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Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal … Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the
Husband and wife
a husband could not make a grant to his wife at the Common Law, though he might do so: (1) under the Statute of Uses, by granting an estate to another person for her use; (2) by … Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a … surrendering copyholds to her use; and (5) by will. Equity, however, from very early times, by the doctrines of 'separate use,' 'trusts,' and 'equity to
Building
defined by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. … by Lord Esher in Moir v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. At
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Distress
premises, and does not leave thereon sufficient to meet the arrears, Tomlinson v. Consolidated Credit Corporation, (1889) 24 QBD 135, the landlord may within thirty … a party grieved, as a pledge for the redressing an injury, the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand. This remedy may be resorted to by a landlord for recovery of rent in arrear, … Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as a pledge for the
Pension
Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services. By the (English) Succession to the Crown Act, 1707, (6 Anne, c. 7) (c. 41 in the Revised … Statutes, tit. 'Pension,' and SUPERANNUATION. Pension is periodical payment of money for past services, Shaukat Husain Beg Mirza v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1959 All 769 (770). (Pension Act, 1871) The allowance so payable to a
Owner
Owner, for the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1936, s. 343, replacing s. 4 of the Public Health Act, 1875, the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the … Act, 1875, the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act (5 Edw. 7, c. ccix.), 'the person for the time being receiving the rack-rent of the premises in connection with which the … same were let at a rack-rent' (see that title), and Kensington Corporation v. Allen, (1926) 1 KB 576. In relation to an industrial undertaking, means
Compensation
or even emotional suffering, insult or injury or loss, Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Balbir Singh, (2004) 5 SCC 65 (75): AIR 2004 SC 2141. --Making … Compensation, according to dictionary it means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may constitute actual loss or expected loss and may extend to physical mental or even emotional suffering, … Compensation, according to dictionary it means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
who, upon the trial of an indictment, has been found insane, R. v. Ireland, (1910) 1 KB 654. The Court has power [s. 4, see … Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For … number of years the merits and demerits of criminal appeal have been discussed in this country. In 1844 Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in a remarkable speech in the House of Commons, advocated criminal appeal, the claim to which
Constructive notice
and proper inquiry into the title of property which he has purchased; (b) if he omits to investigate some fact which has been brought to his notice suggesting the existence of such title or claim; (c) if … title or claim; (c) if he deliberately refrains from inquiry in order to avoid notice. See Halsbury, L.E., vol. 13, and the person affected with constructive notice takes, if at all, subject to the title or claim,
Desertion
1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and Reg. v. Cuming, (1887) 19 QBD 13. Also (2) an abandonment of a wife, … Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the … Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English)
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