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Not earlier than thirty days
Not earlier than thirty days, would include the 30th day bot not the 29th day, Jai Charan Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1968 SC 5(8). [Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act (2 of 1916), s. 87A(3)]...
not guilty
not guilty 1 : a plea by a criminal defendant who intends to contest the charges compare guilty, nolo contendere NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, if a defendant refuses to plead or if the defendant is a corporation that fails to appear the court must enter a plea of not guilty on the defendant's behalf. 2 : a verdict rendered by a jury acquitting a criminal defendant upon finding that the prosecution has not proven the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt ...
Not guilty
Not guilty, a plea by way of traverse which occurred in actions of trespass, libel, or other tort, and amounted to a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant; this was called pleading the 'general issue.' See PLEADING.The plea of not guilty, jin criminal proceedings, is the proper form wherever a prisoner means either to deny or justify the charge in the indictment; the effect of which plea is, that on the one hand, it puts the prosecutor to the proof of every material fact alleged in the indictment or information, and on the other it entitles the defendant to avail himself of any defensive circumstances as amply as if he had pleaded them in a specific form....
not guilty by reason of insanity
not guilty by reason of insanity 1 : a plea by a criminal defendant who intends to raise an insanity defense used in jurisdictions that require such a plea in order for an insanity defense to be presented 2 : a verdict rendered by a jury in a criminal case that finds that the defendant was insane at the time of committing the crime as determined by application of the test for insanity used in the jurisdiction compare guilty but mentally ill NOTE: A verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity usually results in the commitment of the defendant to a mental institution. Such a verdict, however, may allow the defendant to be released, sometimes into the custody or care of another (as a family member). ...
Not guilty by Statute
Not guilty by Statute. Very many Acts from time to time allowed defendants sued for doing things in pursuance of them to plead 'not guilty by statute' (or the general issue, as it was described in the statute). They are mostly repealed by the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893; but the defence is still provided for by R.S.C., Ord.XIX., r. 12, and Ord. XXI., r. 19. Consult Bullen & Leake, Prec. of Plead., 7th ed. pp. 749, 797. See also Aggson Agricultural Holdings, 4th ed. p. 387....
Not in order
Not in order, the defect need not be something in the application. It can also be one in the procedure prescribed for making the application, CIT v. Ashoka Engineering Co., 1993 Supp (1) SCC 754: AIR 1993 SC 858 (860). [Income Tax Act, 1961 s. 246, 185 (2) and (3)]...
Not including a company to which the provisions.. apply
Not including a company to which the provisions.. apply, the Explanation requires that the shares held by a company should be considered as held by the public, only if s. 23A of the Income Tax Act, 1922 does not apply to it. The Concessions Order does not seek to negative this test; it only confers a benefit on a company, to which clause 14 applies. Shree Changdeo Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1961 SC 1154 (1156): (1961) 2 SCR 990. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 23 (1), third proviso and expl. (prior to amendment in 1955)]...
Not involving the carrying on of any activity of profit
Not involving the carrying on of any activity of profit, as a result of the addition of the words 'not involving the carrying on of any activity for profit' in the present definition over that in the 1922 Act in order to bring a case within the fourth category of charitable purpose, it would be necessary to show that (1) the purpose of the trust is advancement of any other object of general public utility, and (2) the above purpose does not involve the carrying on of any activity for profit. Both the above conditions must be fulfilled before the purpose of the trust can be held to be charitable purpose. Sole Trustee Loka Shikshana Trust v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1976 SC 10: (1976) 1 SCC 254: (1976) 1 SCR 461....
Not later than
Not later than, the expression 'not later than' means 'within a period of', Harvinder Singh v. S. Karnail Singh, AIR 1957 SC 271 (273)....
Not negotiable
Not negotiable. These words are sometimes added as part of the crossing of a cheque, with the result that no one who takes the cheque can have or can give a better title than the person had from whom he took it, see Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 81; G.W. Ry. Co. v. London and County Bank, 1901 AC 422. [S. 130, Negotiable Instrument Act]A warrant for interest on War Stock signed by the Chief Accountant of the Bank of England and crossed '& Co.,' not negotiable, directing the bank's cashiers to pay a certain sum to the order of a certain person is a cheque within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and a 'warrant for payment of a dividend' within s. 95 of the same Act. A banker in good faith and without negligence receiving payment for a customer who has no title is entitled to the protection of s. 82 of the Act [Slingsby v. Westminster Bank Ltd., (1931) 1 KB 173; see also Imports Company Ltd. v. Westminster Bank Ltd., (1927) 2 KB 297; and R.E. Jones Ltd. v. Waring and Gill...