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May

s. 64] The word 'may' in sub-rule (1) of Rule 5, Order 15 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 merely vested power in the Court to strike off the defence. It does not oblige it to do so in

Mortmain

the Board of Education [s. 29, (English) Settled Land Act, 1925]; the same s. provides that all land vested in trustees for charitable, ecclesiastical or public trusts or purposes is settled land for the purposes of the

Perpetual curate

have districts assigned to them, and be deemed perpetual curacies, and the right of nomination thereto shall be vested in the person so building and endowing.

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Non-journalist newspaper employee

performs, either by the nature of the duties attached to his office or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial nature. [Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and

Pension

raison d'etre for pensions is the inability to provide for oneself due to old age. It creates a vested right and is governed by the statutory rules such as the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules which are

Per month

to be made each month or monthly, and gives a cause of action as each accrues, which, once vested, is not subsequently lost or divested by the service-giver's desertion or abandonment of his contract, Taylor v. Laird,

Lighthouse

for the Mercantile Marine Fund, and, subject to the rights of persons having authority over local lighthouses, is vested in the following bodies:- (1) As to lighthouses in England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, and Alderney, and the

Poor laws

(English) Local Government Board Act, 1871,' superseded by the Local Government Board. The powers and duties are now vested in the (English) Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health Act, 1919). The (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (20

Prerogative of mercy

to prevent an abatement of it; though afterwards he might remit the fine, because though the prosecution is vested in the King of avoid multiplicity of suits, yet (during its continuance) this offence savours more of the

Privilege

prosecute persons accused of offences against the law or affecting the privilege of Parliament; and finally, a power vested in each House, respectively of doing anything not directly contravening an Act of Parliament which may be necessary

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