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Civil Law
of the constitutions of Diocletian and Maximin. These compilations are to be esteemed as the work of two private lawyers; the fragments which Cujacius (the most celebrated of all the interpreters of the Roman law) has placed … which is the beginning of the title, and those which follow, Paragraphs. The Institute are quoted with the letter I. or Inst.; thus 'si adversus, 12 I. De Nuptiis, is nothing more than 12 paragraphs of the … Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly
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Precedence or precedency
(a) The judges of assize, while on circuit, take pre-cedence of every subject. *Lord Great Chamberlain. But see Private Stat. 1 Geo. 1, c. 3. * Lord High Constable. * Lord Marshal. * Lord Admiral. * Lord … them by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10; marked ' by 1 W. & M. c. 1; marked by letters-patent, 9, 10 & 14 Jac. 1, which see in Seld. Tit. of Hon. ii. 5, 46; marked ' … precedency, the act or state of going before; adjustment of place. The rules of precedence may be reduced to the following list, in which those
Act of Parliament
leur benevolence et ainsi le veult.' Acts of Parliament are either (1) public; (2) local or special; (3) private or personal. Public Acts are those which affect the whole realm or important parts of it. Local Acts, … construed according to the intent and object with which it was made, and not according to the mere letter; (3) these points must be considered'the old law, the mischief, and the remedy; (4) remedial statutes are to … a British Statute, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35. The principal rules for the interpretation of Acts of Parliament are the following:--(1) a statute
Winding-up
for a year; or (4) On reduction of members to less in number than seven, or, in a private company, below two; or (5) On the company being unable to pay its debts; or (6) 'Whenever the … therewith, and, among supplementary provisions, any company in liquidation must state on every invoice or order or business letter in which the name of the company appears that the company is being wound up (s. 280). Winding-up … to Supervision of the Court is obtained upon petition [(English) Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 1929] at any time after a company has passed a resolution for
Injunction
may direct a 'stay of proceedings.' Amongst public nuisances, restrainable either upon information or at suit of a private person immediately grieved by them, may be enumerated obstructions to highways and bridges, public rivers and harbours, and … can be made for it; thus injunctions have been granted to restrain the following acts: the publication of letters, for the writer of a letter has a joint property in it with the person to whom it … hearing of the cause; or (2) perpetual, i.e., forming part of a decree made at a hearing upon the merits, whereby the defendant is perpetually
Trust
corporation may be constituted a trustee of personalty, and also of realty upon charitable trusts; but not upon private trusts, by reason of the Statutes of Mortmain, unless the trustee is a Trust Corporation or the Public … can be established by any subsequent acknowledgment of the trustee, however informally or indirectly made, as by a letter under his hand, by his statement of defence in an action, or by a recital in a deed, … as to the interest he intends to give, having regard as a rule to the technical terms of the Common or Statutory Law in the
bill
this entry om·ni·bus bill [Ä m-ni-bəs-] : a bill that includes a number of miscellaneous provisions or appropriations private bill : a bill affecting a particular person, organization, or locality as distinguished from all the people or … the instrument is entitled to draw on the banker's funds or credit up to a certain amount : letter of credit bill of exchange : an instrument by one party directing another party to pay a named … of exceptions : a bill setting forth the exceptions and objections to rulings made at trial and the evidence relevant to them for the purpose
Fraud
fraud or injury upon others, yet, by their tendency to deceive or mislead, or to violate public or private confidence, or to injure the public interests, are equally reprehensi-ble with positive fraud, and therefore equally prohibited. Thus, … conduct, Bhaurao Dagdu Paralkar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2005 SC 3330. Fraud, is a conduct either by letter or words, which induces the other person, or authority to take a definite determinative stand as a response … Court of law, fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.)
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