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Next friend
1, C.P.C.] A married woman had, by Ord. XVI., r. 8, of the Rules of 1875, the same right of suing by a next friend as an infant, but the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, s. 1, … next friend or guardian ad litem, see A.P., 1937, notes to Order XVI., r. 16. Persons of unsound mind sue by their committee or next friend, and defend by their committees or guardians appointed for that purpose.
Guardianship
or property, or both. At Common Law, the father is the guardian by nature and nurture but the rights and duties relating to that office have been modified in favour of the mother by the (English) Custody … person who agrees or is appointed to appear and act for an infant, or a person of unsound mind not so found, who is made defendant to proceedings in Court. as to the appointment of married women
Damages
proper one to bring, its object was not so much the recovering of damages as the establishing a right, see Nicholls v. Ely Beet Sugar Factory, (1936) 1 Ch 343. (3) Substantial Damages, i.e., the fair and … and place of an assault or trespass, or the peculiar nature of the wrong or the distress of mind produced in the plaintiff, e.g., actions of seduction, false imprisonment breach of promise of marriage. See Hadley v.
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Free-bench
manors the wife takes the whole for her life, in others she takes the inheritance. Frequently the customary right is durante viduitate, and in some cases it is confined to her chaste widowhood. See COPYHOLD. As the … if he dies after 1925, but was on the 1st January, 1926, of full age and of unsound mind, and died intestate and without having recovered.
Malice
It means an improper or indirect motive other than a desire to vindicate public justice or a private right. It need not necessarily be a feeling of enmity, spite or ill will; it may be due to … pr'cogitata, or malice prepense or aforethought. It is either express, as when one with a sedate and deliberate mind and formed design kills another, which formed design is evidenced by certain circumstances discovering such intentions, as lying
Consideration
commit, conceal, or compound a crime; a contract for illicit cohabitation; or a contract in fraud of the rights and interests of third parties. The illegality created by statute exists when the act is either expressly prohibited, … of assessment. There must be something in the assessment order to show that the Income-tax Officer applied his mind to the particular subject-matter or the particular source of income with a view to its taxability or to
Title, Covenants for
anyone through whom he derives title otherwise than by purchase for value that the person conveying has the right to convey:--That the person to whom the conveyance is made shall 'quietly enjoy' the subject-matter of the conveyance … mortgagee, etc., expressed to convey as trustee, mortgagee, personal representative, committee or receiver of a person of unsound mind or under an order of Court, etc. For covenants implied upon a conveyance for value made after 1925
Pension
(English) Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, which was not on a contributory basis, gave to every person the right to a pension who fulfilled certain conditions. The Act, with the amending (English) Old Age Pensions Acts, 1911, … detained in prison without the option of a fine; or maintained as a rate aided patient of unsound mind; or criminal lunatic; or in a mental hospital. But see (English) Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions
Notice
a purchaser of a legal estate or equitable interest in land will be affected by every and any right, equity, or incumbrance of which he has actual or constructive notice. As to the length of title in … 'communication in writing'. When the Legislature used the word 'notice' it must be presumed to have borne in mind that it means not only a formal intimation but also an informal one. The service of a notice
Trust
created, Baba Jamuna Das Mahanth v. Prescribed Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Gorakhpur, AIR 1984 All 357. Means the right, enforceable solely in equity, to the beneficial enjoyment of property to which another person holds the legal title; … person may be appointed a trustee except an infant [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 19], person of unsound mind or convicted of felony, or bankrupt or a corporation which has been dissolved (see Trustee Act, 1925, s.
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