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enlistment
enlistment Voluntary entry into one of the armed services other than as a commissioned officer. Source: FindLaw
adultery
adultery : voluntary sexual activity (as sexual intercourse) between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a
National insurance
employed for less than the prescribed period (formerly less than 13 weeks in the preceding two years). B. Voluntary Contributors. Voluntary contributors are persons who may, if they wish, come under the Acts. Married women cannot become
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Gift
of seisin. It is obsolete. See Jac. Law Dict. A gift is now understood to mean a mere voluntary assurance or transfer of property without any consideration being given for it. Such a transaction is apt to
Winding-up
the liabilities, a company is usually wound up by the Court. In other cases the winding-up is usually voluntary and conducted by the company itself either with or without the supervision of the Court. The provisions of
Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against
void any conveyance, etc., for good consideration and bona fide. The Act was held to extend to mere voluntary assurances, and accordingly any voluntary conveyance of land was held to be void against a subsequent purchaser for
Waste
what acts amount to waste, see Co. Litt. 53 a. It is either (1) legal, sub-divided into (a) voluntary or commissive, as where the tenant pulls down a house or a part thereof, or ploughs up ancient
Confession
the witness before whom the confession is made and is otherwise satisfied that the confession is in fact voluntary and without there being any doubt in regard thereto, an order of conviction can be founded on such
Consideration
contract and may be insufficient for the validity of other transactions maybe found:' (a) In so-called gratuitous or voluntary promises which are void for want of a reciprocal return however obligatory they may be in morals or
Person of unsound mind
Rules, 1930 (S.R. & O., 1930 No. 1083). A classification of patients has been made as follows: (a) Voluntary (see the (English) Act of 1930, s. 1; (b) Temporary (ibid., s. 5 (1); (c) Certified [(English) Lunacy
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