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Agnate
'agnate' of another if the two are related by blood or adoption wholly through males. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 3 (1) (a)]
Desertion
Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and Reg....
Government company
Government company, means a Government com-pany within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956). [Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 (45 of 2003), s. 2(d)
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Duly
D.J. Bahadur, (1981) 1 SCC 315: AIR 1980 SC 2181: (1981) 1 SCR 1083. [Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (English) (31 of 1956), s. 1]
Highway
Highway, means a National Highway declared as such under s. 2 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) and includes any Expressway or Express Highway vested in the Central Government, whether surfaced or
Heir
female, who is entitled to succeed to the property of an intestate under this Act. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 3 (1) (f)] The word 'heir' may be distinguishable from the word 'legatee' but
Harmful publication
of violence or cruelty; or (iii) incidents of a repulsive or horrible nature. [Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956 (93 of 1956), s. 2 (a)]
Half blood
by half blood when they are descended from a common ancestor but by different wives. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 3(e); Special Marriage Act, 1954, s. 2(b)] The relationship through one only and not
Graduated flat rate
Gujarat Coop Housing Society Ltd., 1992 Supp (2) SCC 457: AIR 1992 SC 1506. [M.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (23 of 1956), ss. 132(1)(d) and 162]
Governor
of the general administration of the State vests in the Governor, Ram Jawaya v. State of Punjab, AIR 1956 SC 549 [Constitution of India, Art. 154(1)] In some cases, some persons may be the Governor of more
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