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Adulterated article
Agarwal v. J.C. Chakravarty AIR 1960 SC 576 (585): (1960) 2 SCR 739. [Calcutta Municipal Act (3 of 1923) s. 3(2)]
Abbreviation
2, c. 14, permitted numbers to be expressed in figures, and such abbreviations as are commonly used. See 1923, W. N. 288. In 9 Rep. 48 is this maxim, Ille numerus et sensus abbreviationum accipiendus est ut
norium
many unsuccessful attempts to verify this new element the element named Hafnium atomic number 72 was discoverd in 1923 by D Coster and G von Hevesey in the zirconium containing mineral zircon Hafnium present at 1 to
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Frye test
Frye test [from United States v. Frye, 293 F. 1013 (1923), the case that established the rule] : a common-law rule of evidence: the results of scientific tests or procedures are admissible as evidence only when...
Conspiracy
Conspiracy. 'A conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to carry out an unlawful common purpose, or to carry out a lawful common purpose by unlawful means. It is a misdemeanour at common law,...
Contracting out of a statute
than the scheme of compensation provided by the Act. See also s. 45 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923; and s. 146 (12) of the (English) Law of Property Act,1925, which provides for relief against the forfeiture
In addition and without prejudice to any powers
In addition and without prejudice to any powers, in s. 14 of the Official Secrets Act 1923, is merely an enabling and not a barring provision and it reserves the inherent powers of the court
Explosives
The (English) Explosives Act, 1875 (38 Vict. c. 17), as amended and extended by the (English) Explosives Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 17), regulates the manufacture, keeping, sale, and conveyance of gunpowder and other
Improvement of land
of the lands proposed to be improved.' The Acts have been amended by the (English) Agricultural Credits Act, 1923: see s. 3. The Settled Land Act, 1925, extends the powers of a tenant for life to apply
Husband and wife
Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could...
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