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Weights and measures
the guidance of local authorities,' but adds that these regulations may confer on local authorities power to make special local regulations of their own in suitable cases. There are also many small amendments of the Acts of … stamping take place on the premises of a glass or earthenware manufacturer, in which case such adequate and reasonable allowance as may be agreed upon by the local authority with the consent of the Board of Trade
Charitable uses and trusts
by 24 Vict. c. 9, which provided that a conveyance for charitable uses should not be void by reason of containing certain stipulations for the donor's benefit, and dispensed with a deed in the case of copyholds. … the scholars upon the foundations thereof; and various Acts of Parliament passed from time to time have also specially exempted devises of lands or moneys charged thereon to the trustees of the British Museum for the benefit
Processing
its plain natural meaning. Webster's Dictionary gives the following meaning of the word 'process': 'to subject to some special process or treatment; to subject (especially raw material) to a process of manufacture, development of preparation for the … But that meaning would be out of context for interpreting the word in this Act for the simple reason that where a word has not been defined in the Act its meaning has to be gathered from
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Costs
apportioned between the parties in such manner as the Court shall think just, and in default of any special direction are to abide the event. See also County Court Rules, 1936, Ord. XLVII. Cost in Criminal Cases.--The … referee or officer of the Supreme Court, that referee or officer) if satisfied:' (a) that there was sufficient reason for bingeing the action in the High Court; or (b) that the defendant or one of the defendants
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 … or undue advantage on the one side, or mental incompetency on the other, and, inequity, inadequacy maybe a reason for refusing specific performance, Pegler v. White, 33 Beav 403. (b) Forbearance for a time to institute a
Heir
blood and inheritance.) a son who may be defeated of his inheritance by his father's displeasure. (h) Heir special. The issue in tail claiming per forman doni. (q) Ultimus h'res. He to whom lands come by escheat … not infrequently used to indicate those who come in any manner to the ownership of any property by reason of the death of the owner or persons upon whom the property devolves on the death of another
Directors
board of directors. Their powers, if the company be incorporated by Act of Parliament, are derived from its special Acts and ss. 90-100 of the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845; if the company be incorporated under the … 14 App Cas 337, that directors making an untrue statement in a prospectus which they honestly, though without reasonable ground, believed to be true, were not liable to a shareholder taking shares on the faith of such
Certiorari
be expressly given by statute, but certiorari always lies unless it be expressly taken away by statute, and special clauses in modern statutes have frequently taken it away. See e.g., (English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 262; … and occurred in the original Latin words of the writ which translated read 'we, being desirous for certain reasons, that the said record should by you be certified to us'. Certiorari was essentially a royal demand for
Maintenance
Lamson Store Service Co., (1908) 1 KB 1006. An action for maintenance does not lie without proof of special damage. The success of the maintained actions is not a bar to the right of action for maintenance, … food, clothing, residence, education, medical attendance and treatment; (ii) in the case of an unmarried daughter, also the reasonable expenses of an incident to her marriage. [Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (78 of 1956), s. 3
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) … the expectation of deriving thereafter certain advantage from a thing (which we are already said to possess) by reason of the relation in which we stand towards it, See Manathunainatha Desikar v. Sundaralingam, AIR 1971 Mad 1;
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