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knowledge
knowledge 1 a : awareness or understanding esp. of an act, a fact, or the truth : actual knowledge in this entry b : awareness that a fact or circumstance probably exists ; broadly : constructive knowledge in this entry see also scienter, willful blindness NOTE: Knowledge fundamentally differs from intent in being grounded in awareness rather than purpose. ac·tu·al knowledge 1 : direct and clear awareness (as of a fact or condition) [the bank had actual knowledge that the name and account number referred to different persons] 2 : awareness of such information as would cause a reasonable person to inquire further ; specif : such awareness considered as a timely and sufficient substitute for actual notice (as of a work-related injury or of a bankruptcy proceeding) [ruled that the employer did not have actual notice or actual knowledge within 90 days] con·struc·tive knowledge : knowledge (as of a condition or fact) that one using ordinary care or diligenc...
Service
Service [fr. servitium, Lat.], that duty which a tenant, by reason of his estate, owes to his lord. There are many divisions of this duty in our ancient law books, as into personal and real, which is either urbane or rustic, free and base, continua land annual, casual and accidental, intrinsic and extrinsic, certain and uncertain, etc. see TENURE.The formal delivery of a writ, summons of other legal process 2. The formal delivery of some other legal notice such as pleading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1372.The formal mode of bringing a writ or other process, or a notice in a suit, to the knowledge of the person affected by it.The service of writs of summons is regulated by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. IX., which by r. 1 dispenses wit service, when (as is usual) the defendant, by his solicitor, agrees to accept service, and enters an appearance. By r. 2, service, when required, must be personal, unless an order for 'substituted service, or the substitution of notice for service,...
Knowledge
Knowledge, 'knowledge' is an awareness on the part of the person concerned indicating his state of mind. 'Reason to believe' is another facet of the state of mind. 'Knowledge' will be slightly on a higher plane than 'reason to believe'. A person can be supposed to know where there is a direct appeal to his senses and a person is presumed to have a reason to believe if he has sufficient cause to believe the same, Joti Parshad v. State of Haryana, AIR 1993 SC 1167 (1169): (1993) Supp 2 SCC 497.A state of mind entertained by a person with regard to existing facts which he has himself observed, or the existence of which has been communicated to him by persons whose veracity he has no reason to doubt, Emperor v. Zamin, AIR 1932 Oudh 28.Knowledge be inferred from the circumstances of the case, Emperor v. Maturanath De, AIR 1932 Cal 850.Knowledge is an awareness on the part of the person concerned indicating his state of mind, A.S. Krishnan v. State of Kerala, AIR 2004 SC 3229.Is the fact or ...
Knowledge of the decree
Knowledge of the decree, the expression 'knowledge of the decree' in Art. 164 means knowledge of the particular decree which is sought to be set aside. When the summons was not duly served, limitation under Art. 164 does not start running against the defendant because he has received some vague information that some decree has been passed against him. It is a question of fact in each case whether the information conveyed to the defendant is insufficient to impute to him knowledge of the decree within the meaning of Art. 164. The test of the sufficiency is not what the information would mean to a stranger, but what it meant to the defendant in the light of his previous dealings with the plaintiff and the facts and circumstances known to him. If from the information conveyed to him the defendant has knowledge of the decree sought to be set aside, time begins to run against him under Art. 164. It is not necessary that a copy of the decree should be served on the defendant. It is sufficien...
Intention and knowledge
Intention and knowledge, 'intention' is different from 'motive' or 'ignorance' or 'negligence'. It is the 'knowledge' or 'intention' with which the act is done that makes difference. The knowledge of the consequences which may result in doing an act is not the same thing as the intention that such con-sequences should ensue. Firstly, when an act is done by a person, it is presumed that he must have been aware that certain specified harmful con-sequences would or could follow. But that know-ledge is bare awareness and not the same thing as intention that such consequences should ensue. As compared to 'knowledge', 'intention' requires something more than the mere foresight of the con-sequences, namely the purposeful doing of a thing to achieve a particular end. The 'knowledge' as contrasted with 'intention' signify a state of mental realisation with the bare state of conscious awareness of certain facts in which human mind remains supine or inactive. On the other hand, 'intention' is a c...
carnal knowledge
carnal knowledge : an act of esp. illegal sexual intercourse [whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will "District of Columbia Code Annotated"] ;also : the crime of committing such an act [was charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile] see also rape NOTE: Carnal knowledge is sometimes an element of the statutory definition of rape in addition to being a separate offense. ...
Intent and knowledge
Intent and knowledge, 'intent' and 'knowledge' in the ingredients of s. 299 of the Indian Penal Code postulate the existence of positive mental attitude and this mental condition is the special mens rea necessary for the offence, Jayaraj v. State of Tamil Nadu, AIR 1976 SC 1519 (1524): (1976) 2 SCC 788.Knowledge in s. 304, Indian Penal Code, Part II is the knowledge of likelihood of death and the common intention is with regard to the criminal act, Afrahim Sheikh v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1964 SC 1263 (1268): (1964) 6 SCR 172....
Actual cost of an asset
Actual cost of an asset, the 'actual cost' referred to is not the actual cost as originally determined at the time of acquisition. Actual cost may be subject to certain modifications and alterations Saharanpur Electric Supply Co. Ltd. v. CIT (1992) 2 SCC 736 (750): (1992) 1 SCR 117....
Actual delivery of possession
Actual delivery of possession, expression 'actual delivery of possession' can be that actual delivery as contrasted with mere dealing in differences and such actual delivery of possession included within its scope symbolical as well as constructive delivery of possession, Duri Chand Pataria v. Bhuwlka Brothers Ltd, AIR 1955 SC 182 (187). [W. B. Jute Goods Future Ordinance (5 of 1949), s. 2(i)(b)(i)]...
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