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Plant
or equipment for a certain mechanical operation or process, Steel City Beverages Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1996) 1 Pat LJR 868. Plant, has frequently been used in fiscal and other legislation. It is one of a … goods and chattels, fixed or movable, live or dead, which he keeps for permanent employment in his business, C.I.T. v. Taj Mahal Hotel, (1971) 3 SCC 550: (1971) 82 ITR 44; Scientific Engineering House (P) Ltd. v.
Martial law
4. Martial law was prohibited by the Petition of Right Act of Charles the First, 3 Car. 1, c. 1, s. 7, but was specially authorized by the temporary 43 Geo. 3, c. 117, 3 & 4
Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against
valuable or for good consideration to any person without notice of fradulent intent. This enactment replaces 13 Eliz. c. 5 (A.D. 1570), made perpetual by 29 Eliz. c. 5. See Twyne's case, (1602) 3 Rep 80; 1
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Precedence or precedency
list, in which those marked * are entitled to the rank here allotted them by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10; marked ' by 1 W. & M. c. 1; marked by letters-patent, 9, 10 & 14 Jac.
Armour and arms
and allowed by law, and this right is embodied in the Bill of Rights, 1 W. & M. c. 2, s. 2. The Statute of Northampton, 2 Edw. 3, c. 3, prohibits persons going armed under circumstances
Transfer
to voluntary acts of transfer so as to exclude compulsory acquisitions of property, Manglore Electric Supply Co. v. C.I.T., AIR 1978 SC 1272: 1978 (3) SCC 248. Transfer, means movement of a government servant from one headquarter … includes the several kinds of transfers, namely, sale, exchange or gift, Syed Jalal v. Targopal Ram Reddy, AIR 1970 AP 19. Transfer, cannot have the widest comprehension, and does not indicate or include compulsory transfer or forced
Sedition
treason. It cannot be tried at Quarter Sessions. See the (English) Unlawful Assemblies Act, 1799 (39 Geo. 3, c. 79); the (English) Seditious Meetings Act, 1817 (57 Geo. 3, c. 19), jointly called the '(English) Corresponding Societies … and not amounting to treason. It cannot be tried at Quarter Sessions. See the (English) Unlawful Assemblies Act, 1799 (39 Geo. 3, c. 79); the (English) Seditious Meetings Act, 1817 (57 Geo. 3, c. 19), jointly called
Development
and establishment of industries is one of the modes of developing an area, Gujarat Industrial Development Corpn. v. C.I.T., (1997) 7 SCC 17 (20): AIR 1997 SC 3275. The word 'development' in the BDA Act is defined … or the making of any material change in any building or land and includes redevelopment. [Delhi Development Act, 1957, s. 2(d)] The word 'development' in, s. 10(20A) of the IT Act, should be understood in its wide
Act of uniformity
practices in England and Ireland, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35. Act of uniformity, 14 Car. 2, c. 4 (1662), which enacts that the Prayer Book, scheduled thereto, shall be used in churches, and applies as … Act of uniformity, means any of several 16th and 17th Century acts mandating uniform religious practices in England and Ireland, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Wills
may deposit his will therein. And see (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 26), s. 11, as to deposit of wills under control of the High Court. Law before 1838.-The right … in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a. Depository of Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of
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