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Home Dictionary Name: res inter alias actares inter alios acta
res inter alios acta [Late Latin, literally, thing done among others] : something transacted between other parties NOTE: This term is used in reference to matters not involving the same parties as those in litigation. Evidence of such matters is generally inadmissible. ...
Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet
Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet (a trans-action between strangers ought not to injure another party), e.g., the sworn evidence of a witness in one cause cannot be made available in another cause between other parties. consult Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, ch. 5, where it is pointed out that the maxim, in many varying forms, was well known both in the Civil and Canon Law; and see also Broom's Legal Maxims, citing the Duchess of Kingston's case, (1771) 20 How St Tr 335; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in illustration of the rule, and Higham v. Ridgway, (1808) 10 East, 109; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in which entries of a deceased stranger declarant against his interest, or in the course of his business, have been held admissible, in illustration of the exceptions....
inter alia
inter alia [Latin] : among other things [contends inter alia, that the claim is moot] ...
Inter alia
Inter alia (amongst other things)....
Settled land
Settled land. For the purposes of the (English) Settled Land Acts, 1882-1890, 'settled land' meant land, and any estate and interest therein, which was the subject of a settlement; and 'settlement' meant any instrument, or any number of instruments, under which any land, or any estate or interest in land, 'stands for the time being limited to or in trust for any persons by way of succession' (Settled Land Act, 1882, s. 2) (see infra for the statutory definitions in the Settled Land Act, 1925, which has repealed the S.L. Acts, 1882-1890). Where the settlement consists of more instruments than one it is commonly called a 'compound settlement,' though this term is not defined in the Acts themselves; as to compound settlements, see Re Du Cane & Nettlefold, (1898) 2 Ch 96; Re Munday & Roper, (1899) 1Ch 275; Re Lord Wimborne & Browne (1904) 1 Ch 537; Wolstenholme & Cherry, Conveyancing, etc., Acts.Prior to 1856 settled estates could not be sold or leased except under the authority of some po...
Interest
Interest, an interest for the purposes of the regula-tion was not limited to a direct financial interest and included membership of a panel such as the panel of which the claimant's solicitors were members that, therefore, the Claimant's Solicitors had had an interest in recommending the insurance which they recommend to her; that, in the circumstances, there had not been sufficient disclosure of that interest; and that, accordingly, there had been a material breach of regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) and the conditional fee agreement was unenforceable [See (English) Conditional Fee Agreements Regulation, 2000 (SI 2000/692), reg. 4(2)(c)(e)(ii)], Garrett v. Halton BC, (2007) 1 WLR 554 CA Cir.Interest, inter alia as the compensation fixed by agreement or allowed by law for the use or detention of money, or for the loss of money by one who is entitled to its use; especially, the amount owed to a lender in return for the use of the borrowed money [Black's Law Dictionary (7th Edn.) pp. 393-94 para 3...
Unclaimed property
Unclaimed property. This devolves on the Crown at Common Law. Unclaimed property may be dealt with under the heads of (1) Government Stock, (2) Chancery Funds, (3) Stock in Public Companies, (4) Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property.(1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 provides that stock on which no dividend has been claimed for ten years must be transferred to the National Debt Commissioners. Lists of names in which the stock stood, with residence, description and amount of stock and date of transfer, are to be kept at the Bank of England [or Ireland, but see 13 Geo. 5, c. 2, s. 6 (d)] and at the National Debt Office, open to inspection, and also kept in duplicate at the National Debt Office. The stock may be re-transferred to persons showing title after, in the case of stock exceeding 20l., three months' public notice by advertisement. A sec...
Solicitor
Solicitor, an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature, who, and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ or process, or commence, carry on, solicit, or defend any action, suit or other proceeding' in any Court whatever (see (English) Solicitors Act, 1932, s. 45). 'Solicitor of the Supreme Court' was the title given by the (English) Judicature Act, 1843, s. 87, to all attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, and continued by (English) Solicitors Act 1932, s. 81. Prior to that Act, 'attorneys' conducted business in the Common Law Courts, 'solicitors' business in the Court of Chancery and 'proctors' ecclesiastical and Admiralty business; but it was the general practice, although any person might be admitted to practise as an attorney or solicitor only, to be admitted to practise as an attorney and solicitor also.Solicitors practise as advocates before magistrates at petty sessions and quarter sessions where there is no bar, in County Courts, at Arbitrations, at Judges' Chambers, Coroners...
Bill
Bill. See BILL IN CHANCERY; BILL OF EXCHANGE; BILL IN PARLIAMENT, etc.The word 'Bill' in the proviso must be interpreted to include an amendment of any of the clause of the Bill, at least any substantial amendment thereof, Babulal Parate v. State of Bombay, AIR 1960 SC 51 (55): (1960) 1 SCR 605. (Constitution of India, Art. 3, Proviso)Bill, in the Indian Parliament, a bill can originate in either House of Parliament. However a Money Bill and a Bill containing inter alia provisions attracting clause (1) of Article 110 of the Constitution cannot be introduced in Rajya Sabha, Constitution of India, Article 107.Bill, in England, a bill may be introduced either in the House of Commons or in the House of Lords but a great majority are introduced in the lower House; Generally, no Bill involving finance may be introduced in the House of Lords and in practice only routine and non-controversial Legislation is initiated in the Upper House. The office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonweal...
Labour and skill
Labour and skill, the dictionary meaning of 'skill', inter alia, is: 'the familiar knowledge of any science, art, or handicraft, as shown by dexterity in execution or performance; technical ability' and the meaning of 'labour' inter alia, is: 'physical or mental exertion, particularly for some useful or desired end, Chandrakant Manilal Shah v. CIT, AIR 1992 SC 66 (75): (1992) 1 SCC 76....
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