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powers are given or acquired at common law or by custom or by charter, the corporation is a person at common law and may do anything which an ordinary person can do [Wenlock (Baroness) v. River Dee

Protest

liability of the shipowner or the charterer, etc. Also, an objection made to a proceeding in which the person protesting is by force of circumstances obliged to take part against his will, see Voinet v. Barrett, (1885) … ship, or to the cargo, or other circumstances calculated to affect the liability of the shipowner or the charterer, etc. Also, an objection made to a proceeding in which the person protesting is by force of circumstances

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Person

bear scrutiny when construed in the case of a company, a firm of partners or an association of persons, J.K. Industries Ltd. v. Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, (1997) SCC (205) 1. Person, in an Act … Ord. XLVIIIA, r. 1), and artificial persons are endowed only with the status or capacity conferred by the charter or statute of incorporation, see CORPORA-TION; COMPANY; TRUST CORPORATION. It does not include a body of persons. [Representation

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Advocate

another in the conduct of a suit or action. The term is at the present day confined to persons professionally conducting cases in Court, i.e., Barristers and Solicitors (q.v.). In the English Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, until … exclusive right of acting as counsel. They were members of a college situate at Doctor's Commons, incorporated by charter, June 22, 8 Geo. 3, under the title of 'The College of Doctors of Law exercent in the

Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of … government of the town. Such corporations existed in the chief towns of England (as of other countries) from very early times, deriving their authority from 'incorporating' charters granted by the Crown. The Municipal Corporations Act,1835 (5 & … of other countries) from very early times, deriving their authority from 'incorporating' charters granted by the Crown. The Municipal Corporations Act,1835 (5 & 6 Wm.

Carrier

Carrier, in its general sense, a person who undertakes to transport the goods of other persons from one place to another for hire. It is not, however, every person who undertakes to carry goods … a common carrier. A carrier of passengers is liable only for negligence and not as an insurer, Redhead v. Midland R. Co., (1869) LR 4 QB 379. To bring a person within the description of a common … or not, by whom the aircraft or the ship is owned or chartered. [Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act, 2000 (52 of 2000), s. 2(1)(a)] Means someone

Actuary

The Institute of Actuaries was formed in 1848 and incorporated by royal charter on July 29, 1884. An actuary possessing such qualifications as may be … acts and constitutions of the Lower House of Convocation; or a registrar in a Court Christian. Especially a person skilled in calculating the value of life interests, annuities, and insurances. The (English) Local Government and other Officers' … Lower House of Convocation; or a registrar in a Court Christian. Especially a person skilled in calculating the value of life interests, annuities, and insurances. The (English) Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922 (12 &

Physician

Oxford. The superintendence of the bishops was taken away by a royal charter dated 23rd September, 1858 (10 Hen. 8), which incorporated the physicians. By … in the statute-book; for by the still unrepealed 3 Hen. 8, c. 11, it is enacted, that no person within London or seven miles thereof, shall practise as a physician or surgeon without examination and licence of … assisted by the faculty); or beyond these limits without licence from the bishop of his diocese or his vicar-general similarly assisted, sav-ing the privileges of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. The superintendence of the bishops was

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