S 18 Of The - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: s 18 of the Page 1 of about 322 results (0.004 seconds)Currency of lease
Currency of lease, the expression 'currency of the lease' in s. 11 will include the statutory extension of the lease under the provisions of the Andhra Act. (18 of 1956), Vdaviill Nagarathnam v. Reddi S. Murthy, AIR 1976 SC 1830 (1836). [Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Tenancy Act, (18 of 1956), s. 11]...
Motor vehicle
Motor vehicle, means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises or a vehicle having less than four wheels fitted with engine capacity of not exceeding [twenty-five cubic centimetres]. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (28)]A 'motor vehicle' means any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of propulsion is transmitted thereto from an external or internal source and includes a chassis to which a body has not been attached and a trailer; but does not include a vehicle running upon fixed rails or a vehicle of a special type adapted for use only in a factory or in any other enclosed premises', Automotive Manu...
Distributing main
Distributing main, S. 2(18) 'distributing main' means the portion of any main with which a service line is or is intended to be, immediately connected. [Electricity Act (36 of 2003), s. 2 (18)]...
Tenants' Compensation Act, 1890
Tenants' Compensation Act, 1890 (English) (53 & 54 Vict. c. 57), repealed by and see now the Allotments Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 57), ss. 1 and 4 (2). At Common Law a mortgagor, and therefore any tenant of his becoming such after mortgage with-out concurrence of the mortgagee, is a mere tres-passer, liable to ejectment without notice, and so liable to lose all his growing crops, etc., without compensation from the mortgagee. The Tenants' Compensation Act, to remedy this hardship, provided that where a person occupies land under a contract of tenancy (whenever made) with the mortgagor, which is not binding on the mortgagee, the occupier shall, as against the mortgagee who takes possession, be entitled to such compensation for crops, improvements, or other matters whatever, under the custom of the country, or the Agricultural Holdings Act, as would be due to him but for the mortgagee taking possession; and further gives such occupier a right to six months' notice, before being depri...
Society
Society. Associations designated by the name of 'society' include (1) Building Societies, regulated by the (English) Building Societies Acts, as to which see BUILDING SOCIETIES; (2) Friendly Societies, regulated by the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, as to which see FRIENDLYSOCIETIES; (3) Industrial and Provident Societies, regulated principally by the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893, as to whichs see INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES; (4) Loan Societies, regulated by 3 & 4 Vict. c. 110, as to which see LOAN SOCIETIES; (5) Literary and Scientific Societies, regulated by the (English) Literary and Scientific Institutions Act, 1854. And exempted from rates by 6 & 7 Vict. c. 36, as to which see that title; and other benevolent or useful societies, e.g., see (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 18, and (6) Illegal Societies, prohibited by the Unlawful Societies Act, 1799, and the very similar (English) Seditious Meetings Act, 1817, as to which see SEDITIOUS, and Chitty's Statutes,...
International Financial Services Centre
International Financial Services Centre, means an International Financial Service Centre which has been approved by the Central Government under sub-s. (1) of s. 18. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(q)]...
Confession by culprit
Confession by culprit, the acknowledgment by a criminal of the offence charged against him when charged by any person or called upon to plead to the indictment. A confession before trial, if given without any inducement of favour or threat of punishment, is evidence against the person charged even though he may be in custody (R. v. Best, (1909) 1 KB 692), and by the Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (c. 86), s. 12, replacing Indictable Offences Act, 1848, s. 18, and the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, s. 13 (2), justices of the peace are directed to give an accused person 'clearly to understand that he has nothing to hope from any promise of favour, and nothing to fear from any threat which may have been held out to him' to make any confession of guilt. See ACCUSED....
Corn
Corn, means wheat, barley, rye, maize and oats which is produce of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, Corn Returns Act, 1882, s. 18 (amended by the Agriculture Act, 1970, s. 108(3) (d) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 956, p. 585....
County palatine
County palatine [fr. Palatium, Lat., a court]. There were three of these counties--Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The two former were such by immemorial custom; the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal power within their respective counties. They could pardon treasons, murders, and felonies; they appointed judges and magistrates; all writs and indictments ran in their names,and offences were said to be done against their peace and not contra pacem domini regis. The (English) Act (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 70), abolished the Court Session of the County Palatine of Chester, and subjected the county in all things to the jurisdiction of the superior Courts at West-minster. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 18, replacing (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 16, the jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster and of the Court of Pleas at Durham is transferred to the High Courtof Justice. But the jurisdiction of the Chancery ...
Official trustees of charitable funds
Official trustees of charitable funds, officers of the Charity Commissioners appointed to hold stocks and securities belonging to charities: see (English) Charitable Trusts Act, 1853, s. 51; (English) Charitable Trusts Amendment Act, 1855, s. 18; (English) Charitable Trusts Act, 1887, s. 4....
- << Prev.
- Next >>