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Annuity
construction which the Court will give to the grant. In a will an annuity of this kind in prima facie personalty, but the word annuity may also be construed as a charge upon lands out of which the … personal estate if the technical words 'heirs of the body' or 'in tail' are used. Testamentary annuities are prima facie considered to be payable out of income and for the life of the annuitant only, but the source
Habitual criminal
or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be a continuity in the commission of those offences, Ayub Pappubhan Navab Khan Pathan v. S.N. … or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be continuity in commission of those offences, R. Kalavathi v. State of Tamil Nadu, (2006) 6
Income
Madras, AIR 1967 SC 814: (1967) 1 SCR 950. It would not, however, be wrong to say that prima facie premium or salami is not income and it would be for the income-tax authorities to show that facts … or (b) his investment. A receipt from windfall, or gains of graft, crime or immoral secretions by persons prima facie would not be receipt from the 'known sources of income' of a public servant, State of Madhya Pradesh
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Land grabber
alleged to be grabbed that he cannot be brought within the mischief of the said expression. A mere prima facie bona fide claim to the land alleged to be grabbed by such a person, cannot avert being roped … the ambit of the expression 'land grabber'. What is germane is lawful entitlement to and not a mere prima facie bona fide claim to the land alleged to be grabbed, Konda Lakshmana Bapuji v. Government of Andhra Pradesh,
Prescription
as follows:-- (1) Claims to right of common and other profits a prendre (except tithes and rent) are prima facie indefeasible after thirty years' uninterrupted enjoyment, and absolutely indefeasible after sixty years, except by showing that the enjoyment … was by some agreement in writing. (2) Claims to ways or 'other' easements or use of water are prima facie indefeasible after twenty years' uninterrupted enjoyment, and absolutely indefeasible after forty years, except by showing that the enjoyment
Water and watercourse
tide of the case flows, presumably belongs to the Crown) the proprietor of each bank is considered as prima facie the proprietor also of half the land covered by the stream, i.e., usque ad medium filum aqu'. A … proprietor also of half the land covered by the stream, i.e., usque ad medium filum aqu'. A pre-scriptive prima facie right affecting watercourses or waterways (q.v.) is gained by twenty years' un-interrupted enjoyment, and an indefeasible right after
ex facie
Matched in: Term ex facie
Marriage
together as man and wife, and have been so treated by their friends and neighbours, there is a prima facie presumption that they really are and have been what they profess to be' [The Bredalbane Case, (1867) LR
Inspection of written documents
equitable jurisdiction, order inspection of specific documents. By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXI., rr. 15-18, either party is prima facie as a matter of right entitled to inspect (after notice) documents referred to in the pleadings or affidavits
Justices
(1) To commit offenders to trial before a judge and jury, upon being satisfied that there is a prima facie case against them. This power is chiefly regulated by 'Jervis's Act' (No. 1), 11 & 12 Vict. c.
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