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Priority
January, 1870, no debt or liability of such person shall be entitled to any priority or preference by reason merely that the same is secured by or arises under a bond, deed, or other instrument under seal, … or arises under a bond, deed, or other instrument under seal, or is otherwise made or constituted a specialty debt. The priority in legal and equitable assignments of equitable choses in action are determined accord-ing to the
Jury
the county of London, the qualification for which is the same as for Middlesex); the qualification for a special jury, by s. 31 of the same Act, and the (English) Jurors Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. … criminal cases against allowing jurors food, drink, or fire after the summing up, but now they are allowed reasonable refreshment at their own expense. Except on a trial of murder, treason or treason-felony, juries may separate in
Taxation
as defined in Art. 366(28), 'includes the imposition of any tax or impost, whether general or local or special', the amplitude of that definition has to be cut down if the context otherwise so requires. In re … the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment in the United States. It would be objectionable in this country by reason of Article 31(1) of the Constitution. Taxation, however, is nonetheless, for public purpose even if particular persons receive
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Fees and taxes
or service rendered or to meet the expenses connected therewith. Thus, fee are nothing but payment for some special privilege granted on service rendered. Taxes and taxation are, therefore, distinguishable from various other contributions, charges, or burdens … already speaks of certain expenses 'which are laid out for the benefit of the whole society'. 'It is reasonable, therefore', he adds 'that they should be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society, all the
Meeting
meetings' are meetings called upon requisition of holders of one-tenth of the capital-carrying votes (s. 114), to transact special business, which is previously notified to those concerned; an ordinary meeting may also be convened by members or … right was upheld to enter private premises to attend a meeting to which the public were invited, in reasonable anticipation of misdemeanours or breach of the peace. and see also PUBLIC MEETING. Consult Crewe, Procedure at Pub.
damage
for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable … losses that include expenses incurred in handling and caring for goods which were the subject of the contract, reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining cover, and any other reasonable expenses resulting from the breach that do not fall
Occupier
person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors and assignees. [The Rajasthan Special Economic Zones Development Act, 2003, s. 2(h)] Occupier, of a jute-mill means the person who has ultimate control … under the Representation of the People Acts, 1867 and 1884, now a person liable to pay rates by reason of occupation of premises under the (English) Rating and Valuation Acts, 1925, 1932, and see (English) Representation of
Challenge
under the distress of the plaintiff or defendant; that the sheriff, etc., is employed by or is the special friend of either party or is an arbitrator in the same matter, and has treated thereof. (b) A … can challenge him; (b) challenge propter defectum, that the juror is not qualified; (c) challenge propter affectum, by reason of some supposed bias or partiality: (d) challenge propter delictum, when for some act of the juror he
Guaranty, or Guarantee
c. 3), s. 4, enacts that 'No action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriages of another person, unless the agreement upon which such … to answer for the debt, etc., of another is to be deemed invalid to support an action, by reason that the consideration does not appear in writing (s. 3). By s. 18 of the Partnership Act, 1890
Improvement of towns
Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 34), 'comprises in one Act sundry provisions usually contained in' special Acts of Parliament theretofore passed 'for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improving towns and populous districts,' to avoid … cent of the amount of the increase may be recovered from owners (s. 21); see BETTERMENT. As to reasonableness of byelaws for preserving the amenities of the countryside, see Baird v. Glasgow Corporation (H.L. Scot.) 1936 AC
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