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Compensation
Authority the compensation is regulated by the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57) and Rules of 1919, and see Housing Act, 1936, ss. 40 and 42 and
Mortgage
The (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 97, together with the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, s. 10, has also introduced very considerable alterations in the substantive law of mortgage. By ss. 85 and 86 of
Constable
but the (English) Local Government Act,1888, has, in the case of boroughs having a population of less than 10,000 transferred the appointments to the county councils. In counties constables were appointed by the justices of the peace
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Woman
Woman, the word 'woman' denotes a female human being of any age. (Indian Penal Code, s. 10) By the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 1, reproducing 13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, s. 3, words
Valuable consideration
v. Dakshina Maharashtra Digambar Jain Sabha, AIR 1953 SC 514 (516): (1954) SCR 235. (Limitation Act, 1968, s. 10) The classic definition of 'valuable consideration' is given in Currie v. Misa, (1875) 10 Ex. 153 (162), thus:
Superannuation Acts, 1834-1935
& 5 Will. 4, c. 42), which as amended by the Superannuation Acts, 1909 (9 Edw. 7, c. 10), and 1935 (25 & 26Geo. 5, c. 44), fixes the scale of pension at 10/60ths and 10/80ths for
Succession duties
duties, varying in amount from 1 per cent. in the case of a child succeeding a parent to 10 per cent. in the case of succession to a stranger in blood, upon real or personal property to
Sessions of the peace
tit. 'Justices (Sessions).' There are several special sessions required bylaw to e held at particular periods, as bys. 10 of the (English) Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, a general annual licensing meeting within the irst fourteen days of
Overcrowding
number of persons sleeping in the house either. (a) is such that any two of those persons being 10 years old or more of opposite sexes and not living together as husband and wife sleep in the
Uses
mortmain.' These grievances led to the passing of the Statute of Uses. This Act, 27 Hen. 8, c. 10, is usually called the Statute of Uses; its title on the Parliament roll is, 'An Act concerning Uses
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