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Municipal corporation
by the council. They remain in office six years, one-half of their number going out of office every third year. The mayor is elected for one year by the council from among the aldermen or councillors, or … Municipal corporation. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of regulating the government of the town. Such corporations existed in
Undertaking
business; the business of an undertaker; a business, work, or project which one engages in or attempts, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, See also Mor Modern Coop. Transport Society Ltd. v. Financial Commr. & Secy. to Govt. … Undertaking, denotes 'any business or any work or project which one engages in or attempts as an enterprise analogous to business or trade, Secretary Madras Gymkhana Club Employees Union
Entireties, tenancy by
to a husband and his wife and a third person, the husband and wife, being reckoned only as one person, took one-half and the third person the other half; but under s. 37 of the (English) Law
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per stirpes
the deceased member's share, and dividing it equally among themselves. For example, if a decedent had three children, one of whom had already died leaving issue, the estate would be divided into thirds, with each living child … decedent had three children, one of whom had already died leaving issue, the estate would be divided into thirds, with each living child receiving a one-third share, and the issue of the deceased child dividing a one-third
Council
by the councillors,the term of office of a councillor being three years, and tht of an alderman six. One-third of the councillors go out every year, and one-half of the aldermen (who always number one-third of the
Uses
of any person. this was afterwards broken in upon by statute 12 Ric. 2, c. 3. (10) At one time a use was not assets for the payment of debts by the heir or executor. There appears … to another, by bare words only, without any solemn ceremony or permanent record of the transaction, whereby a third person that had right knew not against whom to bring his action. 'Secondly. Heirs were deprived of their
Desertion
consequence he refuses to live with her, Synge v. Synge, 1901, P. 317. In Scotland, malicious desertion by one spouse of the other for four years is a ground of divorce. It must be shown that there
Gift
gratuitously, and to upon any consideration of blood or money. A similar definition has been given in WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY (Unabridged) where the author defines gift thus: Something that is voluntarily transferred by one person … parting by owner with property without pecuniary consideration. A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, from one person to another, made gratuitously, and to upon any consideration of blood or money. A similar definition has
Occupation
activity in which one engages' or a craft, trade, profession or other means of earning a living, Wester's Third New International Dictionary, p. 1650; see also T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2005) 8 SCC 481. … paragraphs. There is nothing ambiguous about the word 'occupation' as it is used in the sense of employing one's time. It is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its
Borough Council
by the burgesses, and the mayor and aldermen by the council. The councillors are elected for three years, one-third of their number going out annually. The aldermen are elected for six years, one half going out every
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