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Petroleum

up mostly of hydrocarbons compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, the New Bank of Popular Science, Vol. 2; Special Reference No. 1 of 2001, In Re (2004) 4 SCC 489. Means liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons are so … Petroleum, includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other … the property in petroleum and natural gas within Great Britain and makes provision with respect to the searching and boring for petroleum. It prohibits the

Property

Act, 1988 (45 of 1988), s. 2 (c)] Means the general property in goods, and not merely a special property. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930), s. 2 (11)] It means: (i) immovable property; (ii) … property under Hindu law and there is nothing in any of the provisions of the Hindu Women's Rights Property Act which excludes from the scope … of Bihar, 1962 (2) SCC 292: 1962 (1) SCJ 382: AIR 1961 SC 1684. Property, may denote the nature of the interest in goods and when used in this sense means title or ownership in a thing,

Dean

of the four chief dignitaries, exercising a general supervision over the other members of the capitular body, with special reference to the cure of souls. In cathedrals of the new foundation, the duties of the deans are … summoning the bishops of his province when a convocation is to be assembled. Another division, arising from the nature of their office, is into deans of spiritual promotions and deans of lay promotions. Of the former kind … Archdeaconries and Rural Deaneries Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 63), provision is made for the re-arrangement of the boundaries of archdeaconries and rural

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Fraud

legal principles; as marriage-brokerage bonds, and contracts in restraint of trade. Other transactions again, growing out of a special confidential or fiduciary relation between the parties, are watched with special jealousy, because they afford the means of … in relation to statute must be a colourable transaction to evade the provisions of a statute. 'If a statute has been passed for some one … It is impossible to lay down a definition completely comprehending fraud, and no rule can, from the very nature of the subject, be invariable. fraud is infinite: 'Crescit in orbe dolus'; and were the Courts to prescribe

Consideration

impossible consideration. A contract may be illegal because it contravenes the principles of the Common Law, or the special requirements of a statute. The former illegality exists whenever the consideration is founded upon a transaction which violates … motive or inducement for a promise or for a transfer of property from one person to another. The nature or quality of the consideration which will be sufficient for these purposes varies with the nature of the … Means everything receive in return for the supply of services or the provision of services, Nell Gwynn House Trustees v. Customs Comrs. [H.L. (E)], (1999)

Association, Memorandum of

is incapable of alteration, Ashbury Railway & Co. v. Riche, (1875) LR 7 HL 653, except under the special provisions of the Act of 1929 (see s. 4). In particular the objects may not be altered unless … company which is the subject of the memorandum, Companies Act, 1929, ss. 1 and 2.The memorandum defines the nature and objects of the company. It constitutes the charter of the company and is incapable of alteration, Ashbury

Assessors

other than in a criminal proceeding by the Crown, call in the aid of one or more assessors specially qualified, and try and hear the matter in question wholly or partially with the assistance of such assessors. … By the County Courts Act, 1934, s. 88, replacing the County Court Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, 1868, s. 14, provision is made for the appointment of assessors of 'natural skill and experience' in Admiralty actions, and such assessors

Adulteration

purpose of analysis. Prosecution for offences is in accordance with the Summary Jurisdiction Acts. The Act also has special provisions dealing with milk, butter, margarine, cheese, etc. As regards milk the complete public control over the production … months. The sale to the prejudice of the purchaser of articles of food and drugs not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, is prohibited. Where however, the article is properly labelled as mixed,

Suit

process, BSI Ltd. v. Gift Holdings Pvt. Ltd., AIR 2000 SC 926. [See also Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act (1 of 1986), s. 22(1)] Suit, is a generic term of comprehensive significa-tion, and applies to any … decision of the Court is sought may be a suit. But if the proceeding is of a summary nature not falling within the definition of a suit, it may not be so treated for the purpose of

Specific performance

to the Common Law writ of mandamus a little more efficacy by provisions since superseded by s. 24 of the Judicature Act, 1873, now by … the (English) Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, introduced a procedure for enforcing the specific delivery of goods sold, specially superseded by s. 52 of the (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893. An award of damages may be … Specific performance. Equity, in obedience to the cardinal rule of natural justice that a person should perform his agreement enforces, pursuant to a regulated and judicial discretion, the actual

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