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qualified terminable interest property
qualified terminable interest property see property ...
Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery
Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery. See ASSIZES....
Commission of oyer and terminer
Commission of oyer and terminer. See ASSIZE....
Sittings
Sittings. By the Judicature Act, 1873, s. 26, the division of the legal year into terms is abolished, and sittings are substituted for it. See now (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII.The sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in London and Middlesex are four in every year, viz., the Michaelmas sittings, the Hilary sittings, the Easter sittings, and the Trinity sittings. The Michaelmas sittings commence on the day appointed by Order in Council (Long Vacation Order, 1935, 12th October; Long Vacation Order, 1936, 12th October), and terminate on the 21st of December; the Hilary sittings commence on the 11th of January and terminate on the Wednesday before Easter; the Easter sittings commence on the Tuesday after Easter week and terminate on the Friday before Whit-Sunday; and the Trinity sittings commence on the Tuesday after Whitsun-week and terminate on the 31st of July (R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII).It is also provided by the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 52 (replacing t...
Judgment
Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court.Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100].The several species of judgments are either:-(a) Interlocutory, given in the course of a cause, upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc.(b) Final, putting an end to the action by an award of redress to one party, or discharge of the other, as the case may be.By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verd...
Retrenchment
Retrenchment, in its ordinary connotation is discharge of labour as surplus though the business or work itself is continued, S.M. Nilajkar v. Telecom District Manager, (2003) 4 SCC 27.Means the termination by the employer of the service of a workman for any reason whatsoever, otherwise than as a punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary action but does not include--(a) voluntary retirement of the workman; or(b) retirement of the workman on reaching the age of superannuation if the contract of employment between the employer and the workman concerned contains a stipulation in that behalf; or(bb) termination of the service of the workman as a result of the non-renewal of the contract of employment between the employer and the workman concerned on its expiry or of such contract being terminated under a stipulation in that behalf contained therein; or(c) termination of the service of a workman on the ground of continued ill-health. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (oo)]T...
Long vacation
Long vacation. By (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXVIII., r. 4 (1), the Long Vacation shall commence on 1st of August and terminate on the day appointed by Order in Council for that purpose. By Order in Council dated 1st March, 1907, the Long Vacation is to commence in August and was to terminate on 11th October. For the year 1935 the Long Vacation terminated on 6th October (Long Vacation (1935) Order, 1935)....
statutory rule against perpetuities
statutory rule against perpetuities :a statute setting forth the requirements for the vesting of a future interest in property and superseding the common-law rule against perpetuities ;esp : a uniform statute invalidating a future interest in property that is not certain to vest or terminate within a life in being plus 21 years or that does not vest or terminate within 90 years after its creation ...
nullity
nullity pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being null 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment absolute nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public order, interest, law, or morals [a bigamous marriage is an absolute nullity "Louisiana Civil Code"] ;also : the quality or state of such a nullity NOTE: A marriage that is an absolute nullity does not have to be annulled to terminate its legal effects (as property rights). rel·a·tive nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a nullity that can be cured by confirmation because the object involved is considered valid ;also : the quality or state of such a nullity NOTE: A contract that is a relative nullity may be annulled and the parties restored to their original positions. A marriage that is a relative nullity must be annulled to terminate the legal effects (as property rights) of the marriage. ...
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