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Pedigree [fr. per and degre, Fr.-Skinner], genealogy; lineage; account of descent. Falsifying a pedigree, upon which title does or may depend, is punishable under the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859, s. 24, now L.P. Act, 1925, s. 183 (1) (b); and see the Forgery Act, 1913. As to the admissibility of hearsay evidence in questions of pedigee, see Taylor on Evidence, s. 571; Hubback on Succession, p. 648; and see ACCESS....
Falsification
Falsification.1. Pedigree.--For a vendor or mortgagor or other person disposing of property or any interest therein for money or money's worth to a purchaser of land or chattels real or personal, or for his solicitor or other agent to conceal from the purchaser any instrument or incumbrance material to the title or to falsify any pedigree upon which the title may depend, in order to induce a purchaser or mortgagee or his solicitor to accept the title offered, is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment with or without hard labour, or both, for not more than two years, by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 183, extend-ing the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 24 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Conveyancing'), and the falsifier is also liable to an action for damages by the same enactment. The fiat of the Attorney-General is required before comm-encing a prosecution. [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 183]2. Official Documents.--Making any mat...
Panjis
Panjis, panjis are maintained by Panjikars who are professional genealogists. They systematically maintain pedigree tales in the community of Naithal Brahmins. They go from place to place and periodically ascertain the genealogies of their clients and enter them in Panjis (palm leaf manuscripts of genealogy) and add to them such fresh additions as occur in the family from time to time. They are considered important in this community because questions of marriage (who may marry whom) and relationship and caste turn on them. Statements about pedigree are not therefore lightly made in such cases, Sitaji v. Bijendra Narain Chaudhary, AIR 1954 SC 601 (603). (Evidence Act, 1872, ss. 32, 33)...
Earl marshal
An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials takes cognizance of matters relating to honor arms and pedigree and directs the proclamation of peace and war The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction and he is still the head of the heralds office or college of arms...
Herdbook
A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle also called herd record or herd register...
Pedigree
A line of ancestors descent lineage genealogy a register or record of a line of ancestors...
Pedigree clause
A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications requiring that a material of construction as cement must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years use in an important public work...
Abstract of title
Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., an epitome of the evidence of title to property or power to deal with it.Every purchaser of land or real estate has an implied right to have an abstract of title delivered to him within a reasonable time, Compton v. Bagley, (1892) 1 Ch 313. As to registered land, see the Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 110, and Brickdale and Stewart-Wallace on the Land Registration Act, 1925.An abstract is said to be perfect if it deduces the title from the date fixed by the contract or by statute for its commencement and discloses every incumbrance affecting it, by setting out the material parts of all deeds, wills and other documents, and stating the facts on which it depends: fc. 1 Pres. 42, 207. The statutory period is thirty years,...
Declaration of deceased person
Declaration of deceased person. These declarations are frequently admissible as evidence, e.g., (1) if made in the ordinary discharge of business or duty; (2) if made against interest; (3) on questions of pedigree, if made before the commencement of litigation; (4) if accompanying an act the proof of which is relevant. See DEATHBED DECLARA-TIONS....
Fleet-books
Fleet-books. These books contain the original entries of marriages solemnized in the Old Fleet Prison from 1686 to 1754, but are not, it is said, admissible in evidence to prove a marriage, for they were not made under public authority. But perhaps on a question of pedigree, they ae evidence to show the name by which a woman passed when she was married there. The books are now deposited in the office of the Registrar-General, pursuant to the (English) Non-Parochial Registers Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 92), ss. 6, 23, Taylor on Evid., s. 1430; Hubback on Succession, p. 510....
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