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Reserve Price
not an offer. It is an attempt to ascertain whether an offer can be obtained with a margin, Pollock and Mulla on Indian Contract and Specific Reliefs Acts (2001), 12th Edn., p. 50; see Anil Kr. Srivastava
Prerogative of mercy
Prerogative of mercy. In early times the operation of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy was far wider than at the present day, as it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would...
Possession
the person in 'actual occupation' of the land appears to have been safeguarded by s. 14, ibid. Consult Pollock and Wright's Possession in the Common Law. 'Possession' is a polymorphous term which may have different meanings in
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Partnership
become bankrupt the assets of the partnership vest in the trustee [(English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 127]. Consult Pollock or Lindley on Partnership; Hemmant on Limited Partnerships. Partnership is the relation between persons who have agreed to
Pardon
new credit and capacity. Nevertheless the judgment remains formally unreserved, and therefore it was proposed by Sir F. Pollock, A.-G., that when the Crown pardons any adjudged guilty on the ground that the evidence rightly viewed does
Frauds, Statute of
the debt, etc., of another person, see Guild v. Conrad, (1894) 2 QB 884. See Addison, Leake, or Pollock on Contracts; Chalmers' Sale of Goods; Agnew on the Statute of Frauds; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Frauds.'
Lawful, Legal
Lawful, Legal, legal and litigious, Litigious and lawful possession are concepts of varying legal shades deriving their colour from the setting in which they emerge. Epithet used itself indicates the filed in which they operate. The...
Goods
Co. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue, (1909) 2 KB 604, See also Comment-ary on Sales of Goods Act, Pollock and Mulla. Goods, means all kind of movable property (other than newspapers, actionable claims, stocks and shares and
Ex delicto
(1) trespass on the case; (2) trespass; (3) trover; (4) replevin. Consult Addison, or Clerk and Lindsell, or Pollock on Torts.
Double or treble costs
Double or treble costs have been frequently granted by statute, e.g., to successful defendants in actions for irregular distress, by the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 20. The true...
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