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Schoolmaster
KB 160 (947). As to the dismissal of a schoolmaster or mistress of a public elementary school, see Smith v. Macnally, (1912) 1 Ch 816; Meyers v. Humell, (1912) 2 Ch 256; Mitchell v. East Sussex C.C., (1914) … 1 QB 465. As to the power of an assistant teacher in a public elementary school to administer corporal punishment, see Mansell v. Griffin, (1908) 1 KB 160 (947). As to the dismissal of a schoolmaster or
Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against
5 (A.D. 1570), made perpetual by 29 Eliz. c. 5. See Twyne's case, (1602) 3 Rep 80; 1 Smith's L.C. 1; Halifax Bank v. Gledhill, (1891) 1 Ch 31. The 27 Eliz. c. 4, s. 2, made … that every conveyance of lands, made with the intent to defraud and deceive any person, bodies politic or corporate, who shall purchase the same, shall be deemed (as against that person, etc.) to be utterly void. But
Deposit
the contract shall be completed by the purchaser, and may be forfeited if he make default, Howe v. Smith, (1884) 27 Ch D 89; Hall v. Burnall, (1911) 2 Ch 551. See Law of Property Act, 1925, … with a banking company and includes credit balances in any cash credit account. [Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 (47 of 1961), s. 2(g)] The essence of a deposit is that there must be a
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Negligence
than in the case of adults, see Cooke v. Midland Great Western Railway, 1909 AC 229; and Glasgow Corporation v. Taylor, (1922) 1 AC 44. There is also a peculiar duty to take precaution in the case … Electric Railway v. Loach, (1916) 1 AC 719; and see VOLENTI NONFIT INJURIA. Consult Beven on Negligence and Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit, Coggs v. Bernard. Negligence is absence of reasonable or prudent care which a reasonable
Shall
does not always indicate that the provisions are mandatory in character, Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay v. B.E.S.T. Workers' Union, AIR 1973 SC 883: (1973) … written now but to take effect in future, the Elements of Drafting, by E.L. Piesse and Ji Gilchrist Smith, p. 68. Shall, is not a decisive factor in deciding whether a provision is mandatory or directory, Graphite … conspectus of circumstances bearing on the importance of the condition have all to be considered before condemning a violation as fatal, State of Punjab v. Shamlal Murari, (1976) 1 SCC 719. Shall, does not always mean that
Roman Catholics
operate to render void an absolute immediate bequest to individuals ascertained at the death of the testator [Re Smith, (1914) 1 Ch 937]. As to whether or not a Roman Catholic may be Lord Chancellor, see the … Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists … 1829 disables the religious orders therein mentioned to hold property in their corporate capacity. The Act does not, it seems, operate to render void an
Institutions
no longer allowed to have any authority, except so far as they had been incorporated in the digest, Smith's Dict. of Antiq. It was therefore necessary to prepare an elementary treatise, and the Institutes were published a … part of the first book. According to the chief Division of Persons treated of from Titles III to VIII of the first book, men are either Free or Slaves. The condition of all slaves is the same, … to individuals and those which do not; by the second, they are corporeal or incorporeal. The property in things is acquired either by Natural Law
Distress
chattels off the premises, and does not leave thereon sufficient to meet the arrears, Tomlinson v. Consolidated Credit Corporation, (1889) 24 QBD 135, the landlord may within thirty days take and seize such goods wherever found (11 … Shenstone v. Freeman, (1910) 2 KB 84; and for statutes and general law relating to the subject see Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit. Simpson v. Hartopp; Oldham and foster's Law of Distress; Woodfall's L. and T.; Foa,
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