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Tort

between tort and contract is not a logical one and it is sometimes difficult to say whether a particular thing is a wrong or a breach of contract. If the claim of the plaintiff had been set

Tenancy in Common

from a joint-tenancy in this respect: joint-tenants have one estate in the whole, and no estate in any particular part; they have the power of alienation over their respective aliquot parts, and by exercising that power, may

Summary jurisdiction

committing him for trial by a jury. The mode of exercising this latter jurisdiction, which is given in particular instances by very numerous particular statutes, is generally regulated by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, 1848 and 1879. Several

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Sessions of the peace

of two or more justices, held not of their own mere motion and private agreement, but on a particular occasion for the execution of some given branch of their authority, after reasonable notice to all the other

Status - capacity

capacity and incapacities, but it does not directly compel the holder to do or refrain from doing any particular act. Capacity, on the other hand, is a legally conferred power to affect the rights of oneself and

Springing use

of taking efect by vesting as a remainder before or Enquiry Officer instanti with the determination of a particular freehold estate. The Statute of Uses has been repealed by the Law of Property Act, 1925, which also

Specific

1980 SC 2147: (1981) 1 SCC 107: (1981) 1 SCR 1196. 1. Of relating to, or designating a particular or defined thing; explicit 2. Of or relating to particular named thing 3. Conformable to special require-ment, Black's

Special or local law

the word 'local' has reference to area or territory. A special law is a law relating to a particular subject while a local law is a law confined to a particular area or territory, Justiniano Augusto De

Special law

Special law, a 'special law' is a law applicable to a particular subject. [Indian Penal Code, s. 41] --the expression special law means a provision of law, which is not

Special and special reasons

out of the ordinary (See Words and Phrases, Permanent Edition, Volume 39A, p. 82) Webster defines 'special as particular; peculiar; different from others; designed for a particular purpose; occasion, or person; limited in range; confined to a

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