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nonfeasance

nonfeasance [non- + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Anglo-French fesance, from Old French faisance act, from fais-, stem

Residence

certain portion of the value of his benefice. It is further provided that annual returns of residents and non-residents must be made to the Sovereign in Council; and that in case of non-residence, the bishop, instead of … with a considerable measure of continuance, Paster J.S. Singh v. Jyotsana Singh, AIR 1982 MP 122 [See Divorce Act, 1869, s. 3(3)] Residence, is generally understood as referring to a person in connection with the place where

Non-commissioned officer

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Forfeiture

waiver, otherwise it will be no waiver. Relief against forfeiture of the lease, where the breach was by non-payment of rent, was granted by courts of equity from very early times. Relief may be granted under the … Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title,

Misfeasance and non-feasance

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Births, Marriages, and Deaths

registrar, or any other person who shall for the time being have the keeping of the register books. Non-Parochial Registers.--By the (English) Non-Parochial Registrars Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92), provision is made for depositing

Administrator

either sex, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 46. A Creditor may obtain a Grant of Administration if none of the persons entitled to the estate are willing to apply (Probate Rules, 120). Where the estate is … to in clause (a) of section 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 (58 of 2002). [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 80C(8)(i)]. Administrator means a person appointed by competent authority

Industrial dispute

employers, or between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or with the conditions of labour, of any persons. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947,

Sunday

Act, 1677 (29 Car. 2, c. 7, infra), 'the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday.' It is a dies non juridicus, but an arrest for crime can be effected on this day; and bail can arrest their principal,

Impossibility

contract to do a thing which is absolutely impossible by its nature, such contract will not bind him--lex non cogit ad impossibilia, e.g., where the subject-matter has perished before date of contract, or never existed [see (English) … e.g., where the subject-matter has perished before date of contract, or never existed [see (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 6; and Conturier v. Hastie, (1852) 8 Ex 43 & HLC 673]; but where the contract

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