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Magdalen

A reformed prostitute

Khas possession

Khas possession, the definition of the expression 'khas possession' in the Bihar Land Reforms Act, is stronger from the point of view of the person who is actually cultivating the lands than

Death

1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 93) [(English) Lord Campbell's Act] to 1908, as amended by (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 2 (q.v.). as to the effect

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Held

596; AIR 1995 SC 142. The word 'held' in s. 9 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 means 'lawfully held'. Judicial propriety requires that if a bench of a High Court is unable

Negligence

Statute, tit. 'Executors,' and the Fatal Accidents (Damage) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 7). The (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), amends the (English) Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908,

Measure of damage

he may have suffered by the breach. For the measure and limitation of damages under the (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 1, see Rose v. Ford, (1936)

Married women's property

to the enforcement of judgments and orders in all respects as if she was a feme sole (Law Reform (M. W. and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935, s. 1). Except that she cannot be made bankrupt on any judgment

Husband and wife

Common Law in favour of the wife; and the statute law has, by s. 1 of the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors Act), 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30), almost completely abolished the property

Electoral franchise

Hen. 6, c. 7). Towards the end of the eighteenth century the residence qualification was abolished. The (English) Reform Act, 1832, extended the franchise to 10l. copyholders and to leaseholders for terms of years, and tenants at

Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

Simpson, 1909, AC 383. See DEPENDANT. A further restriction upon the doctrine has been effected by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (English) (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), which amends the law as to

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