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Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874
decoration forbidden by law has been introduced into such church; or (2) that the incumbent has within the preceding twelve months used or permitted to be used in such church or burial ground any unlawful ornament of
Tithe Rent-Charge
average price of wheat, barley, and oats for seven years, ending on the Thursday before Christmas then next preceding; every rent-charge then was deemed of the value of as many hundred weights of 112 lbs. of wheat,
Contingency with a double aspect
maybe termed an alternative interest. This is an 'interest that is only to vest in case the next preceding interest should never vest in any way, through the failure of the contingency on which such preceding interest
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dictum
case or necessary for determining the rights of the parties involved called also obiter dictum compare holding, judgment, precedent, stare decisis NOTE: Dicta have persuasive value in making an argument, but they are not binding as precedent.
nonacquiescence
nonacquiescence : an administrative agency's disagreement with and refusal to follow judicial precedent in cases before the agency to which the precedent applies
Debenture
word 'debenture' is of ancient origin and appears to have been in use five centuries ago (Palmer's Company Precedents, Pt. III., p. 1); and a document which, though it mentions to security and is only a promise
Covenant
inwords. Express covenants are taken more strictly than implied. As to what covenants shall be construed to be precedent or not, it has been laid down that the dependene or independene of covenants must be collected from
Ratio decidendi
judgment based on the combined effect (i) and (ii) above. However, for the purposes of the doctrine of precedents, ingredients No. (ii) is the vital element in the decision. This indeed is the ratio decidendi. It is
Preference
India, AIR 1984 SC 200: (1984) 1 SCC 107. The expression 'preference' amongst others means prior right, advantage, precedence etc. It signifies that other things being equal, one will have preference over the others, Sher Singh v.
Executed consideration
then executory. With respect to an executed consideration, the rule is, that if it were not at the precedent request, express or implied, of the promiser, but a merely voluntary courtesy, it will not suffice to support
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