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Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists.The Christian religion, though it prohibits swearing, excepts oaths required by legal authority (Art. Ch. of Engl. xxxix.). All who believe in a God, the avenger of falsehood, have always been admitted to give evidence, but the old rule was, that all witnesses must take an oath of some kind. Very gradually, however, the legislature has relaxed this rule, and the privilege of affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which--Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as the ground of such objection, either that he has no religious belief, or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief, shall be permitted to make his solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath in all places and for all purpose...
Estate
Estate [fr. status, Lat.; etat, Fr.], the condition and circumstance in which an owner stands with regard to his property. The word is used in several senses and may denote either an estate in land; or an estate in property other than land; a legal estate or an equitable estate, land being an immovable is capable of being the subject of many estates existing concurrently with each other, thus the absolute ownership or fee simple may be leased and sub-leased, mortgaged and charged, each of the holders of these estates having a good legal or equitable estate at the same time; again, estates may be in possession, or in futuro; personal property may also be subject concurrently to a variety of ownerships, according to its nature; technically, in regard to land, the word is used to denote the quantity of interest, e.g., estate in fee simple, for life, for years, etc., in either legal or equitable estates. In practice its most important division is into real estate and personal estate, altho...
Cyber law
Cyber law, the problem of cyber laws has arisen throughout the world. These problems arise in all areas of law. The law (statutory or otherwise) providing answers to these problems or dealing with Information Technology are sometimes named as 'Computer Laws' or 'Information Technology Laws' or simply 'Cyber laws'. The most important legislative measure is the Information Technology Act, 2000. The Act has this amended, The Indian Penal Code, 1860, The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, The Bankers' Book Evidence Act, 1891, The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Communication Convergence Bill is addition to it...
Compensation
Compensation, according to dictionary it means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may constitute actual loss or expected loss and may extend to physical mental or even emotional suffering, insult or injury or loss, Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Balbir Singh, (2004) 5 SCC 65 (75): AIR 2004 SC 2141.--Making things equivalent, satisfying or making amends, a reward for the apprehension of criminals; also that equivalent in money which is paid to the owners and occupiers of lands taken or injuriously affected for public purposes and under Act of Parliament, e.g., the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), but where the land is acquired compulsorily by a Government Department or any local or Public Authority the compensation is regulated by the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57) and Rules of 1919, and see Housing Act, 1936, ss. 40 and 42 and Schedules, ...
Burglary
Burglary [fr. burg, Sax., a house, and larron, a thief, fr. latro, Lat.]. At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling-house of another in the night-time with intent to commit a felony therein. S. 25 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, provides that-Means the act of breaking and entering an inhabited structure (as a house) especially at night with intent to commit a felony (as murder or larcency), the act of entering or remaining unlawfully (as after closing to the public) in a building with intent to commit a crime (as a felony). The crime of burglary was originally defined under the common law to protect people, since there were other laws, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 61.Burglary, is the common law offence of breaking and entering another's dwelling at night with the intent to commit a felony. The modern statutory offence of breaking and entering any building not just a dwelling and not only at night - with the intent to commit a felony....
Bye-law
Bye-law, means an Ordinance affecting the public or some portion of the public imposed by some authority clothed with statutory powers, ordering something to be done or not to be alone and accompanied by some sanction or penalty for its non-observance, Kruse v. Johnson, (1898) 2 QB 91; DPP v. Hutchinson, (1990) 2 All ER 836. Means a rule or administrative provision adopted by an association or corporation for its internal governance. Co-operate bye-laws are usually enacted apart from the articles of incorporation, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 193.Means a rule adopted by an organization chiefly for the government of its members and the management of its affairs; a local Ordinance, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 62....
Partnership
Partnership, the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business with a view to profit--so defined by s. 1, sub-s. 1, of the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), a codifying Act of fifty s.s, 'to declare and amend the law of partnership,' which, in effect, transfers the law of the subject from the region of reported cases to that of the statute; Bovill's Act' (see that title) of 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 86), and a small part of the (English) Mercantile Law Amendment Act of 1856, being the only previous statutory enactments on the subject.Rules, which, however, subject to any agreement express or implied between the partners, are laid down by s. 24 for determining the interest of partners in the partnership property and their rights and duties in relation to the partnership. They provide, amongst other things, for equal shares in profits and equal contributions to losses; for indemnification of every partner by the firm in respect of payments properly made...
Tack
Tack, a lease or contract of location; also an addition, supplement; also cattle taken in by a tenant on agistment.To add one's own period of land possession to a prior possessor's period to establish continuous adverse possession for statutory period, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1465.Means to combine (a use, possession or period of time) with that of another especially in order to satisfy the statutory time period for acquiring title to or a prescriptive easement in the property of a third party, Hall v. Kerlee, 461 S.E. 2d 911 (1995)....
rule
rule 1 a : a prescribed guide for conduct or action b : a regulating principle or precept 2 a : an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to perform an act or show cause why an act should not be performed [a directing the district court to show cause why its ruling should not be vacated "People v. District Court, 797 P.2d 1259 (1990)"] b : a usually judicially promulgated regulation having the force of law that governs judicial practice or procedure [s of evidence] [s of appellate procedure] see also rule of court c : rule of law 3 : all or part of a statement (as a regulation) by an administrative agency that has general or particular applicability and future effect and that is designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or that describes the organization, procedure, or practice of the agency itself [a subject to statutory notice and comment requirement...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
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