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Mistake
money paid under a mistake of law is ordinarily not recoverable, Holt v. Markham, (1923) 1 KB 504, though there is an exception in the case where an officer of a Court or a trustee in bankruptcy … mistake of law is ordinarily not recoverable, Holt v. Markham, (1923) 1 KB 504, though there is an exception in the case where an officer of a Court or a trustee in bankruptcy has received the money
Recognisance
called 'binding over.' As to the power of justices of their own initiative to bind over a person, though no formal charge has been made against him, see R. v. Wilkins, (1907) 2 KB 380. See also … has been made against him, see R. v. Wilkins, (1907) 2 KB 380. See also R. v. Sandbach, Ex p. Williams, (1935) 2 KB 192, and Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 49), s.
Misconduct
to the scope of the statute and the public purpose it seeks to serve, State of Punjab v. Ex. Constable Ram Singh, AIR 1992 SC 2188: (1992) 4 SCC 54: (1992) 3 SCR 634.The word 'misconduct' is … (2001) 6 SCC 135. The word 'misconduct' is not capable of precise definition, but at the same time though incapable of precise definition, the word 'misconduct' on reflection receives its connotation from the context, the delinquency in
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Marriage
and numerous issue by the husband proving that he was a minor at the time of his marriage, though he then swore he was 21. Afterward 3 Geo. 4, c. 75, validated all such marriages by license … as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country
Joint-tenancy
statutory trusts for sale [see (English) L.P. Act, 1925, ss. 34 et seq.], assignees in bankruptcy, and others, though they differ in some respects from simple joint-tenants. Before 1926 there might be a joint-tenancy for life, or … (English) Land Legislation of 1925 became law much more accommodating than a tenancy in common, unless cross-remainders are expressed or implied. The law itself now adopts it in cases of trustees for sale upon the statutory trusts … estate without the concurrence of other parties. that legal estate has been vested in trustees for sale as joint-tenants in the following cases, in joint-tenancy,
King's Bench
sat at Westminster, being an ancient palace of the Crown, but might remove with the King as he thought proper to command. The jurisdiction of the court was very high. It kept all inferior jurisdictions within the … be removed by writ of certiorari. See CERTIORARI; HABEAS CORPUS; MANDAMUS; QUO WARRANTO. On the plea side it exercised a general jurisdiction over all actions between subject and subject, with the exception of real actions and suits … remnant of the aula regia, was not, nor could be, from the very nature and constitution of it, fixed to any certain place, but might
Possibility on a possibility
between house and house. Hence the phrases, 'post-boy,' 'post-horse,' 'post-house,' etc. Contract through Post.--A letter of acceptance posted, though not received, if the post has been expressly or impliedly (as it usually is) authorized as a means … 'post-horse,' 'post-house,' etc. Contract through Post.--A letter of acceptance posted, though not received, if the post has been expressly or impliedly (as it usually is) authorized as a means of communication, creates a binding contract bet-ween the … conceit invented by Popham, C.J., but it was never really intelligible, Whitby v. Mitchell, (1890) 44 Ch D p. 92, per Lindley, LJ, and never
Immoral contracts
executory consideration of an illegal nature. A covenant to pay money in consideration of future cohabitation is void, though under seal, Ayerst v. Jenkins, (1873) LR 16 Eq 275. See ILLEGAL CONTR-ACT. … Immoral contracts, contracts founded upon considerations contra bonos mores, are void. Ex turpi contractu non oritur actio. But where a contract founded upon an immoral consideration has been executed, neither
Tenant-right
and a custom throwing liability on the incoming tenant is bad [Bradburn v. Foley, (1878) 3 CPD 129] though as a matter of act and for convenience the incoming tenant generally pays the compensation by agreement with … tenant compensation from his landlord for not being able to reap the full benefit of labour or improvements expended or made during the tenancy; or (2) the money due in pursuance of the custom. There is an
Contempt of court
High Court has power to attach for contempt any one who publishes improper comments upon a case which though it has not come before the High Court, subsequently may do so, R. v. Parke, (1903) 2 KB … behaviour (for which, and which only (see Reg. v. Lefroy, (1873) LR 8 QB 134), there is an express power to punish by s. 162 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1888), as talking boisterously, applauding any
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