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Dispute

Dispute, The meaning of the word 'dispute' is, 'a controversy having both positive and negative aspects. It postulates the assertion of a claim by one party and its denial by the other', Canara … becomes a dispute, McDermott International Inc. v. Burn Standard Co. Ltd., 2006 (2) RAJ 661. [Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, ss. 8, 11, 34] Raised is without laying any basis or placing on record any evidence in

easement

affecting the land of another that would constitute trespass or a nuisance if not for the easement compare negative easement in this entry apparent easement : an easement whose existence is detectable by its outward appearance (as … to reasonably believe that he or she has an interest in the land so that he or she acts or does not act in reliance on that belief easement by implication : an easement that is created

Free-board, or freebord

running along the outside of the boundary fence. The right seems to be of the nature of a negative easement, its essence apparently consisting in the right of the owner of the park to have the strip … solo. Free-board is most commonly found in Leicester-shire and the Midland counties, and is mentioned in local Inclosure Acts, e.g., in the (English) Oadby Inclosure Act (32 Geo. 2, c. 51); but it also occurs elsewhere: thus

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Royal Arms

to use such trade mark. The word 'Royal' may (semble) be used in such a way as to negative any suggestion of the enjoyment of royal patronage [Re Royal Worcester, etc., Application, (1909) 1 Ch 459, per … statutory provisions relating to the unauthorized use of the Royal Arms, namely, s. 68 of the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (see TRADE MARKS), which is as follows:- 68. --If any person, without the authority of His Majesty,

Covenant

inherent that tend to the support of the lan or thing granted,or ae collateral to it; affirmative, or negative; executed, or that which is alreadyd one; executory, or that which is to be done. Shep. Touch. 160; … 31st december, 1881, the real estate became bound as well as the personal estate [s. 58, (English) C. Act, 1881, reproduced and extended by the (English) L.P.Act, 1925, s. 80 (1)], descent to heir being abolished at

Cause of action

the plaintiff to prove, if traversed, in order to support his right to the judgment of the court. Negatively put, it would mean that everything which, if not proved, gives the defendant an immediate right to judgment, … Cause of action, a cause of action is a bundle of facts which are required to be pleaded and proved for

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