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Custom

Kumari, AIR 1952 SC 231: (1952) SCR 825. A custom is a particular rule which has obtained either actually or presumptively from time immemorial in a particular locality and obtained the force of law in the locality,

Date of the Collector's award

Means the date when the award is either communicated to the party or is known by him either actually or constructively, Raja Harish Chandra Raj Singh v. Deputy Land Acquisition Officer, AIR 1961 SC 1500 (1504): (1962)

Defeasance (defeasance)

to any lessee or his assigns, every such license shall, unless otherwise expressed, extend only to the permission actually given, etc.

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Communication to the public

or diffusion other than by issuing copies of such work regardless of whether any member of the public actually sees, hears or otherwise enjoys the work so made available. [Copyright Act, 1957, s. 2 (ff)]

Deposition

not the best evidence. But it may be read not only where it appears that the witness is actually dead, but in all cases where he is dead for all purposes of evidence: as where diligent search

Desertion

be desertion without previous cohabitation by the parties, or without the marriage having been consummated. The person who actually withdraws from cohabitation is not necessarily the deserting party. The fact that a husband makes an allowance to

Direct costs (flight)

Direct costs (flight), means, in respect of a flight the costs actually and necessarily incurred in connection with that flight without a view to profit but excluding any remuneration payable

Disbursements

Disbursements, that is to say money which he has actually had to pay out to other people, such as witnesses, counsel, professional advisers and so forth, Agassi v.

Disposition of the company's property

to include a contract to make a disposition of land but referred only to a disposition which had actually been effected, Boyoumi v. Women's Total Abstinence Union Ltd., (2003) 2 WLR (Charities Act, 1993, s. 37)

Emblements

he were the owner in fee, or for life, or for years, if he die before he has actually cut, reaped, or gathered the same; and this, although being affixed to the soil, they might for some

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