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Voluntary conveyance

if that conveyance was made after the 18th January, 1893: (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 173, reproducing 27 Eliz. c. 4, as amended by the (English) Voluntary Conveyances Act, 1893. Any conveyance made with intent

Voluntas testatoris est ambulatoria usque ad extremum vite exitum

Voluntas testatoris est ambulatoria usque ad extremum vite exitum (4 Rep. 61), the Will of a testator's ambulatory [changeable] until death.

Water and watercourse

of houses to provide water supply, see (English) Public Health (Water) Act, 1878. Both these Acts have been repealed and replaced by Part IV. of the Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 111 to 142; and see also

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Wild's case, Rule in

have issue at the time, B. and his children may, upon construction, take joint estates for life, 6 Rep. 16 b; Tud. L.C. on Real Property, 2nd Edn. 542, 581. The rule did not apply to personalty;

Wrongful dismissal

upon notice, before expiration of the period of notice. The servant may elect to treat the contract as repudiated, General Bill Posting Co. v. Atkinson, 1909 AC 118; and see Measures, Ltd. v. Measures, (1910) 2 Ch

Undertaking

(1968) 2 Andh WR (SC) 6: (1968) 2 Mad LJ (SC) 6: 15 Fac LR 411: 16 Law Rep 140. Undertaking, denotes, with reference to company law, all the assets of the company past present and future,

Ubi non est principalis non potest esse accessorius

Ubi non est principalis non potest esse accessorius (4 Rep. 43), where there is no principal, there cannot be an accessory.

Sanitation

Bashir Ahmad Khan v. State, (1972) ILR 2 All 340: (1972) All WR (HC) 620: (1972) All Cr Rep 396. The word 'sanitation' as used in s. 91 of the District Boards Act and s. 15 of

Shelley's case, Rule in

hold in realty, is the antique feudal doctrine generally known as the rule in Shelley's Case, which is reported by Lord Coke in 1 Rep. 93 b (23 Eliz. in C.B.), and elaborately examined by Lord Macnaghten

Scribere est agere

Scribere est agere (2 Rol. Rep. 89), to write is to act.

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