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Occupant

Occupant, he who is in possession of a thing. See OCCUPANCY. A person in occupation. A person should be in occupation in his own right and not on behalf of someone else, Upper Ganges Sugar Mills...

Office of profit

daily allowance or traveling allowance cannot be an office of profit, Pakanti Sudarshan Reddy v. District Collector, AIR 1964 AP 421. [Hyderabad District Municipalities Act, 1956 (18 of 1956), s. 27(1)(c)] A medical practitioner working as a

Office

to hold a position which has certain duties attached to it, Pakanti Sudarshan Reddy v. District Collector, AIR 1964 AP 421 (423). [Hyderabad District Municipalities Act, (18 of 1956), s. 27(1)(c)] The word 'office' refers to the

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Om

Om, the expression 'Om' is respected by the Hindus generally and has a special significance in the Hindu scriptures. It is recited at the commence-ment of the recitations of Hindu religious works. Macdonell in his 'A...

Picketing

Picketing [fr. piquet Fr., a diminutive of pique a pike]. In its legal sense this word means the stationing of men to watch and accost workmen passing between their homes and place of employment in order...

One person, one vote rule

One person, one vote rule, means the principal that the Equal Protection Clause requires legislative voting districts to have about the same population, Reynolds v. Sims, 377 US 533: 84 S Ct 1362 (1964).

Only

Only, the word 'only' shows that with the life business go the two named businesses but no other, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Life Insurance Corporation of India, AIR 1963 SC 1911: (1964) 2 SCR 182....

Or

Or, construed as 'and'. The courts may construe 'or' as 'and' if they find from the context that the wrong word must have been used, Morgan v. Thomas, (1882) 9 QBD 643 (645), per Jessel (MR)....

Panth

Panth, the word 'panth' is one of Sanskrit origin and etymologically it means the path or the way. It must be conceded that by itself it has come to indicate the Sikh religion, because, it has...

Perquisite

Perquisite, something gained by a place or office over and above the stated wages; anything gotten by industry or purchase with money different from that which descends from a father or ancestor; also fines of copy...

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