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Consideration
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 public policy or morality:'as
Company
and using the powers of company management. The company law was at that time conceived merely as a statute intended to regulate the structure and mode of operation of a special type of economic institution called company.
Estate
or base fees, and (b) fees conditional at the Common Law, afterwards called fees-tail in consequence of the Statute De Donis, which may be (i.) general or special, (ii.) male or female, (iii.) given in frank-marriage. (B)
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Husband and wife
and 'equity to a settlement,' very largely modified the Common Law in favour of the wife; and the statute law has, by s. 1 of the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors Act), 1935 (25 & 26 Geo.
Misdemeanour
property on credit and not having paid for it within four months of bankruptcy, which are misdemeanours by statute; and any attempt to commit a felony or misdemeanour, whether the crime attempted be so by statute or … felony and is usually punishable by fine, penalty. Forfeiture or confinement in a place other than prison, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1014. Misdemeanour, a crime less than felony, as perjury, obtaining money by false pretences,
Legislation
Legislation, a legislation, it is trite, is not confined to a statute enacted by Parliament or the legislature of a State, which would include delegated legislation and subordinate legislation or … thereof, Kusum Ingots & Alloys Ltd. v. Union of India, (2004) 6 SCC 254 (263). --the making of law; any set of statutes. The distinction between a 'legislative' act and a 'judicial' act is well known, though
Springing use
period arrives and a good legal estate was conferred upon A. attaining that age by virtue of the statute. The use may be contingent as in that case, or vested, as grant to B. to the use … vest at a future period which does not coincide with the termination of a legal estate at common law, for instance. In conveyances before 1926, upon a grant by X. To B. to the use of A.
Lease
by the Act; see infra. Until 1926, under a lease for years, except a lease operating under the Statute of Uses, the lessee must have entered into the leased premises, for before entry he had only an … locatio, Lat., the letting of property, or laisser, Fr., to let, or leapum, or leasum, Sax., to enter lawfully], sometimes also called demise (demissio), is a grant of property for life, or years, or from year to
Fiscal Statutes
determining the liability of a subject to tax one must have regard to the strict letter of the law and not merely to the spirit of the statute or the, substance of the law. If the Revenue … Fiscal Statutes, in construing fiscal statutes and in determining the liability of a subject to tax one must have regard
Title
rights in property; an chastenment (such as a deed) that constitute such evidence 3. The heading of a statute or other legal document, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. There are several stages and degrees requisite to form
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