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wide enough to include any rebate which may be granted by other statutory orders--The word 'rebate' is an apt word to use in respect of remission, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Anant Rao B.Kamat, AIR 1966 SC … part of a payment, serving as a discount or reduction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1273 The word 'rebate' in s. 16(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1922 not only relates to rebate granted under the

Expedient

Expedient, In Words and Phrases (Permanent Edn.), Vol. 15A, Evidence-Eyewitness the word 'expedient' has been described as when used as an

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Trust

pass without the words 'heirs of the body' or 'in tail'; in the case of an executed document, apt words of limitation were necessary [see Re Moncton's Settlement, (1913) 2 Ch 636; and Re Arden, Short v. Cam,

Precatory words

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Discharge from liability

Discharge from liability, the words are apt to ex-press an intention of total extinction of the liability and should, specially in view of the international

Compromise, Settlement

they can agree upon'. The word 'compromise' implies some element of accommodation on each side. It is not apt to describe total surrender. A compromise is always bilateral and means mutual adjustment. 'Settlement' is termination of legal … to avoid a law suit, amicably settle their differences, on such terms as they can agree upon'. The word 'compromise' implies some element of accommodation on each side. It is not apt to describe total surrender. A

Debet et solet

tenant or his ancestor, then he uses only the word debet alone in his writ, it is not apt to use solet because his ancestor only was deceased, and the custom discontinued; but if he sued for … any right, whereof his ancestor was disseised by the tenant or his ancestor, then he uses only the word debet alone in his writ, it is not apt to use solet because his ancestor only was deceased,

Liability in respect of an actionable wrong

Liability in respect of an actionable wrong, the words 'liability in respect of an actionable wrong' are apt to cover the liability to be restrained by injunction from completing what on the plaintiffs case was an

Proper

Proper, it means appropriate, in the required manner, fit, suitable, apt. The mere making of a request of leave, which has not been accepted is not a proper intimation. … leave, which has not been accepted is not a proper intimation. It cannot be said that the said word is a surplusage, Mitilesh Singh v. Union of India, (2003) 3 SCC 309 (316): AIR 2003 SC 1724.

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