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Jury

be claimed by peers, M.P.'s, clergy-men, ministers and priests, judges, magistrates, barristers and solicitors in actual practice, notaries public, officers of both Houses of Parliament, of the Supreme Court, and of metropolitan magistrates, clerks of the peace, … Jury [fr. jurata, Lat.; jure, Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon

Shall

conspectus of circumstances bearing on the importance of the condition have all to be considered before condemning a violation as fatal, State of Punjab v. Shamlal Murari, (1976) 1 SCC 719. Shall, does not always mean that … in a rule is not decisive and the context of the statute, the purpose of the prescription, the public injury in the event of neglect of the rule and the conspectus of circumstances bearing on the importance

Letters patent

the great seal, but directed to particular persons, and for particular purposes, which therefore, not being proper for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside, and are thereupon called writs close, literae clause, and … letters patent are so called because 'they are open letters; they are not sealed up, but exposed to view, with the great seal pendant at the bottom; and are usually directed or addressed by the king to

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Tort

towards another person, or in the breach of a duty imposed by law on a person towards the public, Jourtt's Dictionary of English Law; Common Cause v. Union of India, AIR 1999 SC 2979 (3004): (1999) 6 … Court, see s. 47, and COUNTY COURT. An action founded on tort was been held to include--detinue [Bryant v. Herbert, (1877) 3 CPD 389]; an action against a carrier for loss of goods by refusal to stop

Snow

fine up to 20l. was held to be the only liability o the authority if in default, Saunders v. Holborn Board of Works, (1895) 1 QB 64. Sliding on snow in the street to the common danger … Nuisances arising from snow may be pre-vented by bye-laws of local authorities under s. 81 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, but, in case of conflict, a regulation under the London Traffic Act, 1924, s. 10,

Drain

under the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 4, and amending Acts, gave rise to some uncertainty, see Humphery v. Young, (1903) 1 KB 44, and Travis v. Uttley, (1894) 1 QB 233, and see s. 90 of

Owner

so receive the same if 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 the person who, or the authority … 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

Local and Personal Acts

13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, every statute made after 1850 is to be taken to be a public one, and judicially noticed as such, unless the contrary be expressly declared. Interpretation Act, 1888, s. 9. Some … lissue to be pleaded, and special matter to be given in evidence, are repealed by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 97, ss. 1, 3. The same Act provides for uniformity of notice of action in such actions-one

Stallage

selling goods in the market': Williams on Rights of Common, p. 295; see Mayor, etc., of Great Yarmouth v. Groom, (1862) 1 H&C 102. 1. The right to erect stalls in public markets 2. The cost for

Consultation

Phukan, (2002) SCC 524. The word consultation has to be interpreted in the context of the post or public office and the object and purpose for which the provision for consultation is made, Justice K.P. Mohapatra v. … Consultation, in Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition, 1960, Volume 9, page 3) to 'consult' is defined as 'to discuss something together, to deliberate'. Corpus Juris Secundum (Volume

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