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accede ac·ced·ed ac·ced·ing 1 a : to become a party (as to an agreement) by associating oneself with others [they were invited to to the covenant] b : to express approval or give consent [the banker asks for collateral. The debtor…s, and transfers some of his property "In re Patterson, 139 F. Supp. 830 (1956)"] 2 : to assume an office or position [acceded to the governorship] 3 a : to become added by way of growth, increase, improvement, or labor [the various improvements…had acceded to the realty and had become “fixtures” "Graham v. Henderson, 608 S.W.2d 150 (1980)"] b : to come into control or ownership of something [a trustee in bankruptcy specifically s to all property of the debtor "Directory Int'l Inc. v. Bates Mfg. Co., 91 B.R. 738 (1988)"] ...
Convention country
Convention country, means a country notified as such under s. 93. [Semiconductor Integrated Cir-cuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000), s. 2 (f)]means a country or a country which is member of a group of countries or a union of countries or an Inter-governmental organisation notified as such under sub-s. (1) of s. 133. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (d)]'Convention country' means a country which has acceded to an international convention for the protection of plant varieties to which India has also acceded, or a country which has a law on protection of plant varieties on the basis of which India has entered into an agreement for granting plant breeders' right to the citizens of both the countries. [Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Act, (53 of 2001), s. 2(f)]...
Age-prier, or prayer
Age-prier, or prayer, ['tatis precatio,:at.], to pray age; thus, when an action is brought against a minor for the recovery of lands, which he possesses by descent, he petitions or moves the Court to stay the action until he attain his majority, which is generally acceded to, Termes de la Ley....
Confusion
Confusion, a mode of extinguishing a debt, in the French law, by the concurrence in the same person of two qualities which mutually destroy one another. This may occur in several ways, as where the creditor becomes the heir of the debtor, or the debtor the heir of the creditor, or either accedes to the title of the other by any other mode of transfer, Pothier on Oblig. By Evans, n. 505-609....
Contracting State
Contracting State, means (1) one of the original parties to the 1968 Convention (Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands); or (2) one of the parties acceding to that Convention under the Accession Convention (Denmark, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom), being a state in respect of which the Accession Convention has entered into force in accordance with Art. 39 of that convention, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act, 1982, s. 51(3), 50 (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 330, p. 259.Means any State, including the United Kingdom, which is a party to the Chicago Convention, Air Navigation Order 1989, SI 1989/2004, Art. 106(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. (2), para 1190, p. 580....
Dispute
Dispute, The meaning of the word 'dispute' is, 'a controversy having both positive and negative aspects. It postulates the assertion of a claim by one party and its denial by the other', Canara Bank v. National Thermal Power Corporation, (2001) 1 SCC 43.The term 'dispute' means a controversy having both positive and negative aspects. It postulates the assertion of a claim by one party and its denial by the other, Gujarat State Corporation Land Development Bank v. P.R. Mondkad, (1979) 3 SCC 123: AIR 1979 SC 1203 (1207).There should be dispute and there can only be a dispute when a claim is asserted by one party and denied by the other on whatever grounds. Mere failure or inaction to pay does not lead to the inference of the existence of dispute. Dispute entails a positive element and assertion in denying, not merely inaction to accede to a claim or a request, Inder Singh Pekhi v. D.D.A., AIR 1988 SC 1007 (1009): (1988) 2 SCC 338.Once such a claim is made prior to invocation of arbitrati...
Federal Government
Federal Government. When two or more sovereign or independent states mutually agree not to exercise certain powers incident to their several sovereignties, but to delegate the exercise of those powers to some person or body chosen by them jointly, there is said to be a federal union of those states, and the person or body to whom the exercise of such powers is delegated is called the Federal Government. The Swiss Confederation, and the United States of North America, are instances of Federal Governments.A (English) Federal Council of Australasia Act (48 & 49 Vict. c. 60), passed in 1885 (see AUSTRALASIA), is now superseded by the federating (English) Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12) (see AUSTRALIA), which has repealed it.An effective federation of the British North American Colonies was provided in 1867 by (English) the British North America Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3) (see BRITISH AMERICA), and in 1909 of the Colonies of Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Tra...
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir, is a State in India, its territory is the same which comprised the territory of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir before the commencement of the Constitution. The State acceded to the Dominion of India on 26 October, 1947 after executing an instrument of accession, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, 6th Edn., p. 14.Enjoys a special status in the Indian Union with regard to the operation of the Constitution. The position of the State offer from other States. The legislative authority of the Union Parliament in respect of this State is limited to those matters in the Union lists and the Concurrent lists, which are declared by the President in consultation with the State Government, the conform to the terms of the instrument of Accession. Only such of other provisions of the Constitution will apply to this State as the President may by order specify. (Constitution of India, Art. 370)...
Letters of marque
Letters of marque, commissions for extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers at sea, grantable by the Secretaries of State, with the approbation of the Sovereign and Council; and usually in time of war, etc., ex Merc. 173. The words marque and reprisal are used as synonymous terms, although the latter is, strictly, taking in return; the former passing the frontiers in order to such taking, Du Cange, tit. 'Marcha.'These letters are grantable by the law of nations, wherever the subjects of one state are oppressed and injured by those of another, and justice is denied by that state to which the oppressor belongs. In this case letters of marque and reprisal may be obtained in order to seize the bodies or goods of the subjects of the offending state, until satisfaction be made, wherever they happen to be found; and, in fact, this custom seems dictated by nature. The necessity, however, is obvious of calling in the sovereign power to determine when ...
Malikana
Malikana, is a right to receive a portion of the profits of an estate for which the Government has made a settlement with another person when the proprietory has neglected to pay his revenue or has declined to come in and make settlement or to accede to the rate at which the lands are assessed. It is formerly an allowance made to the headman by other villagers or when authorised to collect and pay the revenue of the village by the State. Compensation paid to the proprietor of resumed lands for the loss of his proprietary and possessory of rights in them when they are let in farm or held in khas by Government, Mahendra Narayan v. Abdul Gafar, 59 Cal 746....
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