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Executed consideration

that if it were not at the precedent request, express or implied, of the promiser, but a merely voluntary courtesy, it will not suffice to support a promise; therefore, in the first example, the promise would not

Dilapidation

Dilapidation, decay; a kind of ecclesiastical waste, either voluntary, by pulling down, or permissive, by suffering the chancel, parsonage house, and other buildings thereunto belonging to decay.

Dissolution

dissolved from the date of the Order (English) (Companies Act, 1929 s. 221): as to dissolution on a voluntary winding up see ss. 236 and 245 ibid. Under the same s.s the Court may defer and, under

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Domicile

a present intention of making it his permanent home. Domicile of choice is thus the result of a voluntary choice, Abdus Samad v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1973 SC 505 (506). [Constitution of India, Art. 5(c)]

Dowry

(2004) 9 SCC 476. [Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 304B; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, s. 2] Voluntary presents given at or before or after the marriage to the bride or the bridegroom as the case

Due course of law

the defendant, it must be brought within its jurisdiction by service of process within the State, or his voluntary appearance. Due course of law implies the right of the person affected thereby to be present before the

Escape

re-enacted by s. 16, sub-s. 2, and s. 39 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887. Escapes are either voluntary, by the express consent of the keeper, after which he never can take his prisoner again (though the

Income-tax

c. 35), which, to a great extent, repeats the phraseology of Addington's Act of 1806, are very numerous. Voluntary Easter gifts to an incumbent are assessable to income-tax, Cooper v. Blakinston, 1909 AC 104. See Chitty's Statutes,

Suspension of practice

Suspension of practice, means voluntary suspen-sion of practice as an advocate or suspension of an advocate by a State Bar Council for misconduct.

Inspectorship, Deed of

and in companies (winding up by the Court), under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, ss. 198-201, and upon voluntary winding up, appointed by creditors, s. 240 (ibid.).

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