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Citizen
who has acquired the status of citizen by application of the laws of the State providing for the naturalization of persons born in another State, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 95. The modes of
Guardianship
in regard to its person or property, or both. At Common Law, the father is the guardian by nature and nurture but the rights and duties relating to that office have been modified in favour of the … Guardianship. The care of and responsibility for a person of non-age or infancy in regard to its person or property, or both. At Common Law, the father
Personal character and conduct
further elucidation or definition. The character of a person may ordinarily be equated with his mental or moral nature, conduct connotes a person's actions or behaviors', Guruji Shrihari Baliram Jivatode v. Vithalrao, AIR 1970 SC 1841: (1969) … Personal character and conduct, dealing with meaning of the expression 'personal character and conduct' found in s. 123(4), Subba
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Probation
may order payment of such damages and costs by such parent or guardian. See (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 86. The (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 … regard to the character, antecedents, age, health, or mental condition of the person charged, or to the trivial nature of the offence, or to the extenuating circumstances under which the offence was committed, it is inexpedient to
Purchaser
intent that the pedigree may never be carried further back than the circumstances of the case and the nature of the title shall require, the person last entitled to the land (which expression extends to the last … carried further back than the circumstances of the case and the nature of the title shall require, the person last entitled to the land (which expression extends to the last person who had a right thereto, whether
Shares in public undertakings
property. Before 1926 the question whether shares in other under-takings were real or personal property turned upon the nature of the shares-that is, whether the holder could call for a specific part of the land itself or … Act of Parliament in a body corporate, the shares of the individual corporators in the concern itself are personal, not real, estate; for such shares are merely the rights which each individual possesses as a partner to
Predecessor
successor in the case of a corporation sole, as ancestor does to heir in the case of a natural person (Burt. Comp. Pl. 378); the correlative of successor under the (English) Succession Duty Act, 1853, s. 2. … in the case of a corporation sole, as ancestor does to heir in the case of a natural person (Burt. Comp. Pl. 378); the correlative of successor under the (English) Succession Duty Act, 1853, s. 2. Under
Occupation
one's life; the state of being occupied or employed in any way, that activity in which a person, natural or artificial, is engaged with the element of a degree of permanency attached, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 67; … 329: (1969) 3 SCC 419. The establishment and running of an educational institution where a large number of persons are employed as teachers or administrative staff, and an activity is carried on that results in the imparting
Hereditaments
different mode of relation. When applied to realty it generally denotes the subject of property, apart from its nature and extent; but when applied to personality, it does not then denote the subject, but signifies some inheritable … Hereditaments, every kind of property that can be inherited; i.e., not only property which a person has by descent from his ancestors, but also that which he has by purchase, because his heir can
Mixed actions
Mixed actions. Suits at Common Law partaking of the nature of real and personal actions, by which some real property was demanded, and also personal damages for a … Mixed actions. Suits at Common Law partaking of the nature of real and personal actions, by which some real property was demanded, and also personal damages for a wrong sustained, were so
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