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recording act

recording act : a statute setting forth the requirements for recording a deed or interest (as in real property) and the standards for determining priority among different parties with claims on the same property see also notice, pure race, race-notice ...


recording fees

recording fees charges for recording a deed with the appropriate government agency. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


silent record

silent record : a record of a criminal proceeding which does not show that the defendant acted with knowledge or understanding of his or her rights (as in entering a plea of guilty or waiving the right to counsel) ...


matter of record

matter of record see matter ...


motor vehicle record (mvr)

motor vehicle record (mvr) ...


record title

record title see title ...


Advocate on Record

Advocate on Record, means an advocate who is entitled under these rules to act as well as to plead for a party in the Court. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2(1)(b)]...


Clerks of records and writs

Clerks of records and writs. Three officers in Chancery first appointed under 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. The their duties, Dan. Ch. Prac., 7th Edn. They wereofficers of the Supreme Court (English) (Jud.Act, 1873, s. 77). The office is merged in that of the Masters, and see R.S.C. Ord. LXI....


Error apparent on the face of the record

Error apparent on the face of the record, in the case of a reasoned award, the Court can interfere if the award is based upon a proposition of law which is unsound in law. The erroneous proposition of law must be established to have vitiated the decision. The error of law must appear from the award itself or from any document or note incorporated in it or appended to it. It is not permissible to travel beyond and consider material not incorporated in or appended to the award, Trustees of the Part of Madras v. Engg. Constructions Corp. Ltd. [Arbitration Act, 1940, s. 30(c) and 16(1)(c)]...


Mistake apparent from the record

Mistake apparent from the record, s. 35(1) of the Act refers not only to the order of assessment but it comprises all proceedings on which the assessment order is based and the Income-tax Officer is entitled for the purpose of exercising his jurisdiction under s. 35 to look into the whole evidence and the law applicable to ascertain whether there was an error, Maharana Mills (P) Ltd. v. Income Tax Officer, AIR 1959 SC 881 (886): (1959) Supp 2 SCR 547. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 35 (1)]...



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