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Castes or Tribes

in the ordinary sense of the terms but are used in the sense of the definitions contained in Articles 366(24) and 366(25). In this view, a caste is a Scheduled Caste or a tribe is a Scheduled

Magna Carta

the 19th of June, 1215, being in the seventeenth year of his reign. After the adjustment of preliminaries, Articles or heads of agreement were drawn up and sealed; these Articles were then reduced to the form of

Contractor

who undertakes to produce a given result for any establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the employment of building workers or who supplies building workers for any work of the

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Church

according to that sense (ibid. p. 69). The standard of doctrine and practice is settled by the Thirty-nine Articles (see Articles OF RELIGION) agreed on by convocation in Londin in 1562, and confirmed by 13 Eliz. c.

Heirloom

in its strict and proper sense, nor is the disposition itself beyond a certain point effectual; for the Articles will, in such case, belong absolutely to the first person who, under the limitations of the settlement, becomes

Seizure

perusing them cannot properly be regarded as seizure because seizure implies doing something over and above holding an article in one's hand, Chandrika Sao v. State of Bihar, AIR 1967 SC 170 (173). [Bihar Sales Tax Act,

Relating

Relating, the word 'relating' in Article 363, 'to bring into relation' or 'establish relation between'. In other words the provision of the Constitution in

Right

AIR 1977 SC 1361: (1977) 3 SCC 592: (1978) 1 SCR 1. The word 'right' is used in Article 131 in this generic sense. For example, the State claims to be entitled to legislate exclusively on all

Ruler

the contention that the impugned Act is void because the definition of the word 'ruler' is inconsistent with Article 366(22) of the Constitution. There is no doubt that the definition of the word 'Ruler' prescribed by s.

Secret

see COMMISSION; CORRUPT PRACTICES. To secrete means, according to the dictionary 'to hide' in connection with a postal article addressed to some person the fact that it is retained in his possession by an officer of the

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