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Load-line

intended that it should not be loaded, as prescribed by the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, i.e., an optional load-line; and this provision of the Act of 1890 was re-enacted by s. 437 of the (English) Merchant

May and must

May and must, The word 'may' implies what is optional, but for the reasons stated, it should in the context in which it appears, mean 'must'. There is

Notice to produce

the party served to make an effectual search, and produce the same at the proper time. It is optional with the party upon whom the notice has been served to produce the instrument required or not. If

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Notice to quit

this notice. Dated this day of 19, A.B. The notice should be clear and certain, neither ambiguous nor optional, Phipps v. Rogers, (1924) 40 TLR 845. Leaving a notice to quit at the tenant's house with a

Personal chattels

Personal chattels, goods, money, or moveables, and see the definitions in the Optional Statutory Forms of Wills prescribed under the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 179, by S.R. & O.,

base price

or services without the additional charges that may be added such as handling or shipping charges sales tax optional equipment charges etc

Custom-house agents

Custom-house agents were persons authorized by the Commissioners of Customs to act for parties at their option in the entry or clearance of ships, and the transaction of general business. They have been abolished for

Husband and wife

summary way (privately, if either party so require) by a judge of the High Court, or (at the option of the applicant irrespectively of the amount in dispute) by the judge of the county Court of the

Lease from month to month

that lease was for a fixed term of five years and the lease would be entered at the option and with of the lessee, Punjab National Bank v. Ganga Narayan Kapur, AIR 1994 All 221. [Transfer of

Lanceti

one day in the week, from Michaelmas to autumn, either with fork spade, or flail, at the lord's option, Spelm.

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