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Major

Major, means a person who has completed the age of eighteen years. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (104 of 1956), s. 2(a)]

Line clear

of the station which the train has to enter, Awadh Behari Sharma v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1956 SC 738 (742): (1956) Cri LJ 1372.

Kilogram

prototype of the kilogramme by First General Conference of Weights and Mea-sures. [Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (89 of 1956), s. 2(c)]

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Kamat

Kamat, private lands of the proprietor, Harihar Prasad Singh v. Deonarain Prasad, AIR 1956 SC 305: 1956 SCR 1. (Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885)

Judgment

orders under ss. 118 or 123(3), orders which bear the character of a conviction, Shambhu v. State, AIR 1956 All 633 (634). The judgment in Rule 5 Chapter VIII of the Rules means a final order. The

Intestate

of which he or she has not made a testamentary disposition capable of taking effect. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 3(g)]

Possession

Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152. Possession, does not imply...

Place of business

his goods; and (iii) a place where a dealer keeps his books of account. [Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1956), s. 2 (dd)] Place of business, means any place where a dealer carries on business

Sons

Sons, the word 'sons' in clause (a) of s. 15(1) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 does not include step-sons, that is, sons of the husband of a females dying intestate by another wife,

Processing

India, AIR 1981 SC 1014 (1018): (1981) 1 SCC 653: (1981) 2 SCR 271. [Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, s. 8(3)(b)] (i) In common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or

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