Construction
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Construction, 'construction' does not necessarily mean construction over the land which must rise above the surface of the land in all contingencies, Jnanedaya Yogam v. K.K. Pankajashy, AIR 1999 SC 3891 (3895): (1999) 9 SCC 492. [Land Acquisition Act, (1 of 1894), s. 40(1)(b)]
As to construction of statutes, see ACT OF PARLIAMENT; and of contracts, see Chitty on Contracts, Ch. v.; and of deeds, see Norton on Interpretation of Deeds.
Partem aliquam recte intelligere nemo potest, antequam totum, iterum atque iterum, perlegerit. 3 Rep. 52.--(No one can rightly understand any part until he has read the whole again and again.)
In contractibus benigna; in testamentis, benignior; in restitutionibus, benignissima interpretatio facienda est. Co. Lit. 112.--(In contracts, the construction ought to be liberal; in wills, more liberal; in restitutions, most liberal.)
Includes any construction in place of an existing building which has been wholly or substantially demolished, Lal Chand v. District Judge, Agra, (1999) 8 SCC 351.
The vast of the work was either construction or ancillary to construction and the items which were neither a comparatively small part of the whole scheme, Ivory Grove Ltd. v. Global Grange Ltd., (2003) 1 WLR 2090.
As to construction of statutes, see ACT OF PARLIAMENT; and of contracts, see Chitty on Contracts, Ch. v.; and of deeds, see Norton on Interpretation of Deeds.
Partem aliquam recte intelligere nemo potest, antequam totum, iterum atque iterum, perlegerit. 3 Rep. 52.--(No one can rightly understand any part until he has read the whole again and again.)
In contractibus benigna; in testamentis, benignior; in restitutionibus, benignissima interpretatio facienda est. Co. Lit. 112.--(In contracts, the construction ought to be liberal; in wills, more liberal; in restitutions, most liberal.)
Includes any construction in place of an existing building which has been wholly or substantially demolished, Lal Chand v. District Judge, Agra, (1999) 8 SCC 351.
The vast of the work was either construction or ancillary to construction and the items which were neither a comparatively small part of the whole scheme, Ivory Grove Ltd. v. Global Grange Ltd., (2003) 1 WLR 2090.
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