Casus Omissus - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition casus-omissus

Definition :

Casus omissus, a point unprovided for: if by statute, the omission can be remedied by another statute only (Mersea Docks case, (1888) 13 App Cas 602, per Lord Halsbury); and see Reg. v. Arnold, (1864) 5 B&S 322; Hardcastle on Statutes and Maxwell on Statutes.

See also Nalinabhya Byseck v. Shyam Sunder Haldar, 1953 SCR 533: AIR 1953 SC 148.