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India

Majesty. In any Act of Parliament passed after 1889 the expression 'British India' means 'all territories and places within her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by her Majesty through the Governor-General of India … State of Jammu and Kashmir. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 18) India shall mean,-- (a) as respects any period before the establishment of the Dominion of India, British India together with all territories of Indian Rulers then

Sale price

Act, 1958 and it must be held that the amount of freight formed part of the sale price within the meaning of the first part of the definition of that term in s. 2(o) of the Madhya … the transfer of the right to use any goods for any purpose, whether or not for a specified period, (iii) the supply of goods by any unincorporated association or body of persons to a member thereof. (iv)

Adverse possession

person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover any land or rent, but within twelve years next after the time when the right first accrued, and does away with the doctrine of … LT 749. Adverse possession, is a method of acquiring title to real property by possession for a statutory period under certain conditions, esp. a non-permissible use of the land with a claim of right when that use

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Distress

thereon sufficient to meet the arrears, Tomlinson v. Consolidated Credit Corporation, (1889) 24 QBD 135, the landlord may within thirty days take and seize such goods wherever found (11 Geo. 2, c. 19, ss. 1-3, 7). All … sold. The (English) Act of William and Mary postponed the power of sale for five days, and this period is extended, by the Act of 1888, to not more than fifteen on the written request of the

Uses

executed into legal estates by the statute until they arise. (6) It is said that devises are not within the Statute of Uses, because it was passed before the Statute of Wills (32 Hen. 8, c. 1, … the grant, he who was capable should take the whole, and that joint tenants cannot take at different periods. But since the introduction of uses, if A. made a feoffment in fee, to the use of B.

At any given time

'at any time' should be unguided and arbitrary. In this view, 'at any time, must be understood as within a reasonable time depending on the facts and circumstances of each case in the absence of prescribed period

Chit

be specified in the chit agreement, be entitled to the prize amount. Explanation.--A transaction is not a chit within the meaning of this clause, if in such transaction,-- (i) some alone, but not all, of the subscribers … them shall subscribe a certain sum of money (or a certain quantity of grain instead) by way of periodical instalments over a definite period and that each such subscriber shall, in his turn, as determined by lot

Electric lighting

Act an undertaking autho-rized by provisional order or special Act may be purchased compulsorily by the local authority within six months after the expiration of 21 years--a period extended to 42 years by the (English) Electric Lighting

Alien

Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 … an alien who satisfies the Secretary-- (a) That he has either resided in His Majesty's dominions for a period of not less than five years in the manner required by the section, or been in the service

Penal Servitude

three years, and that the work done by the prisoner in the case of 'hard labour' is done within the prison, but in the case of penal servitude may be carried out in any place properly appointed … award a sentence of penal servitude, the sentence may, at the discretion of the Court, be for any period not less than 3 years, and not exceeding either 5 years, or any greater period authorized by the

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