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Bill

no Bill involving finance may be introduced in the House of Lords and in practice only routine and non-controversial Legislation is initiated in the Upper House. The office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth, Philip

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

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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

Book of account

and liabilities of the company: these books are to be open to inspection by the directors-heavy penalties for non-compliance are imposed. The auditors are to have access at all times, s. 134. The expression 'books of accounts'

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

Bleaching and Dyeing

and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22). By Schedule VI., bleaching and dyeing works are a non-textile factory and are defined as 'any premises in which the process of bleaching, beetling, dyeing, calendering, finishing, hooking,

Bill of sale

be made are limited to default in payment of the sum secured, bankruptcy, fraudulent removal of the goods, non-production of receipt for rent, and suffering execution (s. 7); the bill is void unless it be in a

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