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Payable on demand
Payable on demand, The words 'payable on demand' in a promissory note mean payable 'at once'. Ajyappankutty v. Mathoo Mathai, AIR 1955 Trav 65 (66). (Travancore Cochin Stamp Act, 1899, … for payment is made'. The words 'on demand' in law have a special meaning and when an agreement states that an amount is payable on demand. It implies that it is always payable, that is payable forthwith
Bank
overdraft) and other transactions such as the discounting of bills, dealing in foreign exchange, United Dominions Trust Ltd. v. Kinkwood, (1966) 2 QB 451. The national banks are now: (1) the Bank of England, regulated by the … business of the British Government, acting not only as an ordinary bank, but as a great engine of state. As to the position and functions of the bank in modern times, consult Bagehot's 'Lombard Street.' As to
will
form regardless of the location of its execution or the assets, nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator NOTE: A properly executed international will is still subject to local probate laws; the validity deriving from adherence to … this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many states provided it meets statutory requirements (as that no important parts have been altered or replaced … in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many states provided it meets statutory requirements (as that no important parts have been
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Marriage
86), the entry to be signed by the clergyman, the parties, and the two witnesses. It may be noted that a clergyman cannot marry himself, Beamish v. Beamish, (1859-61) 9 HLC 274. Special licenses are granted by … order (Marriages) Act, 1905 [amended by the Marriage Validity (Provisional Orders) Act, 1924], by which a Secretary of State may make a Provisional Order, requiring confirmation by an Act, to remove invalidity or doubt 'in the case
Bond
(5)] A bond for the purpose of the Stamp Act is not the same thing as a promissory note. The word 'bond' is not used in s. 2(f) in the special sense in which it has been … debt under seal. See DEED. No technical form of words is necessary to constitute a bond; see Gerrard v. Clowes, (1892) 2 QB 11; Strickland v. Williams, (1899) 1 QB 382. The person giving the bond is … it is section 72 of the Evidence Act which applies which has stated that an attested document not required by law to be attested may
Forgery
created, with a design to defraud. The forged instrument must be false in itself. The mere subscribing a note, given as the party's own, by a fictitious name, was held not to be forgery, Reg. v. Martin, … a document identified by number or mark, the number or any distinguishing mark identifying the document, is falsely stated therein' (s. 1). It is immaterial in what language the document is expressed or in what place it
interest
remainder or reversion that may take effect upon the divesting of a prior interest or one created simultaneously NOTE: Unlike a remainder, an executory interest does not require the expiration of a prior interest. It was designed … attention: as a : a principle, purpose, or object of concern compelling state interest : a governmental interest (as in educating children or protecting the … 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
Code
High Court subject to the previous approval of the Government of the State. S. 127 provided that the rules as made and approved shall have … & 46 Vict. c. 61)''an Act to codify the law relating to Bills of Exchange, Cheques, and Promissory Notes'; the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39)''an Act to declare and amend the law … under his administration are sometimes confusedly designated by the name of the Code Napoleon, Life of Napoleon, by Vieusseux; Myer's Esprit des Institutions Judiciaries. There are English translations of the Code Civil by H. Cachard (1895), and
trust
of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary … which the named beneficiaries receive a fixed payment of not less than five percent of the fair market value of the original principal over the course of a specified period after which the remaining principal passes to … kept secret oral trust : a trust created by the settlor's spoken statements esp. for the purpose of transferring real property as part of an
Costs
but must be exercised judicially (see Sharpe v. Wakefield, 1891 AC 173, and cases referred to in the notes in Annual Practice to the abovementioned rule). For the cases in which a judge sitting without a jury … be so directed to be paid are such sums as, subject to the regulation of the Secretary of State under this Act, appear to the court reasonably sufficient to compensate the prosecutor for the expenses properly incurred
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