Act of Indemnity- A stature which exempts particular person, especially officials, or particular classes of persons from civil liability for acts already done, which otherwise would subject those persons to liability; or relieves them from criminal prosecution, if they have not already been convicted.
Act of oblivion - The popular name of the Statute of 1660 England by which a general pardon was given to all but a list of exempted persons for acts of rebellion during the Civil War and the Commonwealth. It was demanded of Charles II as a condition of his restoration.
Act of settlement - The English statute of 1701 which settled the succession of the throne after William's death on Annee and, if she died without issue, so Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and her descendants, being Protestant. It also provided among other things that judges should hold their offices during good behavior.
Act of Got- Some general public calamit, like strom, earthquake tornado, flood, lightning or forest fire due to natural causes of which either, flood lightning, or a forest fire due to natureal causes, of which either the arrival or the force, could not have been foreseen or guarded against. An act of God is sufficient defense when property is lost even in the case of such bailees a carries or inkeepers. In general it is an exeption to all liability assuemed, under this particular cause of loss is specifically insured against.
Abatement of debts and legacies :- When equitable assets are insufficient to satisfy fully all creditors, there debts must abate in proportion, and they must be content with a dividend. So in the case of legacies, upon a deficiency of assets after payment of the debts, they abate proportionally, unless a priority is specifically given to any particular legacy, A testator is always presumed to intend that the legacies shall be equally paid, unless he expresses in the will a contrary intention.
Act of oblivion - The popular name of the Statute of 1660 England by which a general pardon was given to all but a list of exempted persons for acts of rebellion during the Civil War and the Commonwealth. It was demanded of Charles II as a condition of his restoration.
Act of settlement - The English statute of 1701 which settled the succession of the throne after William's death on Annee and, if she died without issue, so Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and her descendants, being Protestant. It also provided among other things that judges should hold their offices during good behavior.
Act of Got- Some general public calamit, like strom, earthquake tornado, flood, lightning or forest fire due to natural causes of which either, flood lightning, or a forest fire due to natureal causes, of which either the arrival or the force, could not have been foreseen or guarded against. An act of God is sufficient defense when property is lost even in the case of such bailees a carries or inkeepers. In general it is an exeption to all liability assuemed, under this particular cause of loss is specifically insured against.
Abatement of debts and legacies :- When equitable assets are insufficient to satisfy fully all creditors, there debts must abate in proportion, and they must be content with a dividend. So in the case of legacies, upon a deficiency of assets after payment of the debts, they abate proportionally, unless a priority is specifically given to any particular legacy, A testator is always presumed to intend that the legacies shall be equally paid, unless he expresses in the will a contrary intention.
Abetment of thing - A person abets the doing of a thing who (1) instigates any person to do that thing; or 2) engages with one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the doing of the thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of the conspiracy, and in order to the doing of that thing; of 3) intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing, A person who, by willful misrepresentation, or by willful concealment of a material fact which he is bound to disclose, voluntarily causes or procures, or attempts to cause or procure, a thing to be done, is said to instigate the doing of the thing. Whoever either prior to, or at the time of, the commission of an act, does anything in order to facilitate the commission of the act, and thereby facilities the commission thereof, is said to aid the doing of that act. (Indian penal code Sec. 107).
