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Seaman

of the crew of any ship, but does not include the master of the ship. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, s. 2(1)(k)]

Passim

in various places in a statute, book or works of a certain author-e.g., 'see (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, passim.'

Schoolmaster

Schoolmaster. To an action of trespass for an assault and battery the defendant pleaded that he was the headmaster of a school or college, of which the plaintiff was a pupil, and that the plaintiff combined...

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Salmon Fishery

Salmon Fishery. See the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923, and the Amendment Act of 1929, which consolidated prior legislation, and FISHERY.

Resumption

many cases of yearly tenancy recourse may be had to s. 27 of the (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, by which:- Where a notice to quit is given by the landlord of a holding to a tenant

Replevin

the defendant at the time of suit, Handbook of Common-Law Pleading, at 120 (Heneroy Wintrop Ballantine, 3rd Edn., 1923) by Benjamin J. Shipman. Means an action for the repossession of personal property wrongfully taken or detained by

Relief

Relief, legal remedy for wrongs, etc.; charitable assistance. A payment made by an heir of a feudal tenant to the feudal lord for privilege of succeeding to ancestor's tenancy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1293....

Qualified medical practitioner

the Official Gazette, to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, s. 2 (1) (i)]

Publication of any evidence

is in that sense alone the word 'publication 'has been used in s. 14 of Official Secrets Act, 1923; Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs v. Satyen Bhowmick, AIR 1981 SC 917: (1981) 2 SCC 109: (1981)

Public order

do not fall within 'maintenance of public order', Municipal Council v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1970 SC 1923: (1969) 2 SCC 582: (1970) 1 SCR 915. (iii) 'Public order' is what the French call 'order publique'

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