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Home Dictionary Name: acknowledge Page: 3Cognisor, and cognisee
Cognisor, and cognisee. The former is he who passed or acknowledged a fine of lands or tenements to another; the latter is the person to whom the fine of the lands, etc., was acknowledged, 32 Hen. 8, c. 5....
Debentures and shares
Debentures and shares, 'share' has been defined in, s. 2(46) of the Companies Act, 1956 mean a share in the share capital of a company which in turn would mean that it would represent contribution of the shareholder towards the share capital of the company. On the other hand, a debenture is an instrument of debt executed by the company acknowledging its receipt to repay the same at a specified rate and also carrying an interest. These are simply an instrument of acknowledgement of debt by the company whereby it undertakes to pay the amount covered by it and till then it undertakes further to pay interest thereon to the debenture-holders, R.D. Goyal v. Reliance Industries Ltd, (2003) 1 SCC 81 (89)....
Tenure
Tenure, cannot be equated with 'terms and con-ditions of services' or payment of gravity or pension. Tenure when followed by words of office, means term of office, Punjab University v. Khalsa College, Amritsar, AIR 1971 P&H 479: 1971 Cur LJ 334.Means a right, term, or mode of holding lands or tenements in subordination to a superior; in fendal times, real property was held predominantly as part of a tenure system, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1481.Tenure, the mode of holding property. The only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which is subject to paramount incidents; and (2) a term of years absolute (see LAND). The idea of tenure or holding is said to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right to use the profits ...
Valuable security
Valuable security, certificates the appellant has been found to have forged to get admission in the Arts and Commerce College affiliated to Poona Univer-sity could not be described as 'valuable security' within the meaning of s. 30 of the Indian Penal Code, Shaikh Noor Mohd. Shaikh Fazal v. State of Maharashtra, (1980) 4 SCC 551: AIR 1981 SC 297 (298). [Penal Code (45 of 1860), ss. 30, 465, 467, 471]The words 'valuable security' denote a document which is, or purports to be, a document whereby any legal right is created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or whereby any person acknowledges that he lies under legal liability, or has not a certain legal right, see also. [Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961), s. 2, Expl. II; (English) Penal Code, 1860, s. 30]The assessment order is certainly a 'document', under s. 29, IPC. The order of assessment does create a right, in the assessee, in the sense that he has a right to pay tax only on the total amount assesse...
filiation
filiation [Late Latin filiatio relationship of a son and father, from Latin filius son] 1 : a legal relationship of a parent and esp. a father and child that creates rights and obligations [used to help prove in a paternity suit "LeBlanc v. LeBlanc, 427 So. 2d 1361 (1986)"] see also legitimate filiation compare acknowledgment, paternity NOTE: The Louisiana Supreme Court has held that children not entitled to legitimate filiation to the alleged parent, or not legitimated or formally acknowledged by the alleged parent, may establish filiation in a filiation proceeding. This has led to some instances where the legitimate children of one father have been allowed to prove filiation to another father. Such an action does not make the children illegitimate but does create a status of dual paternity. 2 : adjudication of paternity or filiation [the court has made an order of "Idaho Code"] ...
Nazeranna
Nazeranna, a sum paid to government as an acknowledgement for a grant of lands, or any public office, Indian.Nazeranna, means the amount that a person pays to the government as an acknowledgement for public office or a grant of public lands, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1051....
Semi Arian
A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father that is of the same substance but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father not by nature but by a peculiar privilege...
Grateful
Having a due sense of benefits received kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received willing to acknowledge and repay or give thanks for benefits as a grateful heart...
Shiite
A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong They reject the first three caliphs and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed They do not acknowledge the Sunna or body of traditions respecting Mohammed as any part of the law and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites or orthodox Mohammedans...
filiate
filiate -at·ed -at·ing : to declare (a child) the descendant of a particular parent and esp. a father [has not been filiated by the initiative of the parent "Louisiana Civil Code"] compare acknowledge, legitimate NOTE: A child may be illegitimate but filiated. Both legitimation and acknowledgment filiate an illegitimate child. Adopted children are filiated by the adoption proceeding. ...
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