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Instrument
the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, 'Instrument' (for the purposes of the Act) 'does not include a Statute, unless the Statute cre-ates a Settlement.' See also Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117; see also TRUST INSTRUMENT;
Includes
generally in order to enlarge the meaning of any word or phrase occurring in the body of a statute, or in the normal standard sense, to mean 'comprises' or 'consists' of or 'means and includes', depending on
House, Houses
a part of a house being a part so let (1933, s. 16); for other definitions, see respective statutes. The word 'house' would in its ordinary sense include any building irrespective of its user. To ascertain the
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Guaranty, or Guarantee
be accepted is not binding. At Common Law a guarantee need not have been in writing, but the Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3), s. 4, enacts that 'No action shall be brought whereby to
Executor
he seeks to retain his debt came to his hands after decree, and even though the debt be statute-barred. Before 1926 an executor could retain a debt due to himself as trustee, but by (English) A.E. Act,
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)
Doctrine
Doctrine, is a rule of interpretation, it means that where some particular provision of statute offends against a constitutional limitation, but that provision is severable from the rest of the Statute, only that
Contract
as corresponds to a sample. As to the evidence required to prove certain kinds of contracts, see FRAUDS, STATUTE OF; (English) Bills of Exchange Act,1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 17, Copyright Act, 1911. Acknowledgements
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
Contra formam statuti
Contra formam statuti, contrary to the form of the statute [in such case made and provided]. The usual conclusion of every indictment, etc., brought for an offence created
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