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Establishment

house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)] 1. The act of establishing, the state or condition of being established, 2. An institution or place of … controlled or aided by the government or a local authority or a Government company as defined in s. 617 of the Companies Act 1956 and includes Departments of a Government. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of

Wages

determined it would all be salary, Gestetner Duplicators Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1979 SC 607: (1979) 2 SCC 354: (1979) 2 SCR 788. The bonus in question did not fall under any category

Trial

criminal. Strouds Judicial Dictionary (5th Edn.) Indian Bank v. Maharashtra State Co-op. Marketing Federation Ltd., (1998) 5 SCC 69. Trial, is the examination by a competent court of the facts or laws in dispute, or put in … the delivery of judgment, Inayat v. Rex, AIR 1950 All 369: 1950 All LJ 127: 1950 All WR 245. Trial, is not necessary that the trial must be a full-dressed or a jury trial or a trial

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Forfeiture

six months after execution [(English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, ss. 211, 212.] See Barratt v. Richardson, (1930) 1 KB 686. Where the breach was bynt insuring, relief was granted under repealed parts of the (English) Law of Property … pr'munire, and striking or threatening a judge. But the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), enacted that no conviction, etc., for treason or felony, or felo de se, shall cause any forfeiture except

Place of residence

to have a place of residence at each of those places. The words of the definition in s. 2(10) read with s. 2(6) are sufficiently wide to include the case of a person who had a place

Occupier

Valuation Acts, 1925, 1932, and see (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo.5. s. 641), s. 3. In common parlance, an 'occupier' is one who 'takes' or (more usually) 'holds' possession: SHORTER OXFORD … owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building. [The Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(i)] Means a person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors

Pecuniary liability

Pecuniary liability, The words 'pecuniary liability' in s. 2(6) of Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951, will cover any liability which is of a monetary nature and

By the reason of termination of employment

shown that it is payable under any law, contract, or instrument, Purshottam H. Judye v. V.B. Potdar, (1966) 2 SCR 353: AIR 1966 SC 856. [Payment of Wages Act (4 of 1936), s. 2 (vi) (d)]

Plate

the Assay of Imported Watch-Cases (Existing Stocks Exemption) Act, 1907. As to the meaning of 'plate' in ss. 2, 6 of the Plate (Offences) Act, 1738, and other statutes, see Faberge v. Goldsmiths' Co., (1911) 1 Ch … Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1890, s. 10. The hall-marking of foreign plate is prescribed by ss. 59, 60 of the (English) Customs Act, 1842, as amended by the Hall-marking of Foreign Plate Act, 1904 (4 Edw.

Reserve

use. To retain or preserve for certain purposes.' (Oxford Dictionary). In Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, page 2118, 'Reserve' is defined as follows:To keep in store for future or special use; to keep in reserve; to

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