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Fees
by stamps or money, as the Treasury may direct. The fees of the steward of a manor were regulated entirely by custom, and a customal or list of fees to be taken, under every circumstance, was generally … labour and trouble, ascertained either by Acts of Parlia-ment, by rule or order of Court, or by ancient usage; in modern times frequently commuted for a salary, e.g., by the (English) Justices Clerks Act, 1877. Although, however,
Time
practically for all purposes. The computation, etc., of time for purposes of procedure in the Supreme Court is regulated by Ord. LXIV., r. 7 of which provides that 'a Court or a Judge may enlarge or abridge the … Time. before 1751 the legal year in England began on the 25th March, therein differing from the common usage in the whole kingdom, and the legal method in Scotland. In 1751 the Gregorian, or present, calendar was
Person
'Person', Person includes any company, Fidelity Industries Ltd. v. State, (2006) 129 Comp Cas 561. Person, in general usage, a human being (i.e. natural person), though by statute term may include a firm, labour organizations, partnerships, associations, … not, or artificial jurisdictional persons. S. 2(49), Electricity Act, 2003. A.P. Gas Power Corporation Ltd. v. A.P. Electricity Regulatory commission, AIR 2006 AP 12. 'Person' includes company or association or body of persons, see Standard Chatered Bank
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Copyhold
of conveyance made after the same date. The scale of compensation payable upon extinguishment of manorial incidents is regulated by (English) Law of Properties Act, 1922, Part VI. And the 13t Sched. As amended by the (English) Law … the previous edition of this work, copyhold was described as a base tenure founded upon immemorial custom and usage; its origin is undiscoverable, but it is said to be the ancient villeinage modified and changed by the
Way
all his subjects, and it is commonly called the king's public highway; and the turnpike roads, created and regulated by specific Acts of Parliament, have now for many years become ordinary highways. See TURNPIKE-ROADS. Highways generally be-come so … Bridges are public highways. See BRIDGE. A private right of way may be claimed by prescription and immemorial usage; thus where the inhabitants of a particular hamlet, or the owners or occupiers of a particular close or
Market
A market can only be set up by virtue of a royal grant, or by long and immemorial usage, which presupposes a grant. See FAIRS; and (English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 167, the Public Health Act, … with or without the consent of the owner of such place notwithstanding that there may be no common regulation for the concourse of buyers and sellers and whether or not any control is exercised over the business
Mahr (dower)
the portion that is prompt and that which is deferred, evidence may be given of the custom or usage of wife's family. The quintessence of mahr whether it is prompt or deferred is clearly not a contemplated … is a civil contract under that law. Such being the nature of the dower (mahr), the rules which regulate its payment are necessarily affected by the position of a married woman under the Muhammadan law. Under that
Election
constituting a new Lok Sabha [Representation of People's Act, 1951, s. 14]. The word 'election' has by long usage in connection with the process of selection of proper representa-tives in democratic institutions acquired both a wide and … 3 SCR 1. Means election of the Executive Body of a Sports Association, Rajasthan Sports (Registration, Recognition and Regulation of Associations) Act, 2005, s. 2(h). In U.K., general elections to Parliament are held on completion of a
Property
can have, State of Manipur v. Nongthombam Ambu Singh, AIR 1957 Manipur 1. Property, in its most general usage, it denotes ownership of the things owned, UNESCO Report, p. 549. Property, includes 'shebaitship' which is recognised as … other article of the Constitution. Even if it was held that the rights in question constituted 'property' their regulation by the relevant provisions of the Act would undoubtedly be protected by Article 19(5), Kakinada Annadana Samajam v.
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