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concurrent
concurrent 1 : occurring, arising, or operating at the same time often in relationship, conjunction, association, or cooperation [the power of taxation in the general and state governments is … sentence at sentence 2 : insuring the same property to the same extent under identical terms [ fire policies] 3 : exercised over the same matter or area by two different authorities see also concurrent jurisdiction at
Piracy
previous enactments), it is provided by s. 2 that:- 2. Whosoever, with intent to commit or at the time or of immediately before or immediately after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or … the crew and passengers have been first placed in safety. As to the meaning of 'piracy' in a policy of marine insurance, see Bolivia Republic v. Indemnity Mutual Insurance Co., (1909) 1 KB 785. Means the unauthorised
Consideration
inadequacy maybe a reason for refusing specific performance, Pegler v. White, 33 Beav 403. (b) Forbearance for a time to institute a suit upon a well-founded claim, or even upon one which is doubtful, but not upon … of a statute. The former illegality exists whenever the consideration is founded upon a transaction which violates public policy or morality:'as a contract to commit, conceal, or compound a crime; a contract for illicit cohabitation; or a
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Customs
per cent. to the duties on most imported commodities. The various customs duties were collected for the first time in a book of rates published in the reign of Charles II., a new book of rates being … (English) Import Duties Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 8), gives effect to the changed fiscal policy; it imposed a 10 per cent. ad valorem duty on imports; constituted an Advisory Committee to make recommendations
Forgery
of a person who did not make it nor authorise its making'; or if, although so made, 'the time or place of making, where either is material, or, in the case of a document identified by number … deed or banknote is punishable with penal servitude for life, and forgery of any security, document of title, policy, charterparty, etc., with penal servitude for not more than fourteen years (s. 2). Forgery of certain official and
Cabinet
67. Relates to the Privy councillors who actually transact the immediate business of the Government and assemble from time to time as the public exigencies require, Law Dictionary, Mozely and Whiteley, p. 42. The leader of opposition … Cabinet, is an inner body within the Council of Ministers which is responsible for formulating the policy of the Government. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to Lok Sabha. It is headed by the
International Law
not of any original power to extend them abroad, but of that respect which, from motives of public policy, other nations are disposed to yield to them, giving them effect, as the phrase is, sub mutu' vicissitudinis … strictly so called, was in a great measure unknown to antiquity, and is the slow growth of modern times, under the combined influence of Christianity, intercourse, commerce and war. II. Private Law (Conflict of Laws): It is
Fraud
is, by concealment of material facts, prevented from asserting his title to land or rent, the limitation of time (12 years) within which he may sue in equity for the land or rent runs from the time … injustice and shut out inducement to wrong, certain transactions are held to be fradulent, as contrary to general policy, or to fixed legal principles; as marriage-brokerage bonds, and contracts in restraint of trade. Other transactions again, growing
Days of grace
Days of grace. Time of indulgence granted to an acceptor for the payment of his bill of exchange. It was originally a … days of grace. The fourteen to twenty-one days for which insurance companies usually extend a fire or life policy after its expiration, in the expectation that it will be renewed is frequently referred to as days of
Uses
any person. this was afterwards broken in upon by statute 12 Ric. 2, c. 3. (10) At one time a use was not assets for the payment of debts by the heir or executor. There appears to … of ordering property, it intro-duced a great many unforeseen inconveniences, and subverted in many instances the institution and policy of the Common Law. 'Firstly. Estates passed by way of use, from one to another, by bare words
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