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Interpretation Act, 1889 (English)

Interpretation Act, 1889 (English) (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63). A most important statute, repealing and re-enacting Lord Brougham's Act of 1850 (13 Vict. c. 21), 'for shortening the language used in Acts of Parliament' and other similar Acts, and further shortening such language. By this Act, in Acts passed after 1850, words importing the masculine gender include females, words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; also, definitions are provided of 'month,' 'land,' 'parish' (see those titles), and other terms.The Act also provides that:-In this Act and in every other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, references to the Sovereign reigning at the time of the passing of the Act or to the Crown shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the Sovereign for the time being, and this Act shall be binding on the Crown (s. 30).Statutory powers to make rules, etc., may be exercised from time to ti...

Conditions of sale

Conditions of sale. The terms set forth in writing upon which an estate of interest is to be sold by auction, tender, or private treaty. Together with the particulars (q.v.) the conditions constitute the offer for sale. Conditions of sale will be construed so as to collect the meaning of the parties without incumbering them with the technical meaning of words; for, as Lord Hardwicke declared, 'there is no magic in words.' But the conditions should be accurate, for they cannot be contradicted by parol at the sale; 'the babble of the auction room,' as Lord Eldon termed it, being inadmissible as evidence, and this although the purchaser by the written agreement bind himself to abide by the conditions and declarations made at the sale. If the conditions require alteration, they should be so altered in writing before the sale. See AUCTION; CONTR-ACT OF SALE. In sales of land, conditions of sale usually refer to the following matters:-Bidding at the auction, payment of deposit, date of compl...

Make

Make, the word 'make' includes also the power to amend, alter or rescind, V.V. Ruia v. S. Dalmia, AIR 1968 Bom 347 (358). [Securities Controls (Regulation) Act, 1956, s. 10(1)]...

Rescissory

Tending to rescind rescinding...

Countermand

To revoke a former command to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given as to countermand an order for goods...

terminate

terminate -nat·ed -nat·ing vi : to come to an end in time or effect vt 1 : to bring to a definite end esp. before a natural conclusion [ a contract] compare cancel, rescind 2 : to discontinue the employment of ter·mi·na·tion [tər-mə-nā-shən] n ...

status quo ante

status quo ante [Latin, state in which previously] : the state of affairs that existed previously [rescind the contract and restore the parties to the status quo ante] ...

repeal

repeal [Anglo-French repeler, from Old French, from re- back + apeler to appeal, call, from Latin appellare to address, entreat, call by name] : to rescind or annul by authoritative act ;esp : to revoke or abrogate by legislative enactment [legislatures ing statutes in light of a recent Supreme Court decision] repeal n ...

remedy

remedy pl: -dies : the means to enforce a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong : the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong [if the contract is null and void, the is to rescind and to put the parties in the position in which they were prior to the attempted agreement "First Nat'l Mortgage Corp. v. The Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 264 (1978)"] [specific performance and other equitable remedies] rem·e·di·less adj vt -died -dy·ing : to provide or serve as a remedy for ...

ratify

ratify -fied -fy·ing : to make valid or effective ;esp : to adopt or affirm (as the prior act or contract of an agent) by express or implied consent with the effect of original authorization [unable to rescind the contract because he ratified it by accepting the benefits] compare reform rat·i·fi·ca·tion [ra-tə-fə-kā-shən] n rat·i·fi·er [ra-tə-fī-ər] n ...

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