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Debt

3041 (3045): (1999) 7 SCC 382. Debt includes any liability in respect of any obligation to repay capital sums by way of annuities and any liability under any guarantee, and 'debt charges' shall be construed accordingly. [Constitution … Debt [fr. debitum, Lat.], a sum of money due from one person to another. An action of debt lay where a person claimed the recovery of a

Debt owing and debt due

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Poundage

sheriff's poundage by sub-s. 1 of s. 20 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887, in case of debts due to the Crown, is 1s. for the first hundred pounds recovered, and 6d. for every pound exceeding the

Interest

429. Judgments and, under the (English) Arbitration Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 14), s. 11, sums due under arbitrators' awards carry interest at four per cent.: (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 17. By

Easter offerings, or Easter dues

Easter offerings, or Easter dues, small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishio-ners of Easter as a compensation for personal tithes, … Easter offerings, or Easter dues, small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishio-ners of Easter as a compensation for

Copyhold

a second marriage. (11) Upon every descent of a copyhold estate, a sum of money or fine is due to the lord from the heir upon his admission, as a consideration for the renewal of a grant.

Contractual lien

Contractual lien, this is a contractual right to retain possession pending payment of sums due to the possessor. The contractual lien, which is often equated with a pledge, is to be distinguished from

Fines in copyholds

a sum of money payable by custom to the lord. There are three classes of fines:- (1) those due on the change of the lord; (2) those on the change of the tenant; and (3) those for

Fine

a sum of money called King's silver, which was the post-fine, as distinguished from the pr'-fine, which was due on the writ; (3) the conusance or concord itself, which was the agreement expressing the terms of the

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