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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

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

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

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Lanceti

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

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

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

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

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

Negotiable instruments

and not to him or his order, it is nevertheless payable to him or his order at his option. (2) A negotiable instrument may be payable to two or more payees jointly, or it may be made

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