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Public health
Public health. The first (English) Public Health Act was passed in 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63); this was an adoptive Act not applying to London, and forms the foundation of modern sanitary … Public Health Act, 1875 (the Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), repeals certain sections of this Act, re-enacting them with amendments), which thus formed a sanitary code for England outside the metropolis.
Proxy
Proxy, a person appointed, usually by written authority, by a person entitled to vote personally, to vote at the discretion of the proxy. See Harben v. Phillips, (1883) 23 Ch D p. … meeting so specified, and any adjournment thereof [(English) Stamp Act, 1891, and First Schedule]. The Standing Orders of Parliament (L.S.O. 62 and C.S.O. 62) prohibit … voting by proxy under the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), see sections 76, 77 of that Act; amended in the case of a company being shareholder, by the Companies Clauses
Railway
the tolls by the special Act authorized to be taken by them. The section is permissive only, Johnson v. Midland Ry. Co., (1849) 18 LJ Ex 366; but the Railway Commissioners may compel a company to act … Fares.-The maximum fares for passengers have been but little revised since their first authorisation by the special Acts authorising the construction of the railways to … in England. Railway Companies as Carriers, The powers of railway companies as carriers are given by the 86th section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and controlled by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Acts of
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Legal representative
a person on whom the estate devolves on the death of an individual, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation v. Ramanbhai Prabhat Bhai, AIR 1987 SC 1690 (1699): (1987) 3 SCC 234: (1987) 3 SCR 404. [Motor Vehicles … 2 SCC 275: (1989) 2 SCR 810. It has the meaning assigned to it in clause (11) of section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957, s. 2 (lb)] It means a person … 1970), s. 2 (1) (k)] The term conceives of two distinct categories. Firstly, the heirs or persons, who in law represent the estate of the
Public trustee
at any Post Office. The Public Trustee in the person is whom the legal estate is (in the first instance) to vest in certain cases of undivided shares, inland and in fancy subsisting on the 1st January, … The Public Trustee may decline to accept any trust, but not on the ground only of the small value of the trust property; and he cannot, except under certain conditions (see Rule 7), accept a trust which
Wills
execution of a wills. (4) How wills are to be construed. The first s. enacts that the word 'will' shall extend to a testament, and … also defines the meaning of the words 'real estate' and 'personal estate' as used in the Act. The second s. (repealed by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 35) repeals (amongst others) prior Acts relating to wills, leaving … Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable property. ''But in law
Public order
Act, may not be equated with the maintenance of public order as is commonly understood, Romesh Lal Jain v. Naginder Singh Rana, (2006) 1 SCC 294. Public order, has a comprehensive meaning so as to include public … order' was inserted in Article 19(2) of the Constitution by the Constitution First Amendment Act, 1951, the wide concept of 'public order' is split up … every such breach of public order that justifies the exercise of so extraordinary a power contained in this section, nor is the section intended for punishing a person guilty of every such breach of public order .........
As well as
the first category within the tentacles of the offence on a par with the offending company, Anil Hada v. Indian Acrylic Ltd., (2001) 1 SCC 1. … As well as, used in sub-section (1) of section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 has some importance. The said phrase would embroil the persons mentioned
New building
building.' The question whether any building is a 'new building' is in general one of fact, see Ballard v. Horton's Estate Ltd., (1926) 24 LGR 449. So also in the case of temporary buildings (q.v.), Rodwell v. … Act (Amendment) Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 53), contained elaborate definitions of a 'new building,' but this section has been repealed as from the 1st October, 1937, by the Public Health Act, 1936, and of which … a 'new building,' but this section has been repealed as from the 1st October, 1937, by the Public Health Act, 1936, and of which the
By contract or otherwise
must be referable to some contractual or other arrangement enforceable in law or in equity, George Da Costa v. Controller of Estate Duty, (1967) 1 SCR 1004: AIR 1967 SC 849 (851): (1967) 63 ITR 497. (Estate … control the words 'to the entire exclusion of the donor' in the first limb. In other words, in order to attract the section it is … By contract or otherwise, the words 'by contract or otherwise' in the second limb of the s. 10 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953 will not control the words 'to the
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