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Cancellation

upon an instrument, each or every stamp is to be cancelled in the manner aforesaid. (3) Penalty from non-cancellation. Every person who, being required by law to cancel an adhesive stamp, neglects or refuses duly and effectually

Calumnia

Calumnia, the offence of a man who, in the language of Gaius, intelligit non recte se agere sed vexandi adversarii gratia actionem instituit, Sand. Just.

Bye-law

something to be done or not to be alone and accompanied by some sanction or penalty for its non-observance, Kruse v. Johnson, (1898) 2 QB 91; DPP v. Hutchinson, (1990) 2 All ER 836. Means a rule

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Business names

unless carried on in their true names. 'Business' includes profession. The Act imposes penalties for any period of non-registration or fraud when furnishing any statement required by the Act. S. 8 provides that any firm or person,

Business connection

trading activity within the territories, the relation between the two contributing to the earning of income by the non-resident in his trading activity, CIT v. R.D. Aggarwal and Co., AIR 1965 SC 1526 (1531): (1965) 1 SCR

Burden of proof

by the party who asserts the affirmative, according to the civil law maxims, Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, nonqui negat; Actori incumbit onus probandi; and Affirmanti non neganti incumbit probatio. The burden of proof lies on the

Bruton error

Bruton error, is the violation of a criminal defendant's constitutional right of confrontation by admitting into evidence a non-testifying codefendant's confession that implicates a defendant who claims innocence, Bruton v. United States, 391 US 123: 88 SCT

Boundaries

to the owners of both properties in common, see PARTY WALL. Physical boundaries may also be roads or non-tidal streams, see Ad medium fil', or the sea or tidal rives, in which case the high-water mark of

Body

see CORPSE. What constitutes a body has not been judicially defined. There must have been independent life, a non-viable fetus expelled at a stage of pregnancy at which separate existence is impossible does not fall within the

Attache

foreign legation. The privilege of an attache extends to prevent a distress being levied on his furniture for non-payment of rates, Macartney v. Garbutt, (1890) 24 QBD 368.

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