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General Court

General Court : a legislative assembly ;specif : the state legislature in Massachusetts and New Hampshire ...


general court-martial

general court-martial : a court-martial consisting of a military judge and usually at least five members and having authority to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or death compare special court-martial, summary court-martial ...


general creditor

general creditor see creditor ...


General custom of the Punjab

General custom of the Punjab, General custom - 'the general custom of the Punjab' is inaccurate. Plowden J., in Ralla v. Budha, 50 Pun Re 1893 at p. 223 said, 'it seems expedient to point out that there is strictly speaking no such thing as a custom or a general custom of the Punjab, in the same sense as there is a common law of England, - a general custom applicable to all persons throughout the province, subject (like the English common law) to modification in its application, by a special custom of a class, or by a local custom.' Young C.J., said in Mt. Simon v. Shahu, ILR 17 Lah 10 (11): AIR 1935 Lah 93, 'There is no such thing as general customary law known to the Legislature.' In Kesar Singh v. Achhar Singh, ILR 17 Lah 101 (106): AIR 1936 Lah 68 (69), Addison A.C. J. said that the expression 'general custom of the Punjab' was clearly a misnomer. Ujagar Singh & Co. v. Jeo, AIR 1959 SC 1041 (1044): 1959 Supp (2) SCR 781....


general damages

general damages see damage ...


General damages

General damages, include all other items of damage whether they be pecuniary or not. Special damages comprise all part pecuniary loss which is calculable at the date of the trial, Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 36, p. 18...


general demurrer

general demurrer see demurrer ...


general denial

general denial see denial ...


general deposit

general deposit see deposit ...


general devise

general devise see devise ...



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