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Criminal proceeding

'criminal proceedings' means a criminal inquiry or a trial before a court and the 'accused' means a person actually arraigned, that is, put on a trial, Laxmipat Choraria v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1968 SC 938 (944).

Costs-direct (flight)

Costs-direct (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

Anticipation

her from selling, mortgaging or dealing with the property in anticipation, but it does not apply to income actually accrued due, Hood Barrs v. Heriot, 1896 AC 174, and on the determination of the coverture the restraint

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Blockade

enemy. Accordingly, the two essential circumstances necessary to make a blockade good against neutrals are-(1) that there be actually stationed at the place a sufficient force to prevent the entry or exit of vessels; and (2) that

Apparent heir

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

Appointment in exercise of a Power

the power to benefit the appointor, Hinchinbroke (Lord) v. Seymour, (1784) 1 Bro CC 395 (unless the appointor actually buys the interest of the person entitled, see Brownlow v. Meath (Earl) (1840) 2 Dr and Wal 674),

Audita querela [defendentis]

a person against whom judgment had been given, and who was therefore in danger of execution, or perhaps actually in execution, when he had matter to show that such execution ought not to have issued or should

Average

pay shall be calculated as the average of the wages payable to a workman during the period he actually worked. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, s. 2 (aaa)] (6) Average prices, such as are computed on all the

Back-bond

deed, which, in conjunction with an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust. It expresses the nature of the right actually held by a person to whom to disposition is made. It is equivalent to the English deed of

Bad-man theory

or belief that a bad person's view of the law represents the best test of what the law actually is because that person will carefully calculate precisely what the rules allow and operate up to the rules

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