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Infant
in the position of equality, making the welfare of the child 'the first and paramount consideration.' See, further, GUARDIANSHIP, WARD, and CHILD-REN; and consult Eversley … & 56 Vict. c. 4), follows the Act of 1874 as respects loans, while the 1st and 2nd sections of the same Act make it a misdemeanor to invite by circular, etc., an infant to bet or … one who cannot speak], a person under twenty-one years of age, whose acts are in many cases either void or voidable. See AGE. At Common Law, the contracts of infants are divided into three classes: 1st. Those
Banking company
company, it is in the first place necessary that it must be a 'company', State Bank of Travancore v. Mohammed Mohammed Khan, AIR 1981 SC 1744: (1982) 1 SCR 338: (1981) 4 SCC 82 (88). does not … which transacts the business of banking in India (subject to the provision contained in the Explanation to the section). Thus, in order that a bank may be a banking company, it is in the first place necessary
Abusing children
his twenty-fourth birthday and is being charged under the section for the first time (R. v. Chapman, 23 Cr App R 63); 'reasonable cause to … & 13 Geo. 5, c. 56), amends the Act of 1885, so that in the case of the second of the above-mentioned offences, it shall be a sufficient defence if it shall be made to appear to … without hard labour, to the extent of two years, (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. C. 69), repealing the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1875, repealing 24 & 25 Vict. C. 100,
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libel
NOTE: Although libel is defined under state case law or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court has enumerated some First Amendment protections that apply to matters of public concern. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Court … publishing a libel see also single publication rule New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare defamation, slander NOTE: Although libel is defined under state case law or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court
penumbra
of rights held to be guaranteed by implication from other rights explicitly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution [the First Amendment has a where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion "Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)"] see … governmental intrusion "Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)"] see also Griswold v. Connecticut in the Important Cases section pe·num·bral [-brəl] adj
Affect
mean 'touch' or 'relate to' or 'concern'. The legislative intent, as manifest in the first part of the section, clearly is that nothing contained in the Act shall touch or apply to an adoption made prior to … the Act shall touch or apply to an adoption made prior to the commencement of the Act, Daniraiji Vrajlalji, Junagadh v. Vahuji Maharaj Shri Chandraprabha, (1975) 3 SCR 32: (1975) 1 SCC 612: AIR 1975 SC 784
Vesting instrument
trusts are (after 1925) to be declared by a separate instrument called the Trust Instrument (see that title). Sec. 5 of the Act provides that the principal vesting deed must state: (a) a description of the settled … to a person taking title from a tenant for life under the first vesting instrument, etc. [see S.L. Act, 1925, s. 110, and see s. … Vesting instrument, a deed, order of Court, or assent, constituting the evidence under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925,
Judgment
that had been issued, and is alleged to have been served, has been raised and determined, Gopiram Agarwalla v. First Additional of Income-tax Officer, AIR 1959 Cal 420 (422). That an order under s. 145(6), Criminal Procedure Code … the parties, is a 'judgment', Kuppa Viswapathi v. Kuppa Venkata Krishna Sastry, AIR 1963 AP 9. Allowing the second appeal and remanding the case for re-hearing is a judgment within the meaning of clause 10 of the
Tithe Rent-Charge
stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants; the first species being usually called pr'dial, the second mixed, the third personal. This commutation was effected by a procedure set on foot by the (English) Tithe … adjusted, according to the price of corn. The commutation was effected in one of two ways-either by a voluntary parochial agreement, con-firmed by the commissioners, or by the compulsory award of the commissioners. The value, either voluntarily
Bigamy
been known to such person to be living within that time; or even, as was held in Reg. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 168, by nine judges to five, to a person re-marrying within the seven years … a bona fide belief on reasonable grounds in the death of the first husband before the second marriage. Bigamy will have been committed though the … less than three, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour. That section, however, does not apply to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland by any other
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