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Judgment
any ground. ss. 22 and 23 of the Code apply only to cases where the plaintiff has the option to sue in two or more Courts. Under ss. 22 and 23, High Court can transfer a suit
Jeux de bourse
Jeux de bourse, mean 'games of the stock exchange. Speculation in stock or bonds, as by dealing in options or futures. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 840. Jeux de bourse, speculating in the public funds or
Fines in copyholds
the exercise of this arbitrary power, except on voluntary grants, for then it is altogether in the lord's option. If the fine be certain, the tenant should come prepared to pay it, but the lord cannot refuse
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Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale
a contract of hire-purchase is properly speaking a contract of hire by which the hirer is granted an option to buy but is not, as under a contract of sale, under a legal obligation to do so.
Hard labour
'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, the imprisonment may, in the discretion of the court, be either with or without hard
Fixtures
due, etc., avoiding or making good damage, giving the landlord notice before removal, and allowing the landlord an option of purchase. The Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875, s. 53, and the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1851 (14 &
Dog
destruction of a dangerous dog by order of a Court of Summary Jurisdiction without giving the owner the option of keeping it under control, Pickering v. Marsh, (1874) 43 LJ MC 143; Lockett v. Withey, (1909) 99
Leise back
Leise back, means the sale of property on the understanding, or with the express option, that the seller may lease the property from the buyer immediately upon the sale. Also termed sale and
Leave to defend
quit, or has become liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent, the writ of summons may, at the option of the plaintiff, be specially endorsed with or accompanied by a statement of his claim as of the
Usury
use of a thing (or of money) lent; but, secondly, to hope for a certain return at the option of the party who borrowed, this is not vicious.) The term is usually applied to the taking of
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