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Palmetto flag

Any of several flags adopted by South Carolina after its secession That adopted in November 1860 had a green cabbage palmetto in the

Aggression

impact, Sarbananda Sonowal v. Union of India, (2005) 5 SCC 665. [Constitution of India, Article 335] Aggression, as adopted by UNGA No. 3314 is used for limited purpose, where the Security Council or the UNO can interfere

Balance sheet total

a company's financial year (1) where in the company's accounts format 1 of the Balance Sheet formats is adopted, the aggregate of the amounts shown in the Balance Sheet under the heading corresponding to items A to

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Burial ground

usually contained in the local Acts, which thenceforward usually, though not necessarily, incorporated that Act. In 1852 an adoptive Burial Act (15 & 16 Vict. c. 85), enabled elective 'burial boards' of metropolitan parishes to acquire land

Father and mother

Father and mother, The father or mother mentioned in sub-s. (1) of s. 9 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 must necessarily mean the natural father and the natural mother, Dhanraj v. Suraj Bai,

Bye-law

(1898) 2 QB 91; DPP v. Hutchinson, (1990) 2 All ER 836. Means a rule or administrative provision adopted by an association or corporation for its internal governance. Co-operate bye-laws are usually enacted apart from the articles

Putra pouthra santhathies

cannot be construed as confined to sons, grandsons and their descendants born out of the body excluding the adopted son or his descendants, G. Appaswami Chettiar v. R. Sarangapani Chettiar, AIR 1978 SC 1051: (1978) 3 SCC

York-Antwerp Rules

merchants, underwriters and average-adjusters for insertion in bills of lading, charter-parties and policies of insurance. The rules were adopted as a result of a conference of the Associa-tion for Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations

Weaker section of society

belonging to the weaker sections to be benefited when Article 46 was incorporated in the Constitution. Parliament in adopting the same language in s. 21 of Act also intended people of all weaker sections to have the

Unfair trade practice

the purpose of promoting the sale, use or supply any goods or for the provision of any service, adopts any unfair method or unfair or deceptive practice. [Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), s. 2(r)] Section

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