Once
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Once, if it is provided, that an act is to be done, say once in six months, it would probably be understood to mean that six months should not elapse between the two acts. Dividing the year into two equal periods and doing the act once in the beginning of the first and once at the end of the second period would not be sufficient compliance, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.
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