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Article [articulus, Lat.], a complaint exhibited in the Ecclesiastical Court by way of libel. The different parts of a libel, responsive allegation, or counter allegation in the Ecclesiastical Courts.Means (as respects standardisation and marking) any substance, artificial or natural, or partly artificial or partly natural, whether raw or partly or wholly processed or manufactured. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2 (a)]An article of the Constitution. [Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), s. 2 (a)]Any article of manufacture and any substance, artificial, or partly artificial and partly natural; and includes any part of an article capable of being made and sold separately. [Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000), s. 2 (a)]A machine is a tangible thing which can both be seen and felt and as such it answers the description of an 'article' within the meaning of s. 2(b) (iii) of the Act, Zaffar Mohd v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1976 SC 171 (172). [Drugs and Mag...
Articles of religion
Articles of religion, commonly called the Thirty-nine Articles, a body of divinity drawn up by the convocation in 1562, required of the clergy to be subscribed to by 13 Eliz. C. 12, and confirmed by James I. Consult Burnet's Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles.' The Oxford University Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 81), ss. 43, 44, has rendered unnecessary subscription to these Articles, or any oath, on matriculating or on taking a degree in the University of Oxford; and the Cambridge University Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 88), ss. 45, 46, contains a similar enactment in regard to the University of Cambridge; a declaration of assent to them is required by the Clerical Subscription Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 122) (see CLERICAL SUBSCRIPTION), to be subscribed by every deacon or priest before ordination, and also by every person about to be instituted to a benefice, or licensed to a perpetual curacy; every such person being also required to read the Articles publicly in church on the firs...
Association, Articles of
Association, Articles of, (see Companies Act, 1929, ss. 6, 11 and 380). This is the formal contract of the members of a company with each other and with the company embodying its regulations for the conduct of the company and its affairs according to its constitution under the Memorandum of Association. In case of conflict the Memorandum is to prevail, Ashbury Railway Carriage Co. v. Riche, (1875) 7 HL 653. The Articles may be altered or added to by special resolution, Companies Act, 1929, s. 10, but not so as to increase a member's liability without his consent in writing to take more shares than subscribed for by him, or to contribute to the share capital, or to pay money to the company, s. 22. Every member is entitled to a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of the company on payment of one shilling or smaller agreed sum. The Memorandum and Articles must be delivered to and retained and registered by the Registrar of Companies, s. 12, and when registered they bind the company and it...
Animal article
Animal article, 'animal article' means an article made from any captive animal or wild animal, other than vermin, and includes an article or object in which the whole or any part of such animal has been used, and ivory imported into India and an article made there form. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, s. 2(2)]...
New article
New article, in relation to an industrial undertaking which is registered or in respect of which a licence or permission has been issued under this Act, means--(a) any article which falls under an item in the First Schedule other than the item under which articles ordinarily manufactured or produced in the industrial undertaking at the date of registration or issue of the licence or permission, as the case may be, fall;(b) any article which bears a mark as defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1940, or which is the subject of a patent, if at the date of registration or issue of the licence or permission, as the case may be, the industrial undertaking was not manufacturing or producing such article bearing that mark or which is the subject of that patent. [Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), s. 3 (dd)]...
Articles
Articles, divisions and paragraphs of a document or agreement. It is a common practice for persons to enter into articles of agreement, preparatory to the execution of a formal deed, whereby it is stipulated that one of the parties shall convey to the other certain lands, or release his right to them, or execute some other disposition of them.Articles are therefore considered as a memorandum or minute of an agreement to make some future disposition or modification of property. Such an instrument will create a trust or equitable estate, and a specific performance of it will be decreed inequity.Articles are usually entered into for the purchase and sale of lands, for the taking and granting of leases, for making settlements on marriage, and for forming partnerships. And see ASSOCIATION.And see IMPEACHMENT....
Scheduled animal article
Scheduled animal article, means an article made from any schedule animal and includes an article or object in which the whole or any part of such animal has been used but does not include tail feather of peacock, an article or trophy made therefrom and shake venom or its derivative. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 49A (b)]...
Unless the articles of the company otherwise provide
Unless the articles of the company otherwise provide, the effect of these words 'unless the articles of the company otherwise provide' is to subordinate the provisions of clause (c) to the provisions of the articles of association of the company. In other words, the provision that the offer of further shares shall be deemed to include the right of renunciation in favour of any other person will not apply if the articles of the company 'otherwise provide', Needle Industries (India) Ltd. v. Needle Industries Newey (India) Holdings Ltd., AIR 1981 SC 1298: (1981) 3 SCC 333: (1983) 3 SCR 698....
Article III court
Article III court : a court created in accordance with Article III of the U.S. Constitution whose judges have positions for life and cannot have their salaries reduced compare legislative court NOTE: The purpose of the salary and position guarantees enjoyed by the judges of Article III courts is to ensure that their decisions are not influenced by fear of losing their positions or salaries. ...
Adulterated article
Adulterated article, The ordinary sense of 'adulteration' connotes the mixing of deleterious or other substance with the main basic article; but the definition in the Act has been widened to include even those articles where the contents do not include the basic substance either wholly or partly, Ballabhdas Agarwal v. J.C. Chakravarty AIR 1960 SC 576 (585): (1960) 2 SCR 739. [Calcutta Municipal Act (3 of 1923) s. 3(2)]...
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