Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856 (English) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97). Its principal enactments are: (1) that a writ of execution shall not effect a title bona fide acquired before seizure; (2) that in an action for breach of contract to deliver goods sold, a writ for the delivery of the goods may be obtained (these two ss. are repealed by the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, and reproduced by ss. 26 and 52 of that Act); (3) that the consideration for a guarantee need not appear in writing; (4) that a guarantee to or for a firm ceases upon a change in the firm (this s. is repealed by the Partnership Act, 1890, and reproduced by s. 18 of that Act); (5) that a surety who discharges a liability is to be entitled to an assignment of all securities held by the creditor; (Ss. 6 and 7) that an acceptance of a bill of exchange must be in writing, and that 'inland bill of exchange' bears a certain definition-these two sections are repealed by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and reproduced by ss. 7 and 17...
age discrimination in employment act Federal legislation prohibiting unfair and discriminatory treatment in employment on the basis of age. The Act generally covers individuals at least 40 years of age. (29 U.S.C. Sec. 621) Source: FindLaw ...
equal credit opportunity act A federal act prohibiting a creditor from discriminating against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex or marital status. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1691) Source: FindLaw ...
Confidential information, means: (1) information furnished to the council by a government depart-ment upon terms (however expressed) which forbid the disclosure of the information to the public, and (2) information the disclosure of which to the public is prohibited by or under any enactment or by the order of a court; in either case, the reference to the obligation of confidence is to be construed accordingly, Local Government Act, 1972, s. 100A(3) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), para 39, p. 62....
Entrepreneur, means a person who has been granted a letter of approved by the Development Commissioner, under sub-section (9) of section 15. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(j)]A building or place where goods from abroad may be deposited and from which those goods may then be exported to another country without paying a duty, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 554...
Explosives, as to injuries by, see the Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 9, 10; the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, ss. 28-30, 64, 65; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law.'The (English) Explosives Act, 1875 (38 Vict. c. 17), as amended and extended by the (English) Explosives Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 17), regulates the manufacture, keeping, sale, and conveyance of gunpowder and other explosives, and the licensing and management of stores, defining 'explosive' in that Act as meaning:gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton, blasting powders, fulminate mercury or of other metals, coloured fires, and every other substance, whether similar to those above mentioned or not, used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect;And as including:For signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions, and every adaptation or preparation of an explosive as above defined.The ...
Imprisonment for life and Imprisonment for a term, there is a clear distinction between imprison-ment for life and imprisonment for a term, in fact, the two expressions imprisonment for life, and 'imprisonment for a term' have been used in contradistinction with each other, in one and the same section, where the former, must mean imprisonment, for the remainder of the natural life of the convict (vide: definition of 'life' in s. 45, I.P.C.) and the latter must mean imprisonment for a definite or fixed period, Kartar Singh v. State of Haryana, (1982) 3 SCC 1: AIR 1982 SC 1439. (Cr PC, 1973, s. 428; Indian Penal Code, s. 57)...
Leeman's Acts. (English) So called-after the introducer, Mr. George Leeman, M.P. for York City. (1) The Banking Companies (Shares) Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 29), by which contracts for sale of bank shares are void unless the numbers of the shares sold are set forth in the contract; this Act is believed to be a dead letter on the Stock Exchanges, but is in full legal force, Neilson v. James, (1882) 9 QBD 546. (2) The Borough Funds Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 91), much amended (see BOROUGH FUND) by the Borough Funds Act, 1903-authorising the application of the funds of municipal corporations, and other governing bodies, under certain conditions, towards promoting or opposing Parliamentary and other proceedings for the benefit or protection of the inhabitants. See now Local Government Act, 1933 (22 & 33 Geo. 5, c. 51), which repeals the Act of 1903 except as to London....
Prohibition, a writ to forbid any court to proceed in any cause there depending, on the suggestion that the cognizance thereof belongs not to such Court. It is a remedy provided by the Common Law against the encroachment of jurisdiction.The writ issued not only out of the King's Bench, but also out of the Courts of Chancery, Exchequer, and Common Pleas, and now issues out of the High Court of Justice, on application by motion supported by affidavits for a rule to show cause (Rules 70, 71, of Crown Office Rules, 1906), to any inferior Court concerning itself with any matter not within its jurisdiction. If either the judge or a party proceed after such prohibition, an attachment may be had against them for contempt, at the discretion of the Court that awarded it; and an action for damages will lie against them, by the party injured.Sometimes the point is too doubtful to be decided upon motion, and the party applying is directed to declare in prohibition, setting forth concisely so much o...
Qualification Act (English) (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 25), by which any person not having freehold land of the yearly value of 100l., or for his life or for 99 years or more of the yearly value of 150l. other than the son and heir of an esquire or person of higher degree, or owners of parks or warrens, stocked with deer or conies for their necessary use in respect of the said parks and warrens,' was prohibited from having 'guns, bows, greyhounds, setting-dogs, ferrets, coney-dogs, lurchers, bags, nets, loubels, hare-pipes, gins, snares, or other engines,' for taking game-repealed, with many other Acts, by the Game Act, 1831. See GAME....