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Knights of the Shire
Knights of the Shire, the old title of members of Parliament representing counties or shires, in contradistinction to burgesses, who represent boroughs, so called because it was necessary that they
Majestas
majesty, sovereign authority, or supreme prerogative of the State or sovereign; supreme power of the people, especially as represented by their highest representative, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 966.
London
of London was entrusted by the Metropolitan Management Act, 1855, to the Metropolitan Board, the members of vestries representing parishes, and district boards representing combinations of parishes, which conducted its local government. The franchise and qualifications were,
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Lok Sabha
84. Lok Sabha, is the House of the people consists of a maximum of 552 members, including two representing the Anglo-India Community filled by nomination by the President, 530 members are directly elected from territorial constituencies in
Legacy duty
per cent. in proportion of the distance of relationship between the testator or intestate and legatee. The personal representative is liable to pay the duty. He must show a receipt signed by the legate giving certain particulars,
Fixtures
terminated by his own act, Woodfall, L. and T. (2) Before 1926, between the heir and the personal representative of the terre-tenants. Though the fixtures will generally pass with the freehold to the heir, yet such of
Hire-purchase agreement
simply paying for the use of the goods and for the option to purchase them. The finance charge, representing the difference between the cash price and the hire-purchase price, is not interest but represents a sum which
Hague conference
Hague conference. A conference of representatives of different States to consider the question of international peace and kindred subjects. So called because the place
Freehold
not only during the owner's life, but which is cast after his death upon the persons who successively represent him. Such persons were called heirs, and he whom they thus represented, the ancestor. When the interest extended
Notice to quit
a tenancy from year to year, so long as both parties please, if the tenant dies his personal representatives have the same interest in the land which their testator or intestate had, and are, therefore, entitled to
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