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Home Dictionary Name: able bodied manAble-bodied man
Able-bodied man, defined in (English) Corn Production Act, 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 46) (repealed), as 'any male workman who is not incapable, by reason of age or mental or other infirmity or physical injury, of performing the work of a normally efficient workman.' In the (English) Relief Regulation Order, 1930 (S.R.&O. 1930, No. 186), s. 6, 'Male person capable of work.'...
Able-bodied seaman
Able-bodied seaman. See A.B....
Bodied
Having a body usually in composition as able bodied...
A.B
A.B. Able-bodied seaman, having served at sea for three years before the mast, (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57&58 Vict, e. 60), s. 126, as amended by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 148), s. 58. Any false statement or false representation for the purpose of obtaining a rating as A.B. renders the offender liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds. [(English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, s. 58(2)]...
Look-at-able
Look-at-able, something which is capable of being looked at. 'This court has come to the conclusion that whatever is logically relevant is legally look-at-able' [Union of India v. Sankalchand, AIR 1977 SC 2328 (2373), para 80]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
able
able 1 : possessed of needed powers or of needed resources to accomplish an objective [ to perform under the contract] 2 : having freedom from restriction or obligation or from conditions preventing an action [ to vote] 3 : legally qualified : possessed of legal competence [ to inherit property] ...
Being able to seek
Being able to seek, used in proviso to section 34 predominantly governs the operation of entire section which in its turn provides for discretionary power of the court, Arnab Kumar Sarkar v. Reba Mukherjee, AIR 2007 Cal 79....
Have not been able to live together
Have not been able to live together, seems to indicate the concept of brokern down marriage and it would not be possible to reconcile themselves, Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, AIR 1992 SC 1904 (1907): (1992) 2 SCC 25. [Hindu Marriage Act, (25 of 1955), s. 13B]...
Man, Isle of
Man, Isle of (Mona), in the Irish Sea, off the coast of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, granted by Henry the Fourth and James the First to members of the Stanley family, whose successor in the female line, the Duke of Athol, sold it to the Crown for 70,000l., being about ten years' purchase of the annual revenue, by the Isle of Man Purchase Act, 1765 (5 Geo. 3, c. 26).The Isle of Man is not subject to British Acts of Parliament unless expressly named therein (as in the Customs Acts, for the purposes of which, by s. 277 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, it is deemed part of the United Kingdom), being legislated for by its own Parliament, called the House of Keys, but an Isle of Man (Customs) Act, is passed every year by the Imperial Parliament....
Straw, Man of
Straw, Man of, a man of no substance. A transfer of shares, in a company, to such a man is good, subject to its regulations, so as to relieve the transferor from liability to pay calls upon the shares, if the transferee be sui juris, and there be no resulting trust for the transferor [see De Pass's case, (1859) 4 De G. & J. 544], and unless the Stannaries Act, 1869, s. 35, applies; and see CONTRIBUTORY. Likewise the assignee o a lease may escape liability on the covenants after assignment by 'assigning over' to a man of straw....
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