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Winding-up
of a special resolution of the company requiring it; or (2) If default is made in delivering the statutory report to the registrar or in holding the statutory meeting; or (3) On non-commencement of business within one … ss. 230 and 237-245). Winding-up Subject to Supervision of the Court is obtained upon petition [(English) Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 1929] at any time after a company has passed a resolution for voluntary winding-up. The petition gives the … of the status of its members is void unless the Court otherwise orders (s. 173); and every attachment, sequestration, distress or execution if made after
Mortgage
of the East Indian Company; commissions in the Army; and church livings with cure of souls, and other statutory prohibitions. While an increase in the rate of interest upon default of regular payment is a penalty, and … is resorted to when a debt has been incurred, or a loan of money or credit effected, in order to secure either the repayment of the one or the liquidation of the other. the debtor, or borrower,
merger
have the same right to an appraisal of the fair value of their shares as shareholders in a statutory merger. short-form merger : an accelerated statutory merger between a subsidiary and a parent corporation that controls a
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Arbitration
charging order for solicitors' costs can be obtained (s. 17). Certain provisions are excluded in the case of statutory arbitrations (s. 20). Various statutes specifically incorporate the Arbitration Act, others both necessitate arbitration and specify the procedure … 1889 as amended. He is generally the final judge of law and facts; he is bound by the rules of law, and occupies a judicial position [re Enoch, (1910) 1 KB 327], and cannot award anything contrary … things necessary to the proper conduct of the arbitration, may make an order staying the proceedings. The chief amendments of the Arbitration Act, 1934, relate
Marriage
P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes … from were equally divided on the point in Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's … and wilfully consent to or acquiesce in the person not in holy orders.' As to marriage by a pretended clergyman, Sir William Scott, afterwards Lord
Tail
estate-tail in land now constitutes a settlement. [(English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 1] With this and other statutory modifications under the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, the rules relating to this form of estate are … person on default of such descendants, when it vests in such third person or remainder-man. Before 1926, in order to create an estate-tail by deed, the word 'heir' or 'heirs' must be used, White v. Collins, (1719)
Arrangements between debtors and creditors
(1) defining the deeds of arrangement to which the Act applies; (2) avoiding deeds of arrangement where the statutory provisions have not been complied with; (3) requiring deeds to be registered with the Registrar of Bills of … generally; (5) making certain general provisions as to Courts, procedure, etc., And see the (English) Deeds of Arrangement Rules, 1925, pursuant to (English) Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1914, and s. 22 of (English) Administration of Trustee Act, … arrangements with creditors outside the law of bankruptcy became common, and in order to legalize and regulate these arrangements, the (English) Deeds of Arrangement Act,
jurisdiction
involving parties having diverse citizenship (as in being from different states) where the matter in controversy exceeds a statutory amount (as $50,000) see also Article III of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: The diversity jurisdiction … or treaties of the U.S. : federal jurisdiction over cases involving a federal question see also well-pleaded complaint rule NOTE: The federal courts have usually interpreted the statutory phrase “arising under” rather strictly. U.S. Supreme Court decisions … over property that allows the court to issue binding judgments (as an order for partition) affecting a person's interests in the property compare personal jurisdiction
Jury
homes, being charged not to converse with any person on the subject of the trial. Remuneration.--There is no statutory remuneration for common jurors in the High Court; s. 22 of the Act of 1870, which fixed a … consist of eight. (County Courts Act, 1934, s. 93) Before the Act of 1870 there was an old rule in criminal cases against allowing jurors food, drink, or fire after the summing up, but now they are
Registration of title of land
do not affect such purchasers; (c) the method of conveyance or charge is simple; (d) subject to the statutory provisions, registration guarantees the title to purchasers for value and mortgagees. It should be observed that mines and … register, notifying incumbrances, e.g., registrable leases, and charges, mortgages, restrictive covenants, etc. as a rule (see (English) L.R. Rules, 1925, 287 to 297), no one but the proprietor of the land or of any charge or incumbrance … may be introduced in any county or part of a county by Order in Council at the instance of a county, or county borough council,
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