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Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, agreement signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 26, 1933 (and entering into force the following year), that established the standard...

Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 63:


Divorce

The Concept of Divorce under Muslim Law

Firm union of the husband and wife is a necessary condition for a happy family life. Islam therefore, insists upon the subsistence of a marriage and...

Salient features of Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961

Background:
After the partition of India in 1947, the legislation relating to Muslim family law introduced in British India continued to...

Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961

1. Short title, extent, application and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961.

(2) It extends to whole...

Marriage

MARRIAGE

1. INTRODUCTION
2. MEANING OF MARRIAGE
3. DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE

Hedeya
According to Ameer Ali

Dower

1. Introduction:
The dower is the financial gain which the wife is entitled to receive from her husband by the virtue of marriage. It is also called Mahr. It may be settled before...

Surah Number 65: At-Talâq (Divorce)


Revealed at: Madinah
Total Verses: 12
ALLAH in the name of The Most Affectionate, the Merciful.
1. 'O Prophet! When you people divorce your...

Some Important Acts-----------------------------Land Revenue Act (Punjab)------------

Mutation Process-- Easy to understand

THE PUNJAB BOARD OF REVENUE ACT, 1957


(W.P. Act XI of 1957)


C O N T E N T S
SECTIONS
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.

THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE ACT, 1967


Section: 4. Definitions. – In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,–
(1) “AGRICULTURAL YEAR” means...

Duties of Revenue Officers/ Officials

The followings points describe the duties of revenue officers and officials.



Member (Revenue) is the Chief...

Fixed-Term Tenancy Or Tenancy For Years-Tenants For Fixed Term

A fixed-term tenancy or tenancy for years lasts for some fixed period of time. It has a definite beginning date and a definite...

MUTATION, French law. This term is synonymous with change, and is particularly applied to designate the change which takes place in the property of a thing in its transmission from one person to...

Equity
Equity means fairness.
Historical development.
Equity developed because of problems in the common law.
1) In the mediaeval times it was only possible to start a case by means...

Equity
Equity means fairness.
Historical development.
Equity developed because of problems in the common law.
1) In the mediaeval times it was only possible to start a case by means...

Equity
Equity means fairness.
Historical development.
Equity developed because of problems in the common law.
1) In the mediaeval times it was only possible to start a case by means...

History of Equity




Writs and the King's Peace.

The extension of royal judicial power was accomplished on the basis of two central ideas. First, King Henry II...

Between equal equities the first in order of time shall prevail
Ø This maxim operates where there are two or more competing interests, one legal and the other equitable. Where the claims of both...

Delay defeats equity or
Equity aids the vigilant, not those who sleep on their rights or
Equity aids the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights

Vigilantibus non...

FEquity regards done what ought to be done
This maxim means that when individuals are required, by their agreements or by law to have done some act of legal significance, Equity will regard it as...

RESCISSION OF CONTRACTS



27. When rescission may be adjudged or refused.
27. When rescission may be adjudged or refused.-(1) Any person interested in a contract may sue to have it...

Rights in Rem


A right in rem is available against the world at large. (Rem = world).
Example: I have a house. The people of the world have a duty not to interfere with my...