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custody
is made c : official restraint on freedom (as by arrest or imprisonment or by release on bail, personal recognizance, probation, or parole) compare arrest constructive custody : custody of a person (as a parolee) who is … person or authority over something or someone: as a : supervision and control over property that usually includes liability for damage that may occur b : care and maintenance of a child that includes the right to
Bastard
AFFILIATION. Until the Legitimacy Act,1927, was passed, a bastard had no claim to succession to the real or personal property of his parents. By s. 9 that Act provides for the succession of an illegitimate child to … a bastard cannot validly contract with another person for the transfer to that person of her rights and liabilities in respect of the child, Humphereys v. Polak and Wife, (1901) 2 KB 385, but sine the (English)
Accident
certain conditions are (1) lost or destroyed documents. (2) Imperfect execution of powers. (3) Erroneous payments, e.g., by personal representatives. In logic, something, in any subject, person, or thing not belonging to the essence. See ESSENCE. The … damage to any property but does not include an accident by reason only of war or radioactivity. [Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991), s. 2 (a)] Means an explosion of a boiler or steam-pipe or
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Legal right
an advantage or benefit conferred upon a person by a rule of law. Immunity in short is no liability. It is an immunity from the legal power of some other person. The correlative of immunity is disability. … its wider sense, a legal right has to be understood as any advantage or benefit conferred upon a person by a rule of law; there are legal rights which are not enforceable, though recognized by the law;
Public trustee
sums required to discharge any liability which the Public trustee, if he were a private trustee, would be personally liable to discharge (s. 7). By s. 13 an investigation and audit of trust accounts may be made
dischargeable debt
dischargeable debt A debt for which the Bankruptcy Code allows the debtor's personal liability to be eliminated. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
objection to dischargeability
objection to dischargeability A trustee's or creditor's objection to the debtor being released from personal liability for certain dischargeable debts. Common reasons include allegations that the debt to be discharged was incurred by false
piercing the corporate veil
piercing the corporate veil The judicial act of imposing personal liability on otherwise immune corporate officers, directors and shareholders for a corporation's fraudulent or wrongful acts. Source: FindLaw
Book of account
be treated as a book of accounts, the entry therein cannot become the sole premise to charge a person with liability, Manish Dixit v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 2001 SC 93 (97): (2001) 1 SCC 596. Evidence
Contribution
Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, (66 of 1957), s. 115(4)(a), Proviso] The performance by each of two or more persons, jointly liable by contract or otherwise, of his share of the liability. It frequently arises between sureties, who
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