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Definition :

Ivory, in Collins English Dictionary, 'ivory' has been defined as:

(i) A hard smooth creamy white variety of dentine that makes up a major part of the tusks of elephants, walruses and similar animals.

(ii) A tusk made of ivory.

(iii) a yellowish-white colour; cream.

(iv) A substance resembling elephant tusk.

Ivory, therefore, even as per the dictionary mean-ing is not confined to elephant ivory, Balram Kamanat v. Union of India, (2003) 7 SCC 628 (634).