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Alteration of share capital
not be added to the name of the company unless the Court so orders (ss. 55-60). As a rule in all these cases the alteration must be notified to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies (s. 5),
Alibi
exception (special or general envisaged in the Indian Penal Code or any other law. It is only a rule of evidence recognized in s. 11 of the Evidence Act that facts which are inconsistent with the fact
Accession
Bracton, l. 2, c. 2, s. 3; Puff, De Jur. Nat. et G. l. 4, c. 7. The rule of the Roman Law was expressed thus: Accessio cedit principali. Commentators have used the word accessio not only
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Adjourn
to an hour or part of same day while in Rajya Sabha it is the Chairman who determines. Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in Council of States, 5th Edn., 2000.
Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale
1925, s. 141 (1). The law relative to contracts and mercantile transactions likewise presents many examples of the rule. Thus the obligation of the surety is accessory to that of the principal, and is extinguished by the
Accomplice
been a victim of the offence of rape is not an accomplice after the crime. There is no rule of law that her testimony cannot be acted upon without corroboration in material particulars. She stands on a
Accounts officer
or such other officer as may be specified in this behalf. [Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995, R. 2 (1) (a)]
Accused, statement of
answer to the charge shall be taken down in the manner shown in the forms prescribed by the rules made under the Act; and shall be read over to the accused and signed by the magistrates, and
Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance
and also dispensed with the affidavit and certificate of acknowledgment required by the former Act; see also the rules made under this section. Now, in the case of deeds executed and orders made after 1st January, 1925,
Act of God
any reasonable care, have been foreseen or resisted, see Nugent v. Smith, (1876) 1 CPD 423. The general rule is that where the law creates a duty and the party is disabled from performing it, without any
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