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receiver's certificate : a debt instrument that is issued by the receiver of a corporation and that may have priority over other liens against the company ...
Stock certificates
Stock certificates. By the National Debt Act, 1870, it is provided that a holder of British Government Stock may obtain a stock certificate; that is to say, a certificate of title to his stock or any part thereof, with coupons annexed, entitle in the bearer of the coupons to the dividends on the stock (s. 26); that a certificate shall not be issued in respect of any sum of stock not being 50l., or a multiple of 50l., or exceeding 1000l. (s. 28); that a trustee of stock shall not apply for or hold a stock certificate, unless authorized to do so by the terms of his trust (s. 29); that no notice of any trust in respect of any certificate or coupon shall be receivable (s. 30); that where a stock certificate is outstanding the stock represented thereby shall cease to be transferable in the Bank books (s. 31); that a tock certificate, unless a name is inscribed thereon, shall entitle the bearer to the stock therein described, and shall be transferable by delivery (s. 32). The Act also contai...
Searches
Searches, an essential feature in the acquisition of land sine registration under the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, in the land or local registries of any incumbrance which is required to be registered under that Act is notice (q.v.) to the purchaser and all persons connected with the land affected [see s. 198, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, and see (English) LAND CHARGES]. Searches are necessary, not only in the Land Registry, but at the office of the local authority for local land charges. Searches may be made personally in each of the registers under the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, but the usual practice is to apply for and obtain an official certificate of search at the Land Registry, which covers all the registers there, viz.: (1) pending ss. or lis pendens; (2) writs and orders affecting land, such as writs of execution or orders appointing a receiver, bankruptcy petitions and receiving orders; (3) deeds of arrangement; and (4) land charges under s. 10 of the (Eng...
Subscriber
Subscriber, means a person in whose name the Digital Signature Certificate is issued. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2(1) (zg)]Means a person who receives the signals of cable television network at a place indicated by him to the cable operator, without further transmitting it to any other person. [Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 (7 of 1995), s. 2 (i)]Includes a person who holds a fraction of a ticket and also a transferee of a ticket thereof by assignment in writing or by operation of law. [Chit Funds Act, 1982 (40 of 1982), s. 2(r)]...
priority date
priority date The priority date decides a person's turn to apply for an immigrant visa. In family immigration the priority date is the date when the petition was filed at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office or submitted to an Embassy or Consulate abroad. In employment immigration the priority date may be the date the labor certification application was received by the Department of Labor (DOL). Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Land certificate
Land certificate, means a document entitling a person to receive from the government a certain amount of land by following prescribed legal steps. It contains an official description of the land, as well as the name and address of the person receiving the entitlement, and is prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters it contains. Also termed land warrant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 882....
Veterinary Surgeon
Veterinary Surgeon [fr. veterinarius, concerned with veterinum, a beast of burden]. A person who treats the illnesses, etc., of animals. A Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was incorporated in 1844, and supplemental charters were granted thereto in 1876 and 1879. The Charter of 1876 directed a register of veterinary surgeons to be kept. The (English) Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881, regulates the correction of the register, enacts that examinations shall be held in accordance with the charters, and provides that no person not qualified by registra-tion, etc., may recover in any court any charge for performing any veterinary operation, or for giving any veterinary advice, and imposes penalties for false representation as to membership of the college and prohibits unregistered practitioners from using the title of veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner. The college has disciplin-ary powers over its members, which have been extended to holders of the veterinary certificate of the ...
Document of title to goods
Document of title to goods, includes a bill of lading, dock-warrant, warehouse keeper's certificate, wharfingers' certificate, railway receipt, multi-modal transport document, warrant or order for the delivery of goods and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930), s. 2 (4)]...
Document of title
Document of title, include any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, and warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by indorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented, (English) Factors Act, 1889,s. 1(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 1(2),para 160, p. 11...
trust
trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are often created for their advantageous tax treatment. accumulation trust : a trust in which principal and income are allowed to accumulate rather than being paid out NOTE: Accumulation trusts are disfavored and often restricted...
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