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Company
months after with less than seven members, each member having knowledge of the reduction below the minimum becomes severally liable for the whole of the debts contracted during the period of reduction. In the case of private … of Parliament, with which, as authorizing an undertaking of a public nature such as a railway, the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), is necessarily incorporated; or (3) in registration under the
Tail
the recognition of the right of barring estates-tail, prescribing and simplifying the mode of disposition. The general enabling clause (s. 15) enacts, that 'after December 31st, 1833, every actual tenant-in-tail, whether in possession, remainder, contingency, or otherwise, … and dispose of it, without barring the entail; but if he sold the growing trees, the buyer must sever them during his life, otherwise the issue-in-tail would have been entitled to them as part of the inheritance;
Good faith
has not been defined in the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The expression has several shades of meaning. In the popular sense, the phrase 'in good faith' simply means 'honestly, without fraud, collusion … (1970) 1 SCC 590. [Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 499] According to the definition in the General Clauses Act means a thing which is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not. In
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Pension
payable to a retiring government servant, in recognition of his past services is 'pension' within the meaning of clause 2 of Article VIII of the Merger Agreement, State of Gujarat v. Dr. R.B. Chandrachud, AIR 1971 SC … any source other than earnings, do not exceed forty-nine pounds seventeen shillings and six pence. There are, however, several disqualifications, chief of which are the receipt of poor relief; or being detained in prison without the option
Transfer
Transfer, a permanent alienation is a transfer and a permanent alienation includes the several kinds of transfers, namely, sale, exchange or gift, Syed Jalal v. Targopal Ram Reddy, AIR 1970 AP 19. … transfer, see ss. 52 to 66. See also for power to transfer shares, s. 14 of the Companies Clauses Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16). As to the transfer of chattels, see SALE OF GOODS
Cognizance
in Parliament, the privileges of the House of Commons, the existence of war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A judge is not … Kumar, (2004) 11 SCC 622. Means 'jurisdiction' or 'the exercise of jurisdiction' or power to try and determine clauses, State of Himachal Pradesh v. M.P. Gupta, (2004) 2 SCC 349
Law
be. Regulations made by the President under Article 240, Bills enacted as President's Act under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of Article 357 of the Constitution and includes rules, regulations, bye-laws and orders issued or made thereunder. … equitable rights. See, further, s. 25 (now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 44, 45), by which the law on several points has now been altered. In Article 21 the word 'law' has been used in the sense of
Superfluous lands
limited for the completion of the undertaking, the person entitled to the lands from which they were originally severed, or, if he refuse, the adjoining owners, having a right of pre-emption; and if the lands are not … Superfluous lands, lands acquired by a public company under the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), but not required for the purposes of the undertaking
Arrest
apprehending certain offenders in certain cases. 'Arrest' is a part of the process of investigation intended to secure several purposes, Adri Dharam Das v. State of West Bengal, (2005) 4 SCC 303. Arrest, means to seize or … respect of certain minor offences on the highway [s. 78, (English) Highways Act; s. 28, (English) Town Police Clauses Act; s. 74(2), (English) Public Health Act, 1925 (Geo. 5, c. 71)]. For further statutes and for arrest
Insurance
(7) All loss to which the ship-owner is liable when his vessel does damage to others. (8) Average clause. Average is a name applied to a certain description of loss, to which the merchant and ship-owner are … are hardly ever made by individuals, but almost always by corporations or joint-stock companies, of which there are several in all the considerable towns throughout the Empire. The conditions on which the different offices insure are contained
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