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Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet

Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet (a trans-action between strangers ought not to injure another party), e.g., … Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, ch. 5, where it is pointed out that the maxim, in many varying forms, was well known both in the Civil and Canon Law; and see also Broom's Legal Maxims, citing the

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Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire

Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire. Co. Litt. 36.-(Constructions are to be … intent, than destroy such intent because of insufficient language, for to the intention, when once discovered, all technical forms of expression must give way. See the maxims very fully illustrated in Broom's Legal Maxims, it being said

resolve

resolve re·solved re·solv·ing vt 1 : to deal with successfully : clear up [ a dispute] 2 a : … to deal with successfully : clear up [ a dispute] 2 a : to declare or decide by formal resolution and vote b : to change by resolution or formal vote [the house resolved itself into a

mens rea

mens rea pl: men·tes re·ae [men-tēz-rē-ē, men-tās-rā-ī] [New Latin, literally, guilty mind] : a culpable mental state ;esp : one … [New Latin, literally, guilty mind] : a culpable mental state ;esp : one involving intent or knowledge and forming an element of a criminal offense [murder contains a mens rea element] compare actus reus

Directors

The company is bound by all acts of the directors within the scope of their authority. They may receive a salary, but may make no personal profit from the company [see, however, Re Dover Coalfield Ltd., (1908) … authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of the directors collectively form the board of directors. Their powers, if the company be incorporated by Act of Parliament, are derived from

Wills

chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a. Depository of Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of the Court of Probate Act, 1857:- There shall, under the control and direction of the … (1) What may be the subject-matter of wills. (2) Who may execute a will. (3) What are the formalities required in the execution of a wills. (4) How wills are to be construed. The first s. enacts

Injunction

Cotton Corporation of India v. United Industries Ltd., AIR 1983 SC 1272 (1277): (1983) 4 SCC 625. [Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 41(b)] This is the discretionary process of preventive and remedial justice, whereby a person is … the coming in of the defendant's answer, or until the 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 inhibited from

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