons wishing to exhaust all or part of their capital in exchange for an annual provision for life. See … is an annuity. If the source of payment is mixed and consists of real and personal estate, its nature will depend upon the construction which the Court will give to the grant. In a will an annuity

Executor

speedily reduce into money the personal assets, when not otherwise directed, especially if they be of a perishable nature. (6) As an executor cannot sue himself, the law now allows him, when he has been legally invested … Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of

Trespass

on the Law of Torts, 17th Edn., 1977). Trespass, signifies any transgression or offence against the law of nature, of society or the country in which we live; whether it relates to a man's person or his … transgression of the law, less than treason, felony, or misprision of either. An unlawful act committed against the person or property of another esp. wrongful entry on another's real property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The action

Ill natured

habitual bad temper having an unpleasant disposition surly disagreeable cross peevish fractious crabbed of people as an ill natured person an ill natured disagreeable old man Opposite of good natured … bad temper having an unpleasant disposition surly disagreeable cross peevish fractious crabbed of people as an ill natured person an ill natured disagreeable old man Opposite of good natured

Maintenance

and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common interest will justify a person or persons jointly subscribing to pay the expenses of a suit, even when it is carried on by a third … residence, education of the children and medical attendance or treatment. The obligation to maintain besides being statutory in nature is also personal in the sense that it arises from the very existence of the relationship between parent

Nuisance

a public--nuisance, and affords ground only for an action of tort. But that which is either in its nature or its consequences an injury or a damage to all persons who come within the sphere of its

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