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Means, the word 'means' used in O. XXXIII, R. 1, Civil Procedure Code, covers all realisable assets within the applicant's reach, Tej Dat Singh v. Yuvraj Datt, 1947 AWR (CC) 275: 1947 OA (CC) 275. (See Civil Procedure Code, 1908)

Means, When a statute says that a word or phrase shall 'mean' not merely that is shall include certain things or acts, the definition is a hard-and-fast definition, and no other meaning can be assigned to the expression than is put down in definition, Punjab Land Develop and Reclamation Corpn. Ltd. v. Presiding Officer Labour Court, (1990) 3 SCC 682: (1990) 3 SCR 111.