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Reference

of references. See also ARBITRATION. The expression 'reference' in s. 2(e) of the Arbitration Act, 1940, is an actual reference made jointly by the parties after disputes have arisen between them referring the said disputes for adjudication

Route

and another. The point is that it is not a notional line 'as the crow files' but the actual highway as a motor vehicle travels from one terminus to another, K. Venkamma v. Government of Andhra Pradesh,

To hold elections

as the delimitation of constituencies, the compilation of electoral rolls, etc. which are a necessary preliminary to the actual conduct of elections. In the restricted sense, this phrase would cover only the actual holding of elections, State

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Trespass

plaintiff's person or property. A trespass is an injury committed with violence, and this violence may be either actual or implied; and the law will imply violence, though none is actually used, where the injury is of

Uses

intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It was not difficult to find him out,

Yorkshire Registry Act, 1884

been repealed or amended. The registration after 1925 of a memorial, if registrable (see s. 11, supra), con-stitutes actual notice [(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 197]. Under s. 198 (ibid.) registration in the Yorkshire Register

Passing off

Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person

Pawn or Pledge

to the ownership. See FACTOR. It is of the essence of the contract that there should be an actual delivery of the thing to the pledgee; for until delivery, the whole contract is executory, however strong may

Occupant

The expression 'occupant' though not defined in the Act, means a person holding the land in possession or actual enjoyment, Shiveshwar Prasad Narain Singh v. Ghurahu, AIR 1979 SC 413: (1979) 3 SCC 23: (1979) 2 SCR

Ouster

hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, carry-ing with it the deprivation of possession; for thereby the wrongdoer gets into the actual occupation of the land or hereditament, and obliges him that has a right to seek his legal remedy

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