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Landlord and tenant
or agreement, the landlord is not liable for any repairs and the tenant is liable to use the premises in a tenant-like manner and to restore the premises to the landlord at the end of the term … title), and Jones v. Phillips and Green, (1925) 1 KB 659, as to the difference between the landlord's liability to repair under the Housing Act of 1925, and a tenant's undertaking to keep and leave in good
Material alteration
mean important alterations, such as those which materially or substantially change the front or the structure of the premises. It may be that such alterations in a given case might not cause damage to the premises or … Material alteration, A material alteration is one which varies the rights, liabilities, or legal position of the parties as ascertained by the deed in its original state, or otherwise varies
Workman
the process is to be carried out either in the home of the out-worker or in some other premises, not being premises under the con-trol and management of the principal employer. [Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, … labour, clerical work or otherwise, and whether the contract is expressed or implied, oral or in writing. [Employers' Liability Act, 1938 (24 of 1938), s. 2 (a)] A person doing clerical work in the industry was treated
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Owner
(Amendment) Act (5 Edw. 7, c. ccix.), 'the person for the time being receiving the rack-rent of the premises in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee, … charge of, and is responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company. [Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, s. 2 (g)] Means the person who lets or has let, delivers or has delivered
Gaming or gambling
to 20l. for a subsequent one any licensed person who suffers gaming or any unlawful game on his premises or suffers them to be used for betting; but to play whist for prizes not contributed to by … by s. 18 wagers are declared to be irrecoverable at law, and wagering contracts void. As to the liability of a bankrupt for gambling or rash and hazardous speculation, see (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 157. And
Horses
person being the owner of a stallion to travel it for service or to exhibit it on any premises not in his occupation with a view to its use for service unless the stallion is licensed. Consult, … as to these Acts, Moran v. Pitt, (1873) 42 LJ QB 47. As to the limitation of the liability of railway and canal companies for the carriage of horses, see s. 7 of the Railway and Canal
Assignment
estate or right therein', Gopal Saran v. Satyanarayan, AIR 1989 SC 1141 (1148): (1989) 3 SCC 56. [Rajsthan Premises Control of Rent and Eviction Act (17 of 1950), s. 13 (1) … a pouper or other man of straw, Fagg v. Dobie, (1838) 3 Y.& C. 96, and thus escape liability on the covenants in the lease, though he is usually made liable, on a covenant of indemnity in
Deed
of the conveying parties. All the parts which have been enumerated are as a whole technically denominated 'the premises' (pr'missa) or the matters which precede. The premises should name all the parties, as well active as passive, … a trust, or any authority by a letter of attorney, or if he executes the deed, undertake any liability therein expressed to be undertaken by him, Halsbury, L. of Eng 'Deeds.' Under a deed-poll any person sufficiently
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