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property
fault NOTE: The finder of lost property has title to the property against all the world except the true owner. marital property : property acquired by either spouse during the course of a marriage that is subject … land with their component parts intangible property : property (as a stock certificate or professional license) that derives value not from its intrinsic physical nature but from what it represents in·tel·lec·tu·al property [in-tə-lek-chə-wəl-] : property that derives
Prize Court
captured, she is condemned, the prize belongs to the captors, but this is not quite accurate. It is true that under the old practice the captors applied for a condemnation of the ship, but if a decree … modified and some share of the proceeds will go to the men who, though rendering services of incalculable value, have had no opportunity of actually capturing enemy ships. See, generally, the speech of Sir John Simon, A.-G.,
Timber
the enlarged sense it means woods suitable for building, furniture, and carpentry etc., and includes standing trees. Its true meaning has to be determined from the context in which it is employed, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata … to timber on copyhold land remained as an incident of the enfranchised tenure. The right was the whole value if the lord could enter and remove the timber, otherwise half the value. Co. Litt. 53 a; 1
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bill
preliminary hearing whether there is enough evidence to issue an indictment called also indictment compare no bill and true bill in this entry bill of information : information bill of par·tic·u·lars [-pər-ti-kyə-lərz] : a bill that a … obligation sold by the government at a discount that bears no interest but is payable at its face value at maturity compare Treasury bond at bond Treasury note at note
Larceny
there must be an unlawful taking, which implies that the goods must pass from the possession of a true owner (including one who has a qualified property only in the goods, as a bailee), and without his … person other than the taker in whom the ownership resides. Larceny was formerly divided into petit, where the value of the property was not more than twelve pence, and grand, where it exceeded that amount; but this
Salary or wages
that their services are retained and, therefore, the rural relationship of employer and the employee continues. It is true that a workmen may not return to work and may take up some other job or employment. In … not include-- (i) any other allowance which the employee is for the time being entitled to; (ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any
Magna Carta
the deficiencies of the Common Law. 'Codes are not made; they make themselves,' said Pourtales, and this is true also of Magna Charta, of which many of the chapters in substance and detail contain provisions which could … and inroll all the goods and chattels of the dead, being found in the said lay-fee, to the value of the same debt, by the sight of lawful men, so that nothing there of shall be taken
Mesne profits, action of
received or made during his occupation of the premises, and which therefore he must pay over to the true owner as compensation for the tort which he has committed. A claim for rent is therefore liquidated, while … recover profits derived from land, whilst the possession of it has been improperly withheld: that is, the yearly value of the premises. 'Mesne profits are the rents and profits which a trespasser has, or might have, received
Money lender
respect of any address at which he carries on business. This licence must be taken out in his true name but shall also show his authorized name and authorized address. He must not carry on his business … the (English) Money-lenders Act, 1927, s. 17, protection is given to the rights of bona fide holders for value without notice under contracts with money-lenders. Under the Act of 1927 a person in order to carry on
Advertisement
Tax, Karnataka, Bangalore, (2000) 6 SCC 451. An advertisement is no doubt a form of speech but its true character is reflected by the object for the promotion of which it is employed. It assumes the attributes … 'Criminal Law.' The owner of land used for advertisements and not otherwise occupied is rateable, according to the value of such use, by virtue of the (English) Advertising Stations (Rating) Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c.
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