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Vagrants

and betting in streets; by the Vagrancy Act, 1898, amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7, as to men living on earnings of prostitution; and by (English) Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as

New trial

trial, without interfering with the finding or decision upon any other question. [(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIX., r. 7] (9) Where there has been a previous new trial. If the jury on the second trial find for

Contract carriage

Contract carriage, means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for...

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Children

liquor for that purpose. Sale of Tobacco.--The sale of tobacco to children under sixteen is penalized by s. 7 of the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (c. 12), which also [sub-s. (3)] allows cigarettes to

Assay

As to assay of foreign imported plate, see 46 & 47 Vict. c. 55, s. 10; 4 Edw. 7, c. 6; and 7 Edw. 7, c. 13, s. 5 see PLATE. Means a proof or trial, by

Malice

probable cause, R.S. Garg v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 2006 (SC) 2912: (2006) 6 SCC 430: (2006) 7 JT 1: (2006) 7 SCALE 405: (2006) 6 Supreme 324: (2006) 7 SCJ 193: (2006) 8 SCJD 36:

Omnibus

Omnibus, a vehicle for all. By the Town Police Clauses Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 14), bye-laws, may be made under the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (see that title), for regulation of omnibuses, … dealing with numerous objects or items at once; including many things or having various purposes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1116.

Office of profit under the government

an expression of wider import than a post held under the government which is dealt with in Part XIV of the Constitution. The true principle behind this provision in Article 102(1)(a) is that there should not be

Month

Vict. c. 21]. By the Common Law and inequity it is but twenty-eight days; see 2 Bl. Com. 141. In ecclesiastical matters it means a calendar month. By R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIV., r. 1, where the time … the period expires at end of latter month, Daryadh Singh v. Union of India, 1973 Del 58: (1973) 75 PLR Del 18. Means a calendar month. Even when lunar months are mentioned in a vernacular contract, the

Modesty

of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct, R.V. James Lloyd, (1836) 7 C&P 317: 173 ER 141. Modesty, is to be interpreted as an attribute associated with female human beings as a class. It is

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