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Mortgage-deed

be advanced, by way of loan, or an existing or future debt, or the performance of an engagement, one person transfer, or creates, to, or in favour of, another, a right over or in respect of specified

Oppressor

who unlawfully or wrongfully exercises power under colour of authority in a way that causes a person harm; one who commits oppression, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1121

Prize chit

under which a person collects whether as a promoter, foreman, agent or in any other capacity, monies in one lump sum or in instalments by way of contributions or subscriptions or by sale of units, certificates or

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Peers of fees

sit and judge, under their lords, of disputes arising upon fees; but if there were too many in one lordship, the lord usually chose twelve, who had the title of peers, by way of distinction; whence, it

Political offence

sketchy way. It is sufficient to say that politics are about government and therefore, a political offence is one committed with the object of changing the govern-ment of a State or inducing it to change its policy,

Political sufferer

as such on certain rational basis. A person to be a political sufferer must have suffered in any one of the five ways stated in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of clause (b), M. Satyanarayana v. State, AIR … rational basis. A person to be a political sufferer must have suffered in any one of the five ways stated in sub-clauses (i) to (v) of clause (b), M. Satyanarayana v. State, AIR 1986 SC 1162 (1164).

Probationer

way of punishment, Ravendra Chandra v. Union of India, AIR 1963 SC 1552. Means a temporary appointment till one has proved to be fit for the permanent appointment, Nand Shankar v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1957 Raj

Quod a quoquo pane nomine exactum est id eidem restituere nemo cogitur

Quod a quoquo pane nomine exactum est id eidem restituere nemo cogitur (D. 50, 17, 46), no one is obliged to restore that which has been exacted by way of penalty.

Smoking carriages

the Metropolitan Rail-way Company, shall, . . . in every passenger train where there are more carriages than one of each class, provide smoking compartments for each class of passengers, unless exempted by the Board of Trade.

Tailage

Tailage [fr. tailler, Fr.], a piece cut out of the whole; a share of one's substance paid by way of tribute; a toll or tax, Cowel.

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