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Proposal

Proposal, a statement in writing of some special matter submitted to a master in the Chancery Division of the High Court, pursuant to an order made upon an application ex parte, or a decretal order of the Court. It is for maintenance of an infant, appointment of a guardian, placing a ward of Court at the university, or in the army, or apprentice to a trade; for the appointment of a receiver; the establishment of a charity, etc. See R.S.C. Ord. LI., 1 a....


Maleficia propositis distinguuntur

Maleficia propositis distinguuntur [Lat.], evil deeds are distinguished from evil purposes....


Proposer

One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption...


Arrangements between debtors and creditors

Arrangements between debtors and creditors. The 125th and 126th sections of the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1869, which repealed an Act of 1861, allowed liquidation by arrangement and composition with creditors by resolutions passed at similar representative meetings to take the place of proceedings in bankruptcy. The (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1883, having repealed the Act of 1869 without re-enacting these clauses, arrangements with creditors outside the law of bankruptcy became common, and in order to legalize and regulate these arrangements, the (English) Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1887, was passed and amended in 1890 by 53 & 54 Vict. c. 24. The law has now been consolidated by the (English) Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 47), which repeals the Act of 1887, and also parts of the Bankruptcy and (English) Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1913, and contains practically the whole statute law on the subject. The Act is divided into five parts: (1) defining the deeds of arrangement...


Conventio in unum

Conventio in unum, the agreement between the two parties to a contract upon the sense of the contract proposed. It is an essential part of the contract, following the pollicitation or proposal emanating from the one, and followed by the agreement of the other, Civil Law. If the second party does not assent to the proposal in the sense in which it is made, he is not bound by his assent unless his mistake (q.v.) is unreasonable.Conventio privatorum non potest publico juri derogare. Wing. 746, (A agreement of private persons cannot affect public right.)...


Debtor

Debtor, he that owes something to another. As to the meaning of 'debtor' in the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, see s. 1, sub-s. 2, of the Act. See CREDITOR and BANKRUPT.Debtor, in relation to an attachment of earnings order, or to proceedings in which a court has power to make an attachment of earnings order or to proceedings arising out of such an order, means the person by whom payment is required by the relevant adjudication to be made, Attachment of Earnings Act, 1971, sub-s. 2(e), 25(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(2), para 864, p. 465.In relation to a proposal for the purpose of Part VIII, means the individual making or intending to make that proposal; Insolvency Act, 1986, s. 385(1)(a) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(2), para 76, p. 466.Means the person to whom a motor vehicle is bailed under such an agreement, Shogum Finance Ltd. v. Hudson [HL (E)], (2003) 3 WLR [Hire-Purchase Act, 1964, s. 29(4)]In relation to a motor vehicle which has been bailed under a hire-purchase agreement...


Letter of cover

Letter of cover, a letter of cover no doubt contains a contract of insurance but it is not a policy of insurance in the common understanding of that word in the trade. It is well known that in order to obtain an insurance against the risk of fire the assured has first to send a proposal to the insurer and then the insurer takes a little time in making enquiries as to whether it would accept the proposal and undertake the obligation of covering the risk. He issues a policy only after he is satisfied that it would be a prudent business proposition to do so. Experience of trades people has however shown that some kind of protection for the interim period when the insurer is making the enquiries is necessary. This protection is given by what is called a 'letter of cover', R. Ratilal v. National Security Insurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1964 SC 1396 (1398). (Stamp Act, 1899, s. 35)...


motion

motion [Anglo-French, from Latin motion- motio movement, from movēre to move] 1 : a proposal for action ;esp : a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly [made a to refer the bill to committee] 2 a : an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction [a to arrest judgment] ;also : a document containing such an application b : the initiative of a court to issue an order, ruling, or direction [the court is given discretion to order a pretrial conference either on its own or at the request of a party "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] motion for judgment on the pleadings : a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point compare summary judgment at judgment NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if matters outside of the pleadings are presented to the court when a motion for judgment on the pleadings is made, the motion will be treated as a motion for summary judgment. motion f...


Credit information

Credit information, means any information relating to (i) the amount and the nature of loans or advances, amounts outstanding under credit cards and other credit facilities granted or to be granted, by a credit institution or any borrower; (ii) the nature of security taken or proposed to be taken by a credit institution from any borrower for credit facilities granted or proposed to be granted to him; (iii) the guarantee furnished or any other non-fund based facility granted or proposed to be granted or proposed to be granted by a credit institution for any of its borrowers; (iv) the credit worthiness of any borrower of credit institution; (v) any other matter which the Reserve Bank, consider necessary for inclusion in the credit information to be collected and maintained by credit information companies, and specify, by notification, in this behalf [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005, s. 2(d)]....


legislator

legislator [Latin legis lator, literally, proposer of a law, from legis (genitive of lex law) + lator proposer, from ferre (past participle latus) to carry, propose] : a person who makes laws esp. for a political unit ;esp : a member of a legislative body leg·is·la·to·ri·al [le-jəs-lə-tōr-ē-əl] adj leg·is·la·tor·ship n ...


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