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Wills

Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable...

Uniformity, Act of, (English) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, 'for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and...

Settled land. For the purposes of the (English) Settled Land Acts, 1882-1890, 'settled land' meant land, and any estate and...

Prize chit, includes any transaction or arrangement by whatever name called under which a person collects whether as a promoter,...

Company [fr. compagnia, Ital., which word is still printed on Bank of England notes as 'compa'], a body of persons...

Pawn or Pledge [fr. pignus, Lat.], a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till...

Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1. Insurance, the act of providing against a possible...

Exchange, a contract of sale denotes a transfer of property in goods by mutual consent. Such a transfer of ownership...

Petroleum, includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does...

Dowry [dos mulieris, Lat.], otherwise called maritagium, or marriage goods, that which the wife brings the husband in marriage. This...