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Void
(F.B.), AIR 1994 All 298. Void, is used, when total lack or existence is intended to be conveyed Acts which are void and Acts repealed are not the same; they are entirely different, Abdul Khadir v. State … Kerala v. M.K. Kunhikannan Nambiar Manjeri Manikoth, AIR 1996 SC 906 (908): (1996) 1 SCC 435. [Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1964 (1 of 1964), s. 83] The expression 'void' means without force, effect or consequence, not binding;
Adoption
385; Reg. v. Walker, (1912) 28 TLR 342 (375). See Geary on Marriage and Family Relations, and Law Reform (Misc. Prov.) Act; 1934, s. 2. Adoption of Poor Child.--Sometimes benevolent persons apply to County or Borough Councils,
Contribution
right of action existed by statute, as by s. 37 of the Companies Act, 1929; but see LAW REFORM. In equity, however, there may be contribution as between trustees who have concurred in a breach of trust,
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Insolvency
Chancery Division, see Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 34 and 1st Sched. And under the (English) Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935, a woman may be made bankrupt, even though she is not carrying … debts, while the future estate of an insolvent remained liable for his debts even after his discharge. The Acts from time to time in operation for the relief of insolvent debtors were 53 Geo. 3, c. 102;
Deceit
right of contribution, see s. 37(3), from which (apparently) guilty promotes have been excluded. See also (English) Law Reform (Misc. Pr.) Act, 1935, s. 6. The injured shareholder may also sue the company for rescission. See Frankenburg
Protector of the settlement
of the (English) Married Woman's Property Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 18), as amended by the Law Reform (M. W. & T.) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo.5, c. 30). The office of Protector is not
Sayar
Sayar, 'sayar' income is dealt with in s. 39(1)(c) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. Sayar is not defined in the Act but in s. 3(26) of the Act the word
Adverse possession
adverse possession, Vidya Devi v. Prem Prakash, (1995) 4 SCC 496 (504): AIR 1995 SC 1789. (Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954) --the nature of the property, the nature of title vesting in the rightful owner, the kind
Ejectment
the title), against (the real defendant, the casual ejector Richard Roe having withdrawn). See A Cent. of Law Reform, p. 124. This fictitious procedure was abolished by the C.L.P. Act, 1852, which substituted a simple writ claiming
Next friend
infant, but the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, s. 1, sub-s. (2) ([repealed, reproduced and extended by Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935, s. 1], by allowing a married woman to sue in all respects … were joined. Infants may sue as plaintiffs by their next friends in the manner practised before the Jud. Acts in the Court of Chancery (as to which see Dan. Ch Pr., 5th ed. p. 602), and may
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