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Precedent
of Andhra Pradesh, (1992) Cr LJ 3512. Precedent, when not binding. If is rendered in ignorance of a statute or a rule having the force of statute, Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd., (1944) KB 729: (1944)
Penalty
Penalty, is a liability under the taxing statute, Khemka & Co. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1549. Penalty, is legal or official punishment such
Obsolete
stocks (see STOCKS), the provision of the Gaming Act of Henry VIII. (33 Hen. 8, c. 9) (Revised Statutes, 2nd Edn., vol. i. p. 378, published in 1888; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming'), by which labourers
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Magna Carta
the conduct and measures of the Government of the day. The Great Charter, as set forth in the statutes at large, is expressed to be made in the ninth year of King Henry III. (that is, in
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal
Lien
respect of which it was acquired can no longer be enforced by an action, on account of the Statute of Limitations, for the statute does not put an end to the debt but only to the remedy
Statutory body
Statutory body, must be created by or under a statute and owe its existence to a statute, Sukhdev Singh v. Bhagatram Sardar Singh, AIR 1975 SC 1331; Vaish
Feoffee to uses
Feoffee to uses, the person in whom, before the Statute of Uses, the legal seisin or feudal tenancy of the land was vested, the substantial and beneficial ownership
toll
take away (as a right) 2 a : to remove the effect of [the court did not the statute of repose after the statutory period had expired] b : suspend [ the running of the statute of
jurisdiction
court over the parties before it that allows it to issue a binding judgment see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice, long-arm statute, minimum contacts compare subject matter jurisdiction in this entry NOTE: The
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