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Lottery
a game of chance; a distribution of prizes by lot or chance, Taylor v. Smetten, (1883) 11 QBD 207. By 10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games,' all lotteries were declared to be
Occupant
SCC 23: (1979) 2 SCR 296. [U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (1 of 1951), s. 20(b)(i)] Occupant is a person who having obtained the right to possess a public premises, has the right to
Penalty
approved in Widnes Foundry (1925) Ltd. v. Cellulose Acetate Co. Ltd., (1931) 2 KB 393, and 1933 AC 20. 3. A sum recoverable by action from a person infringing a statute. See PENAL STATUTES. 4. A sum,
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Police
Country, Borough (these may be consolidated, see 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88, s. 14, and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69, s. 20), Metro-politan, City of London, and River Forces, e.g., Tyne, Manchester Ship Canal, Mersey
Vagrants
the Vagrancy Act, 1824, s. 4 as amended by the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 20), to be deemed 'rogues and vagabonds,' whom it is lawful for any justice to commit (being convicted before
Railway
fine up to 40s. or in the case of a second conviction either by a fine not exceeding 20l., or in the discretion of the court by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month. Government Purchase
Rate
by a water, gas, railway, or other public undertaking for services rendered e.g., (English) Railways Act, 1921, s. 20; Metropolitan Water Board Charges Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. xciv.). The poor rate was levied
Registration of title of land
the description of 'legal estates' in s. 3 of the L. R. Act, 1925, and ss. 1 and 205 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, may, and in districts where registration is compulsory must, as
Reside
for a 'considerable time', (Oxford Dictionary). See also Union of India v. Dudh Nath Prasad, (2000) 2 SCC 20. Means live, abide, sojourn, stay, remain, lodge. To settle oneself or a thing in a place, to be
Suspicious circumstances
Bala Bose v. Manindra Chandra Bose, AIR 1982 SC 133 (134): (1982) 1 SCR 1188: (1982) 1 SCC 20. (Succession Act, 1925, ss. 74, 63) Means any and every circumstance is not a 'suspicious' circumstance. A circumstance
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