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Definition of Act Of Indemnity An Act passed to legalise transactions which, when they took place, were illegal, or to exempt particular persons from pecuniary penalties or punishments for acts done in the public service which were breaches of the law ; e.g.j the Indemnity Act, 1920 Browse You […]

Definition of Acquit (1) To discharge from pecuniary liability ; (2) To find a prisoner not guilty Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Acquit in the Dictionaries, Acquit in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

Definition of Accountant-General The officer of the Supreme Court in whom funds paid into Court are vested: the Clerk of the Crown (q.v.). (Judicature Act, 1925, s. 133) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Accountant-General in the Dictionaries, […]

Definition of Accounts, Falsification Of It is a misdemeanour when wilfully and fraudulently committed by a clerk or servant, or by a director or officer of a company (Larceny Act, 1916) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Accounts, Falsification Of […]

Definition of Accredit To furnish a diplomatic agent with papers, called credentials or letters of credit, which certify his public 1 character Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Accredit in the Dictionaries, Accredit in our legal dictionaries, […]

Definition of Accretion I. A right is said to -accrue when it vests in a person, especially when it does so gradually or without his active intervention, e.g., by lapse of time, or by the determination of a preceding ricrhtII. When a fund or other property is increased by additions which take […]

Definition of Accumulation The continual increase of principal by the re-investment of interest. By the Accumulations Act, 1800 (the Thellusson Act), accumulation is restricted to (a) the life of the settlor and twentyone years thereafter ; (b) the duration of the minority of any person or […]

Definition of Acknowledgment An admission in writing that a debt is due, or that some claim or liability is still in existence, which prevents the Statutes of Limitation from running Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Acknowledgment in the […]

Definition of Acknowledgment Of Deeds All deeds purporting to dispose of any estate or interest in the land of a woman married before January 1, 1883, or of her reversionary interest in personal property, must, unless ghe is entitled thereto for her separate use or her title thereto has […]

Definition of Ackroyd V. Smithson ((1780), 1 Bro. C. C. 503). A direction for conversion in a will operates only for the purposes of the will, and on partial failure of the trusts of a will the property results to the person entitled to it as if there had been no direction to convertA testator…