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Benami

to whether the person named in the deed is the real transferee or B, to enquire into the question as to who paid the consideration for the transfer, X or B. But in the latter class of

Appeal

AIR 2003 SC 2434. (Civil PC, 1908, s. 96 and 100) An appeal, is one in which the question is, whether the order of the court from which the appeal is brought was right on the material

Ancient demesne

demesne or not, is to be tried only by this book, called in consequence Liber Judicatorius; but the question must be tried by a jury whether lands be parcel of a manor which is ancient demesne, being

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Debatable

Liable to be debated disputable subject to controversy or contention open to question or dispute as a debatable question

ruling

ruling : an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law) [followed a previous on the same question] see also revenue ruling compare decision, disposition, finding, holding,

reserve

interest) esp. by express declaration [all rights reserved] compare waive b : to defer a determination of (a question of law) [the justices reserved the question because it was not an issue in the case] n 1

law

of fact [an error of ] see also issue of law at issue matter of law at matter question of law at question 4 : the whole body of laws and doctrines relating to one subject [contract

Common stock or common hotchpot

which the coparcener throws his separate property to the common stock is a unilateral act. There is no question of either the family rejecting or accepting it. By his individual volition he renounces his individual right in

justiciable

because the plaintiff has no present right to the property but may in the future] see also political question at question compare moot jus·ti·cia·bil·i·ty [jə-sti-shə-bi-lə-tē, -shē-ə-] n

issue

2 : one or more lineal descendants [died without ] compare child, heir 3 a : a vital question or problem [cited a national security ] [raised an of public safety] b : a matter of dispute

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