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Innuendo
which he puts upon the words himself, and which he will endeavor to in due the jury to adopt at the trial' (Odgers on Libel). Where the words prima facie are not actionable, an innuendo is essential
Semper inobscuris quod minimum est sequimur
Semper inobscuris quod minimum est sequimur. D. 50, 17, 9, (In obscure constructions were always adopt that which is least obscure.]
Interpretation of Statute
of Statute, it is well-settled that in construing the provisions of statute the Courts should be slow to adopt a construction which tends to make any part of the statute meaningless or ineffective. Thus, an attempt must
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Take
such as 'seize, grasp, capture, catch, receive into the body, appropriate, secure, get, receive by payment, assume, choose, adopt, consume, obtain, derive from source or by some process, receive, enjoy, accept, etc. Seizure of an article may
Supreme Court of Judicature
(which at Common Law 'followed the event' of an action largely in the discretion of the judge was adopted for all the branches of the High Court. The (English) Act of 1875 contained a very lengthy schedule
Social justice
to assist the removal of socio-economic disparities and in-equalities; nevertheless, in dealing with industrial matters, it does not adopt a doctrinaire approach and refuses to yield blindly to abstract notions, but adopts a realistic and pragmatic approach.
Successor-in-interest
are relevant, it would be unreasonable to exaggerate the importance of any one of these facts or to adopt the inflexible rule that the presence or absence of any of them is decisive of the matter one
Received by
Received by, the expression 'received by' applies to those assessees who adopt the cash system of accountancy, CIT, Bombay v. Chunilal V. Mehta, AIR 1972 SC 268 (271). [Income Tax
Opium derivative
Opium derivative, means: (a) medicinal opium, that is, opium which has undergone the processes necessary to adopt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the Indian Pharmacopoeia or any other pharmacopoeia notified
Libraries (Public)
53), amended in the following year by 56 & 57 Vict. c.11, which allowed the Act to be adopted in urban districts by the urban authorities instead of by direct popular vote. In rural parishes the parish
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