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Definition :

Addition, the title, or occupation, and place of abode of a person besides his names. See 1 Hen. 5, c. 5; Termes de la Ley, and compare the Criminal Procedure Act, 1851, s. 24.

Means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, rank and title of a person described, and in the case of his father's name, or where he is usually described as the son of his mother, then his mother's name. [Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), s. 2 (1)]

Means a structure that is attached to or connected with another building that predates the structure; an extension or annex. Although some courts have held that an addition is merely an appurtenant structure that might not actually be in physical contact with the other building, most courts hold that there must be physical contact of title and appellation appended to a person's name to show rank, occupation, or place of residence. In English Law, there are traditionally four kinds of additions: (1) those of estate, such as yeoman, gentleman, or esquire; (2) those of degree or (dignity), such as Knight, baron, earl, marquis.

Addition includes reconstruction, Raichurmathan Prabhakar v. Rawatmal Dugar, (2004) 4 SCC 766. Principle of Statutory Interpretation, 9th Edn., 2004, pp. 152 & 155.