Association - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: associationAssociation of persons
Association of persons, word 'associate' means, according to the Oxford dictionary, 'to join in common purpose, or to joint in an action'. Therefore, an association of persons must be one in which two or more persons join in a common purpose or common action, and as the words occur in a s. which imposes a tax on income, the association must be on the object of which is to produce income, profits or gains, CIT v. Indira Balkrishna, AIR 1960 SC 1172 (1174): (1960) 3 SCR 513. (Income-tax Act, 1922 s. 3)'Association of persons' as used in s. 3 of the Act means an association in which two or more persons join in a common purpose or common action, and as the words occur in a s. which imposes a tax on income, the association must be one, the object of which is to produce income, profits or gains, N.V. Shanmugham v. CIT, (1970) 2 SCC 139 (143): AIR 1970 SC 1707. (Income-tax Act, 1922 s. 3)...
Association
Association, a writ or patent sent by the Crown to the justices appointed to take assizes to have others associated with them; it is usual where a judge becomes unable to attend to his circuit duties, or dies-Reg. Brev. 201. Also a company or partnership, q.v., and see SOCIETY.Means an association of individuals, whether incorporated or not, having an office in India and includes a society, whether registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or not, and any other organisation, by whatever name called. [Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 (49 of 1976), s. 2 (1) (a)]Means any combination or body of individuals. [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), s. 2 (a)]Two vital elements of an association are members and a common purpose for which they associate. If an association is constituted under a statute; it can be dissolved only in accordance with that statute; if it is organised on the basis of a contract, then it can be dissolved only in accordance wi...
Associate
Associate, was an officer in each of the Courts of Common Law, appointed by the chief judge of the Court, and holding his office dum bene se gesserit (15 & 16 Vict. c. 73); his duties being to superintend the entry of causes; to attend the sittings of Nisi Prius, and there receive and enter verdicts; to draw up the posteas (the indorsement of the result on the record), and any orders of Nisi Prius. The associates were made officers of the Supreme Court by the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, and were given by title of 'Masters of the Supreme Court' by the (English) Judicature (Officers) Act, 1879. This latter provision has been repealed clerks of the Associates Department of the Crown Office Department of the Central Office of the Supreme Court now perform these duties. See CLERK OF ASSIZE.A person is an associate of an individual if person is that individual's husband or wife, or is a relative, or the husband or wife of a relative, of the individual or of the individual's husband or wi...
Associated Trade Marks
Associated Trade Marks, 'associated trade marks' means trade marks deemed to be, or required to be, registered as associated trade marks under this Act. [Trade Marks Act, (47 of 1999) s. 2 (1) (c)]...
Association not for Profit
Association not for Profit, By s. 18 of the Companies Act, 1929, an association for promoting commerce and science, religion, charity or other useful object without distributing any dividend to its members maybe registered as a company with limited liability by licence by the Board of Trade without the addition of the word 'limited.' The association will then enjoy the privileges and be subject to practically all the obligations of a limited company....
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...
Trade Association
Trade Association, a 'trade association' means an association tradesmen, businessmen or manufac-turers for the protection and advancement of their common interest, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Royal Western India Turf Club Ltd., AIR 1954 SC 85: (1954) SCR 289. [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 10(6)]Means a body of persons (whether incorporated or not) which is formed for the purpose of furthering the trade interests of its members or of persons represented by its members. [Monopolies and restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2(t)]...
Unlawful activity, unlawful association
Unlawful activity, unlawful association, clauses (f) and (g) of s. 2 contain definition of 'unlawful activity' and 'unlawful association' respectively. An 'unlawful activity', defined in clause (f), means 'any action taken' of the kind specified therein and having the consequence mentioned. In other words, 'any action taken' by such individual or association constituting an 'unlawful activity' must have the potential specified in the definition, Jamaat-E-Islami v. Union of India, (1995) 2 SCC 428 (441). [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, s. 3(1)]...
Unlawful association
Unlawful association, means any association:(i) which has for its object any unlawful activity, or which encourages or aids person to undertake any unlawful activity, or of which the members undertake such activity; or(ii) which has for its object any activity which is punishable under s. 153A or s. 153B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), or which encourages or aids persons to undertake any such activity, or of which the members undertake any such activity. [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), s. 2(g)]Unlawful association, see Unlawful Activities Pre-vention Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), s 2(p)]...
articles of association
articles of association 1 : the instrument under which an association is organized 2 : articles of incorporation ...
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