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Family

or has ceased under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to be entitled to maintenance, she shall henceforth be deemed to be no longer a member of the subscriber's family in matter to … subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has been judicially separated from him or has ceased under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to be

Puis darrein continuance, plea of

defence arose after writ, but before plea or continuance, it was said to be pleaded 'to the further maintenance' of the action. When it arose after plea or continuance it was called a plea of puis darrien … Puis darrein continuance, plea of. In olden times, when the pleadings were each entered separately on the record, every entry after the first was called a continuance. When the matter of defence arose

Desertion

of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or (3) without being regularly separated from one of the armed forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of

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Adultery

himself had committed adultery and was the first offender, but now see the very full powers of granting maintenance and alimony which the Court has by virtue of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. … private Act of Parliament) upon the ground of his wife's adultery, and a wife could obtain a judicial separation on the ground of her husband's adultery, or a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his adultery

Charitable uses and trusts

s. 29(4), however, provides that assurances of land or personal estate to be laid out in land or separate instruments declaring the charitable trusts executed after 1925 need not be so enrolled, but that they must be … or to or in trust for the colleges of Eton, Winchester, or Westminster, for the better support and maintenance of the scholars upon the foundations thereof; and various Acts of Parliament passed from time to time have

County Councils

Geo. 5, c. 51), consolidates with amendments the enactments relating to local authorities. The councillors are elected, for separate electroal divisions,' the qualification for elctors being that required under the Representation of the People Acts, and the … (4) Management of halls,offices and other buildings; (5) Licensing of houses formusic and dancing and of racecourses; (6) Maintenance and management of hospitals and rate-aided mental hospitals. (7) Education and maintenance of schools; (8) Management of roads

Justices

ex-mayor, who are justices ex officio in every borough) are appointed by the Crown in boroughs having a separate commission of the peace. They must reside, while acting, in or within seven miles of the borough, or … management of such administrative business as the licensing of theatres, the levying of county rates, the establishment and maintenance of reformatory and industrial schools, etc., is transferred from the justices to county councils (see that title) by

Industry

activity cannot be treated as an industry nor are they workmen, MGT of Som Vihar Apt Owners Housing Maintenance Society Ltd. v. Workmen, (2002) 9 SCC 652: AIR 2002 SC 2530 (2531). [Industrial Disputes Act, (14 of … still it must be remembered that if that were so, there was no need to use the word separately from business or trade. The wider import is attracted even more clearly when we look at the latter

custody

supervision and control over property that usually includes liability for damage that may occur b : care and maintenance of a child that includes the right to direct the child's activities and make decisions regarding the child's … decisions regarding the child's upbringing compare visitation joint custody : custody of a child shared by divorced or separated parents who alternate physical custody of and share in decisions regarding the child called also shared custody phys·i·cal

Within

on or before the expiration of the iddat period, the husband is bound to make and pay a maintenance to the wife and if he fails to do so then the wife is entitled to recover it

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