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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,

Goodwill

as contrasted with negative advantage that has been acquired in carrying on the business whether connected with the premises of business or its name or style, everything connected with or carrying the benefit of the business, Ramnik

Residential occupier

Residential occupier, means a person who resides or is usually resident in premises used for the purposes of a private dwelling, and having at the relevant date a rateable value not

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Workshop

works, rope works, bakehouses, lace warehouses, shipbuilding works quarries, pit banks, dry-cleaning, carpet-beating, and bottle-washing works, and any premises named in Part II. of the 6th Schedule, not being a 'factory' where manual labour is used for

Statutory tenant

Statutory tenant, a person remaining in occupation of premises let to him after the determination of or expiry of the period of the tenancy is commonly, though

Caveat viator

beware), meaning that he must use reasonable care for his own safety; but a traveller or passer-by on premises on or over which he has a right to be or to pass is entitled to be protected

Mesne profits, action of

from land, whilst the possession of it has been improperly withheld: that is, the yearly value of the premises. 'Mesne profits are the rents and profits which a trespasser has, or might have, received or made during

Distress

If a tenant, aftr his rent is in arrear, fradulently or clandestinely remove his own chattels off the premises, and does not leave thereon sufficient to meet the arrears, Tomlinson v. Consolidated Credit Corporation, (1889) 24 QBD

Ejectment

(John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a term of years had been made by the party claiming the title (who was

Electoral franchise

a qualifying period of six months in any one constituency or contiguous constituency, or the occupation of business premises of 10l. annual value for the same period (s. 1). The (English) Representation of the People (Equal Franchise)

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