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Fiduciary
Fiduciary [fr. fiduciarius, Lat.], one who holds anything in trust. See TRUST. One who owes to another the duties of good faith, trust confidence, and candor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 640
Family
Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2(h)]. A group consisting of parents and their children; a group of...
Ex debito justiti'
Ex debito justiti'. From what is owed by justice, or of right. Said of a remedy which the Court has no discretion to refuse.
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Citizen
Citizen, in relation to a country specified in the first Schedule, means a person who under the citizenship or nationality law for the time being in force in that country, is a citizen or national of...
Debenture
Debenture [fr. debeo, Lat., to owe] may be defined generally as a charge in writing [not necessarily sealed, see British India, etc., Co. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue, (1881) 7 QBD 165] of certain pro-perty with...
Creditor
Creditor [Lat.], one who trusts or gives credit, correlative to debtor. A creditor is entitled to take out letters of administration if there be no next of kin, or the next of kin will not. And...
Court-baron
Court-baron, a court which, before 1926 (see COPYHOLDS), although not one of record, was incident to every manor, and could not be severed therefrom. It was ordained for the maintenance of the services and duties stipulated...
Consignation
Consignation [fr. Consigno, Lat., to write down], the deposit of a thing owed with a third person, under the authority of the Court, Civil Law.
Consideration
Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment...
Common duty of care
Common duty of care, terms: (1) An occupier of premises owes the same duty, the 'common duty of care' to all his visitors, except insofar as he is free to and does extend, restrict, modify or...
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