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Actual practice, the words 'actual practice' as employed in rule 9 indicate that the concerned advocate must be whole time available as a professional attached to the concerned court and must not be pursuing any other full time avocation, Modan Lal v. State of J&K, (1995) 3 SCC 486, AIR 1995 SC 1088 (1097). [J&K Civil Services (Judicial) [Recruitment Rules (1967) R. 9]...
Allocation of time
Allocation of time, means to set apart time for a specific purpose; to allocate time for different items of business in Parliament, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 40.In U.K., the House of Commons has, in principle, control of the time of the House, but, in actual practice, this control has been delegated to the Government. Parliamentary Practice by Erskie May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 269.In India, the practice is that all items of business to be transacted by the House during the Government time including those to which the Speaker is empowered to allot time himself, are normally placed before the Business Advisory Committee for allocation of time. Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn. 2001, p. 775....
Diesis
A small interval less than any in actual practice but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals...
Conveyancing counsel
Conveyancing counsel. The Lord Chancellor may nominate any number of conveyancing counsel in actual practice, not less than six who have practised as such for ten years at least, to be the conveyancing counsel upon whose opinion the court or any judge thereof may act; see (English) Court of Chancery Act, 1852 (15 & 16Vict. c. 80), s. 40; Dan. Ch. Pr. No special provision is made for these counsel by the (English) Jud. Acts, 1873 and 1875; except in so far as they can retain their offices as officers of a court whose jurisdiction is transferred to the Supreme Court [(English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 77 et seq.]. See now (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 217. See R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LI., rr. 7 to 13....
Jury
Jury [fr. jurata, Lat.; jure, Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue.Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. One of the judicial customs of the Saxons was that a man might be cleared of an accusation of certain crimes, if an appointed number of persons (juratores, or more properly compurgatores) came forward and swore to a veredictum, that they believed him innocent. It is remarkable that for accusations of any consequence among the Saxons on the continent, twelve juratores was the number required for an acquittal. Similar customs may be observed in the laws of Athens and Rome, where dikaotai and judices answer to jurors, an of the continental Angli and Frisiones, though the number of jurors varied.See, as to the introduction and growth of trial by jury in England, Forsyth's History of Trial by Jury; and for comments on and proposed amendments of the law, see Erle's Jury Laws and their Amendment, pu...
Landing charges
Landing charges, are the expenditure incurred by an importer for bringing goods on board ship to land. Landing charges, in law, must be assessed on actuals, but, as a matter of practice, particularly to facilitate expenditure clearance. Landing charges are assessed at a percentage of the value of the goods and such assessment is accepted. When so assessed, landing charges cover the totality of all that an importer expends to bring imported goods to land, M/s Coromandal Fertilisers Ltd. v. Collection of Customs, AIR 2000 SC 606.Are exactly what the words mean, the expenditure incurred by an importer for bringing goods on board ship to land. Landing charges, in law, must be assessed on actuals, but, as a matter of practice, particularly to facilitate expeditious clearance, landing charges are assessed at a percentage of the value of the goods and such assessment is accepted. When so assessed, landing charges cover the totality of all that an importer expends to bring imported goods to la...
Intoxicating liquor
Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain alcohol. Liquor should not only cover alcoholic liquor which is generally used for beverage purposes wand produce intoxication but would also include liquids containing alcohol, State of U.P. v. Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 614: (1980) 2 SCR 531: (1980) 2 SCC 441. [Constitution of India, List II, 7th Sch., Entry 8]See also Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1990) 1 SCC 109.Intoxicating liquors. The sale of intoxicating liquors by retail in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which repealed (see Sched. VII.) the whole or part of thirteen earlier Acts. The effect of this statute is shortly as follows:-1. Grant of Licence.--Defining 'intoxicating liquor' as meaning 'spirits, wine, beer, porter, cider, perry, and sweets, and any fermented, di...
farmland
a rural area where farming is practiced land actually under cultivation or capable of supporting crops...
Apparent heir
Apparent heir. See HEIR. In Scots Law, he is the person to whom the succession to heritable property has actually opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands. The term is now of little practical importance....
Arrest of ship
Arrest of ship. The arrest of a ship is the method employed for enforcing an Admiralty process in rem. The ship can be released by giving bail to the extent of the claim and costs. See SHIPOWNER, R. S. C. Ord. V., rr. 15 and 16, and Roscoe's Admiralty Practice. When the arrest is malicious, an action will lie without proof of actual damage (The 'Walter D.Wallett,' 1893, P. 202)....
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