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Forgery, fraud
Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, Internatio-nal Education, 'Forgery' is defined as: 'The act of falsely making or materially altering, was intent to defraud; any writing which, if genuine, might be of legal efficacy or the foundation of a legal … Forgery, fraud, Forgery has its origin in the French word 'Forger', which signifies 'to frame or fashion a thing as the smith doth his
Consolidation of mortgages
his hands which might be very insufficiently secured. But though the doctrine was not unfair or unreasonable as originally applied, it came to be extended to cases where, owing to devolutions of title having taken place, its … of them are or is made after the 31st December, 1881), but only in cases where a contrary intention is not expressed in the mortgage deeds or one of them, and it is not unusual to exclude
Domicile and residence
a commercial, a political or forensic domicile. 'Domicile' may also take many colours; it may be domicile of origin, domicile of choice, domicile by operation of law or domicile of dependence. In Private International Law domicile' jurisprudentially … a person must have a permanant home in Chandigarh or he has been there for years with the intention to live there permanently or indefinitely, Chandigarh Housing Board v. Gurmit Singh, (2002) 2 SCC 29.
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Armour and arms
or uses in anger, to strike or cast at another. Arms are also insignia, i.e., ensigns of honour, originally badges assumed by commanders in war and painted on their shields to distinguish them, since they could not … c. 3, prohibits persons going armed under circumstances which may tend to terrify the people or indicate any intention of disturbing the public peace, see R. v. Meade, (1903) 19 TLR 540. The (English) Unlawful Drilling Act,
Confusion, property by
allows no remedy in such a case, but gives the entire property without any account to him whose original dominion or property is invaded, and endeavoured to be rendered uncertain without his consent, 2 Bl. Com. 405. … make rules as to the opening and keeping by solicitors of accounts at banks for clients' money. The intention is to keep such accounts separate. The general rule, that, as against an agent who has mixed the
Fraud
Norreys, (1890) 15 App Cas 210; see also LACHES. Constructive fraud. Such acts or contracts as, though not originating in any actual evil design or contrivance to perpetrate fraud or injury upon others, yet, by their tendency … fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be
Merger
vested estate or contingent remainder created in the same instant of time and by the same means which originated the other estate; and the determination or acquisition of an intermediate estate may be the cause of merger, … to be merged or extinguished inequity. In equity merger is, and always has been, a question of the intention of the parties, Capital, etc., Bank v. Rhodes, (1903) 1 Ch 652. As to the merger of charges
murder
compare misdemeanor-manslaughter at manslaughter NOTE: Felony murder is usually considered first-degree murder. Felony murder does not require specific intent to kill, and an accessory to the felony may also be charged with the murder. a murder that … murder [partly from Old English morthor; partly from Old French murdre, of Germanic origin] the crime of unlawfully and unjustifiably killing another under circumstances defined by statute (as with premeditation) ;esp such
Rape
(1891) 2 QB 149]. See ABUSING CHILDREN. In order to find an accused guilty of an attempt with intent to commit a rape, court has to be satisfied that the accused, when he laid hold of the … Sussex, similar to that of a hundred, but oftentimes containing in it more hundreds than one. It was originally a military government. 2. The carnal knowledge of a woman by force against her will was for a
trust
beneficiaries receive a fixed payment of not less than five percent of the fair market value of the original principal over the course of a specified period after which the remaining principal passes to charity charitable remainder … trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are
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