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Receipt
Receipt, an acknowledgment in writing of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) … receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. A stamp duty first imposed in 1783 was progressively ad valorem, until 1853, when the uniform 1d. rate was imposed; this was
Watercourse
of a river or stream, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 3rd Edn., 1944, p. 1510, Wilson v. First County Trust Ltd., (2001) LR 407 (QB). Means any channel existing or to be constructed by the government … existing or to be constructed by the government or by the land owners or by any agency to receive and distribute water from an outlet. [Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System Act, 2000, s. 2(w)]
Possession
or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152. Possession, does not imply mere acts of the user, or of occupation … Act, 1925, s. 205 (1) (xix.): 'Possession' includes the receipt of rents and profits or the right to receive the same, if any; while, for the purposes of the Act, the right of the person in 'actual … 238. The possession of a firearm under the Arms Act must have, firstly the element of consciousness or knowledge of that possession in the person
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Judgment
of clause 15, Smt. Putla Rustomji Messman v. Gul Mani, AIR 1978 Bom 48. Refusing appointment of a receiver and grant of an ad interim injunction, Shah Babulal Khimji v. Jayaben D. Kania, AIR 1981 SC 1786: … that had been issued, and is alleged to have been served, has been raised and determined, Gopiram Agarwalla v. First Additional of Income-tax Officer, AIR 1959 Cal 420 (422). That an order under s. 145(6), Criminal Procedure Code
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Welcher
a predetermined intention to keep the money, and not to part with it in any event: see Blackman v. Bryant, (1872) 27 LT 491, where, in an action of slander, the word was held not actionable without … actionable without proof of special damage; but see Williams v. Magyer, Times, 1st March, 1883; Odgers on Libel, p. 49. … Welcher, a person who receives money which has been deposited to abide the event of a race, and who has a predetermined intention
Insurance
insured has become bankrupt or, if a company, is being wound up, or in the hands of a receiver or debenture holders. By the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1882, s. 11, where a married man or … a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must … chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a
Act of Parliament
must have elapsed between the date of the second reading in the first of these sessions of the bill in the Commons and the date … passed by the House of Lords within a month without amendment, it becomes an Act of Parliament on receiving the Royal assent without the House of Lords having consented to it. (2) If a bill, other than … the House of Commons that it is a money bill. As to the statutory effect given to resolutions varying or renewing taxation, see (English) Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3), and (English)
Tithe Rent-Charge
the owner to a tenant, the remedy of distress by the tithe-owner was extinguished, and recovery through a receiver appointed by the county Court of the district was substituted for it, except where the land was occupied … the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants; the first species being usually called pr'dial, the second mixed, the third personal. This … adjusted, according to the price of corn. The commutation was effected in one of two ways-either by a voluntary parochial agreement, con-firmed by the commissioners, or by the compulsory award of the commissioners. The value, either voluntarily
Municipal corporation
it. This Act applied to 178 corporations named in the schedules thereto, and to 68 other corporations subsequently receiving a charter, a town to which it applied being styled a 'borough.' The (English) Act of 1835 was … government of the town. Such corporations existed in the chief towns of England (as of other countries) from very early times, deriving their authority from 'incorporating' charters granted by the Crown. The Municipal Corporations Act,1835 (5 & … enrolled as burgesses. The councillors are elected by the burgesses on every 1st of November. Their term of office is three years, and one-third of
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