Separate But Equal - Law Dictionary Search Results
Intoxicating liquor
a 'general annual licensing meeting,' held in every division of a county, and in every borough having a separate commission of the peace, in the first fourteen days of February (s. 10). The Licensing Act, 1921, s. … of their reports is obligatory on quarter sessions, which may refuse the renewal. The compensation is a sum equal to the difference between the value of the licensed premises as licensed and their value as unlicensed, together
Public Order Act, 1936
Cr LJ 634. Includes any open space situate adjacent to or abutting on a public street, and not separated therefrom by a boundary wall. The test is whether members of the public have, as a matter of … to which members or the public have a legal right of access, on the other hand, it is equally plausible to say that a place where the public are permitted to go and habitually go, is also
Marumakkattayam law
of the family constituting a Marumakkattayam tarward are descended through a common ancestries in the female line with equal rights in the property of the family. Under the customary Marumakkattayam law no partition of the family estate … partition of the family estate may be made, but items of the family property may by agreement be separately enjoyed by the Members. On death the interest of a member devolved by survivorship. Management of the family
Keep your definitions linked to case research
property
structure on it ;also : an interest, benefit, right, or privilege in such property called also immovable property separate property : property of a spouse that is not community property or marital property ;esp : property acquired … upon divorce NOTE: In community property states, marital property is the same as community property and is divided equally upon divorce. In nearly all other states, marital property is divided according to what the court determines is
Party-wall
the wall and the land on which it stands belongs to the owners of those adjoining lands, in equal moieties, as tenants in common, or would so belong if tenancy in undivided shares in a legal estate … those which would have subsisted if a valid tenancy in common had been created. If a house be separated from other premises by a wall, and that wall belongs to the owner of the house, he is
Partnership
which the judgment creditor of a partner, instead of being able to execute not only against his debtor's separate property but also against the property of the firm, may obtain only an order charging the partner's interest … partnership property and their rights and duties in relation to the partnership. They provide, amongst other things, for equal shares in profits and equal contributions to losses; for indemnification of every partner by the firm in respect
tenancy
binds partners to the use of partnership property only for partnership purposes and that does not permit the separate assignment by a partner of his or her right to the property 2 : the period of a … tenancy] called also tenancy at sufferance joint tenancy : a tenancy in which two or more parties hold equal and simultaneously created interests in the same property and in which title to the entire property is to
Marriage settlement
the Divorce Court is empowered, in cases where a marriage has been dissolved, or a sentence of judicial separation has been pronounced, on the ground of the wife's adultery, to order such settlement, as it shall think … the marriage as the parents or the survivor may appoint, and in default of appointment for the children equally. It is a well-settled rule that the costs of the settlement are paid by the husband though the
contract
contract in this entry installment contract : a contract in which performance is tendered in installments (as by separate periodic delivery of goods) investment contract : an agreement or transaction in which a party invests money in … the civil law of Louisiana : a contract in which the obligations of the parties to perform are equal to each other in value constructive contract : quasi contract in this entry contract for deed : land
Rent
use of the tenancy certain amount has been realized in the form of rent and service charges. Although separate receipts were issued, the service charge are nothing but the integral part of the rent which the tenant … was, before 32 & 33 Vict. c. 46, of a higher degree than simple contract debts, and of equal degree with specialty debts; but that Act has abolished the priority, see Shirreff v. Hastings, (1877) 6 Ch
- ‹ Prev
- 1
- 3
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free