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state's attorney

state's attorney : a district attorney that represents a state compare united states attorney ...


state's evidence

state's evidence : a participant or accomplice in a crime who gives evidence to the prosecution esp. in return for a reduced sentence used chiefly in the phrase turn state's evidence ...


Such

Such, generally refers to its last antecedent, Ex parte Barnes, 1896 AC 150.Means 'of the same kind', that is to say, 'of the kind mentioned before', Nemi Chand Sen v. Kumud Behari, 1951 ILR 1 Cal 404; CIT Punjab, Himachal Pradesh v. Jagannath, AIR 1957 Punj 226: (1957) 32 ITR 418.Means a gift of 'such parts' of testator's property as the legatee may desire, enables the legatee to take the whole; and if the gift embraces only a class of testator's property, then the whole of such class may be appropriated by the legatee, Arthur v. Mackinnon, 48 LJ Ch 534....


Such as

Such as, the expression 'such as' which follows the expression 'public grounds' clearly shows that the two categories of public ground are illustrative and not exhaustive, State of Maharashtra v. V.S. Naik, AIR 1980 SC 1095: (1980) Supp SCC 229.The words 'such as' indicate that what are mentioned thereafter are only illustrative and not exhaustive, Royal Hatcheries v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1994 SC 666 (668): 1994 Supp (1) SCC 429....


Such assets

Such assets, means 'those assets', CWT v. Kishan Lal Bubna, (1994) 1 SCC 60....


Such conditions in this behalf

Such conditions in this behalf, the expression 'such conditions in this behalf' in the context should take in conditions dealing with the position which would inevitably arise when the business comes to an end. Okara Electric Supply Co. Ltd. v. State of Punjab, AIR 1960 SC 284: (1960) 2 SCR 239....


Such consent, however

Such consent, however, not to be unreasonably.... person, such consent, however, not to be unreason-ably withheld in the case of respectable or responsible person.... These words in the lease deed did not amount to a separate or independent covenant by the lessor that he would not refuse consent except upon reasonable grounds in the case of respectable or responsible person, but only limited or qualified the lessees covenant not to assign without the lessor's consent by relieving him form the burden of the covenant if the lessor withheld his consent unreasonably in the case of proposed assignment to a respectable or responsible person, Kamala Ranjan Roy v. Baijnath Bajoria, AIR 1951 SC 1: (1950) SCR 840...


Such court

Such court, 'Such Court' means in the context of that rule the Court in which the suit is pending. In other words, the suit must be one not only pending in that Court but also one against the holder of a decree of that Court, Shaukat Hussai alias Ali Akram v. Bhuneshwari Devi, AIR 1973 SC 528 (532): (1972) 2 SCC 731: (1973) 1 SCR 1022. (C.P.C., 1908, O. 21 R. 29)(ii) The words 'such Court' used in s. 195(1)(c) mean the very Court before which a party to a proceeding in that Court has produced or tendered in evidence a document in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed. Clause (c), means that it is that Court before which there is a proceeding and a party to such a proceeding is said to have committed an offence in respect of a document produced or tendered in evidence by him, on whose complaint the offence can be taken cognizance of, Nirmaljit Singh Hoon v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 2639 (2651): (1973) 3 SCC 753: (1973) 2 SCR 66. [Criminal PC, (5 of 1898...


Such detention

Such detention, refers to preventive detention and not to any period for which such detention is to continue because the decision about the period of detention can only be taken by the detaining authority, State of West Bengal v. Ashok Dey, (1972) 1 SCC 199; Pooran Lal v. Union of India, 1958 SCR 460. [See Constitution of India, Art. 22(a)(4)]The expression 'such detention' in Article 22(4)(a) of the Constitution refers to preventive detention and not to an period for which such detention should continue and s. 11(1) of the Preventive Detention Act does not contravene the provision of Article 22(4) (a) of the Constitution, Puranlal Lakhanpal v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 163: (1958) SCR 460. See also State of West Bengal v. Ashok Dey, AIR 1972 SC 1660....


Such doubly taxed income

Such doubly taxed income, the word 'such doubly taxed income' has reference to the foreign income which is again being subjected to tax by its inclusion in the computation of the income under the Act and not the same income under an identical head of income under the Act, K.V.A.L.M. Ramanathan Chettiar v. CIT, AIR 1973 SC 2172 (2181): (1973) 3 SCC 351: (1973) 2SCR 650....



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