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Remainder
to one man is an estate in remainder, may, as to another person, be an estate in reversion. Thus if A. leases to B. for life, with remainder to C. in fee, and C, leases to D.
Wilful
1898, s. 53) In Black's Law Dictionary (Seventh Edn.) at page 1559 the word 'wilful' has been defined thus: 'Wilfulness' implies an act done intentionally and designedly; a conscious failure to observe care; conscious; knowing; done with
Principal and agent
account, employs another person to do it, is called the principal constituent, or employer, and he who is thus employed is called the agent, attorney, proxy, or delegate of the principal, constituent or employer. The relation thus
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Regulation
has to be interpreted in the context in which it is used and not dehors the context, and thus regulation also includes a power to levy, Saurashtra Cement and Chemical Industries v. Union of India, AIR 2001
Injunction
a proper case being presented to the Court, be granted at any stage of the proceedings at law. Thus an injunction would be granted to stay trial; after verdict to stay judgment; or after judgment to stay
Law Reports
reports (civil cases) from 1907 onwards are known as 'Session Cases' and are published annually. They are cited thus, e.g.: '1934 S.L. 121.' House of Lords cases thus: 1934 SC (HL) 33.' The reports prior to 1907
Deed
an aid to collect the intention of the parties to the instrument, and a key to its construction. Thus a recital may restrain the effects of general phraseology in the operative part of a deed, and although
Bailment
celebrated case of Coggs v. Bernard, (1704) Ld Raym 909; 1 Sm L C, Lord Holt divided bailments thus:- (1) Depositum, or a naked bailment of goods, to be kept for the use of the bailor. A
Presence
such cases evidence can be recorded in the presence of the pleader. The presence of the pleader is thus deemed to be presence of the accused. Thus s. 273 contemplates constructive presence. This shows that actual physical
Net wealth tax
Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation in Columbia Net Wealth Tax is defined at page 451 thus: 'As a general rule, all debts owed by a tax-payers, whether to residents or to non-residents, are deductible
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