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Dentist

Dentist. The (English) Medical Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90), s. 48, enabled Her Majesty, by charter, to grant to the Royal College of Surgeons of

interest

use and benefit of property [a beneficial interest in the trust] contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling

Curtilage

Sax., place], a courtyard, backside, or piece of ground lying near and belonging to a dwelling-house [see Pilbrow v. Vestry of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, (1895) 1 QB 433]; the limit of the premises in which house-breaking can

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Quota

a particular quantity. Quota is worked out by getting the raw material represented by the quota, Shadi Lal v. Nagin Chand, AIR 1973 SC 776: (1973) 1 SCC 185: (1973) 2 SCR 598.

Res ipsa loquitur

is such as necessarily to involve negligence, e.g., a collision between two trains upon a railway: see Carpue v. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ry. Co., (1844) 5 Ex. 787. Res ipsa loquitur (thing speaks for itself)

Actus curiae neminem gravabit.

gravabit. Jenk. Cent. 119.--(An act of the Court will hurt no person) See Broom's Leg. Max., citing Cumber v. Wane, (1719) 1 Str. 126; 1 Smith L. C., in which it was held that if one party

Law in force

statute being in operation in a constitutional sense though it is not in fact in operation has, no validity, State of Orissa v. Chandra Shekhar Singh Bhoi, (1969) 2 SCC 334: AIR 1970 SC 398 (401). [Constitution

Reserve Forces

Reserve Forces. 1. Army.--The (English) Reserve Forces Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 48), repealing and consolidating the prior Acts on the subject, established an 'Army Reserve' and a 'Militia

Quic quid plantatur (or fixature) solo, solo cedit

Quic quid plantatur (or fixature) solo, solo cedit, the maxim, which is found in English law, viz., 'quicquid plantatur solo, solo, cedit', has at the most only a limited application in India. There is nothing

Abandonment

a wreck, when the thing insured has, by some of the usual perils of the sea, become practically valueless. Upon abandonment, the assured is entitled to call upon the assurers to pay the full amount of the

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