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Aviation

Aviation. See AERIAL NAVIGATION, AIR FORCE....


Day (aviation)

Day (aviation), means a continuous period of 24 hours beginning at Midnight Co-ordinated Universal Time, Air Navigation Order 1989, Art. 57(2)(b) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1367, p. 673...


Day (aviation: time)

Day (aviation: time), means the time from half an hour before sunrise unit half an hour after sunset (both times exclusive), sunset being determined at surface level, Air Navigation Order 1981, SI 1989/2004, Art. 106(1)(UK), Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1211, p. 590....


FAA

FAA Federal Aviation Administration see also the Important Agencies section ...


G suit

A suit worn by aviators and astronauts designed to counteract the effects of high accelerations experienced in aerial maneuvers in particular to avoid unconsciousness called also anti g suit It exerts force on the abdomen and legs to prevent blackouts by counteracting the tendency of blood to accumulate below the heart thus reducing the supply to the brain when the forces due to acceleration are directed from head to toe...


lindy

an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh...


Mae West

An inflatable life jacket originally used as a personal flotation device by aviators downed at sea...


Manbird

An aviator...


Cargo

Cargo [fr. Cargo, Sp., the load of a ship; charge, Fr.], the lading of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship.Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. 2 (aa) includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel. Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 (54 of 1986), s. 2 (b)]Cargo is expressly defined therein to mean property other than baggage. There is, therefore, no way by which 'cargo' can be read to include baggage, International Airport Authority of India v. Ashok Dhawan, (1997) 11 SCC 343 (344). [International Airports Authority (Storage and Processing of Goods) Regulations, 1980, Regn. 2(b) and (g)]Cargo, includes mail, Halsbury's Laws of England Vol. 2, para 1092, p. 525 [Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 105(1) (UK)]....


Charges

Charges, expenses, costs. A trustee is entitled as a matter of right to his costs, charges and expenses properly incurred in relation to the trust, and they constitute a first charge on the trust property, both capital and income; see Stott v. Milne, (1884) 25 Ch D 710.Means any amount which may be demanded as a price for the rendering of some service or as price of some goods. Sree Gajanana Motor Transport Co. Ltd. v. State of Karnataka, (1977) 1 SCR 665: (1977) 1 SCC 37: AIR 1977 SC 418 (419).Includes all taxes, Shroff and Co. v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, 1989 Supp (1) SCC 347.--The term 'charges' must be read ejusdem generis taking colour from the succeeding terms- rates, duties and taxes, Nagrik Upbhokta M. Manch v. Union of India, (2002) 5 SCC 466: AIR 2002 SC 2405 (2411). [Kerosene (Restriction on Use and Fixation of Ceiling Price) Order, 1993, clause 2(d)]The word 'charges' in Rule 7(1) should be given a wider meaning as denoting the accusations or imputations aga...


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