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manner name
A word that denotes a manner of doing something a troponym as march is a manner name for walk...
manner of speaking
The characteristic style or manner that a person uses to express himself orally...
Manner or mainour
Manner or mainour [fr. the Fr. manier]. To be taken with the mainour is where a thief is taken with the stolen goods about him-as it were in his hands; that is, in flagrante delicto. In such a case he might be brought into Court, arraigned and tried, without indictment, 4 Bl. Com. 308....
May
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb...
May
May, Prima facie the word 'may' must be given its ordinary and natural meaning. Primarily it is permissive in its meaning and until the contrary is established the word 'may' in section 6 of the Criminal (Amendment) Act could be read to mean that 'It shall be lawful'. There is nothing in the provisions of the Act, which would compel a court to give to the word 'may' in section 6 of the Act a meaning other than its ordinary meaning and to interpret it as 'shall', State v. Surajdeo Sinha, 1953 BLJR 571: 1954 Cr LJ 139: 1954 Pat 80.The word 'may' does not always import that the matter is discretionary with the court in exercising its functions. Similarly, 'shall' sometimes imports that the matter is entirely discretionary with the court in exercise of its functions, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Jogendra Singh, 1963 SC 1613; State of Uttar Pradesh v. Manbodan Lal, 1957 SC 912; Kamar Singh v. Delhi Administration, 1965 SC 971; Banwari Lal v. State of Bihar, 1961 SC 849; Narayana Rao v. State o...
May and must
May and must, The word 'may' implies what is optional, but for the reasons stated, it should in the context in which it appears, mean 'must'. There is an element of compulsion. It is a power coupled with a duty, State (Delhi Admn.) v. I.K. Nangia, AIR 1979 SC 1977 (1980): (1980) 1 SCC 258: (1980) 1 SCR 1016. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (37 of 1954), s. 17 (2) Expln.]...
May and shall
May and shall, The word 'may' in s. 363 does not mean 'shall', and that the Magistrate has under that s. a discretion whether he should pass an order for demolition or not, Corporation of Calcutta v. Mulchand Agarwala, AIR 1956 SC 110: (1955) 2 SCR 995.(ii) The word may' is capable of meaning 'must' or 'shall' in the light of the context and that where a discretion is conferred upon a public authority coupled with an obligation, the word 'may' which denotes discretion should be construed to mean a command, Shri Rangaswami, the Textile Commissioner v. Sagar Textiole Mills (P) Ltd., AIR 1977 SC 1516: (1977) 2 SCC 578: (1977) 2 SCR 825.(iii) As observed in Craies On Statute Law, 7th edn., page 229, the expression 'may' and 'shall' have often been subject of constant and conflicting interpretation. 'May' is a permissive or enabling expression but there are cases in which for various reasons as soon as the person who is within the statute is entrusted with the power, it becomes his duty to ...
May be accepted as evidence
May be accepted as evidence, indicate that there is no compulsion on the court to accept such transaction as evidence, but it is open to the court to treat them as evidence. Merely accepting them as evidence does not mean that the court is bound to treat them as reliable evidence, Land Acquisition Officer & Mandal Revenue Officer v. V. Narasaiah, (2001) 3 SCC 530....
May be detained
May be detained, According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Volume 1, page 531, the word 'detain' means 'to keep in confinement or custody'. Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition, at page 349, gives the meaning as to hold in custody, Poonam Lata v. M.L. Wadhawan, AIR 1987 SC 1383: (1987) 3 SCC 347: (1987) 2 SCR 1123.(ii) The words 'may be detained' are words enabling the authority to detain without a board's opinion for the period there provided for, but are not words giving a choice to the authority to apply s. 17A(a) of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 or not, Sambhu Nath Sarkar v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1973 SC 1425: (1973) 1 SCC 856: (1974) 1 SCR 1....
May confirm
May confirm, The words 'may confirm' show that the Government has the discretion either to confirm or not to confirm and continue the detention depending upon whether the circumstances at that date have changed so as not to necessitate any more the continuation of his detention, Shibapada Mukherjee v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 1356: (1974) 3 SCC 50.(ii) The expression 'may confirm' in cl. (f) of s. 8 of Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 is significant. It imports a discretion. Even where the Advisory Board makes a report that in its opinion, there is sufficient cause for the detention concerned, the Government may not confirm the detention order. Read in the light of art. 22(4) of the Constitution and the context of the words 'continue the detention', they definitely lead to the conclusion that the sine qua non for continuing the detention made beyond the period of three months, is the confirmation of the detention order by the ap...