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Domicile

widest sense must prima facie apply [Re Askew, (1930) 2 Ch 259]. See Dicey's Conflict of Laws; Westlake's Private International Law. Domicile in ordinary legal partance domicile can be defined as an intention to reside in a

Abatement

nuisance to remove or put an end to it by his own act. Nuisances are either public or private. A public nuisance may be abated, that is, taken away or removed, by urban sanitary authorities and other … person seised of the freehold out of possession, Co. Litt. 277a. (2) Abatement of Nuisances.-A remedy allowed by law to a person injured by a nuisance to remove or put an end to it by his own

public law

deals with the relations of individuals with the state and regulates the organization and conduct of government compare private law b : international law regulating the relations among sovereign states or nations as distinguished from private international law

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Information

logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in

private person

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Graveyard

Graveyard, Under the Mahomedan Law the graveyards may be of two kinds - a family or private graveyard and a public graveyard. A graveyard is a private one which is confined only to burial of

Public temple

Public temple, denotes a temple belonging to a family which is a private temple is not unknown to Hindu law. In the case of a private temple it is also not

Mixed hereditament

rateable value of the hereditament attributable to the part of the hereditament used for the purposes of a private dwelling or private dwellings is greater than one-eight. Any part of the hereditament used for the letting of … to be treated as used for purposes other than those of a private dwelling or private dwellings, Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 39, para 192, at p. 169.

Domicile and residence

etymologically, 'residence' and 'domicile' carry the same meaning, inasmuch as both refer to the permanent home, but under Private International Law, 'domicile' carries a little different sense and exhibits many facets. In spite of having a permanent

Informer

law or penal statute; also an approver. See QUI TAM; APPROVER; COMMON INFORMER. Means (1) Informant (2) A private citizen who brings a penal action to recover a penalty. Under some statutes, a private citizen is required

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