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a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in bags...
Pardanashin lady
Pardanashin lady, means the women who, accord-ing to the customs, ought not to be compelled to appear in public, shall be exempt from personal appearance in court. [Code of Civil Procedure, 1989, s. 132]A lady who conducts herself male member by filing and complaints invarious courts and prosecuted them in a 'manly' manner and also meeting the petition writers, the lawyers coming to her way is not a pardanashin lady, Ghulam Zuhra v. Habla Begum, AIR 1985 J&K 22 (24). [Evidence Act, 1872, s. 111]A heavy onus has upon him who realise as upon the deed by a 'pardanashin woman' and it mustbe proved affirmatively and conclusively that the deed was not only executed by, but was explained to and really understood byher, Bhikary Ram v. Hedait Mohammad Sahaji, AIR 1985 Ori 62.A lady in a veil, normally worn by Muslim ladies as a customary dress.Pardanashin woman, is a woman of rank, Hindu or Mohammedan, who lives in seclusion shut in the Zanana and having no communication exceptfrom behind the p...
Petty-bag Office
Petty-bag Office, an office belonging to the Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for suits for and against solicitors and officers of that Court, and for process and proceedings by extents on statutes, recognizances, ad quod damnum scire facias to repel letters-patent, etc., Termes de la Ley. The term is derived from the little bag (parva baga) in which original writs relating to the business of the Crown were anciently kept.By the Great Seal Offices Abolition Act, 1884, s. 5, provision was made for the abolition of the office of Clerk of the Petty Bag, and the transfer of his duties, and in 1888, the last holder of the office dying, it ceased to exist.The Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery is now transferred to the High Court of Justice [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 18(2)(b)], replacing (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 16).Pew [fr. puye, Dut.; appui, Fr.], an enclosed seat in a church. It is some what in the nature of an heirloom, and may descend by immemorial ...
bagful
The quantity that a bag will hold as he ate a bagful of popcorn...
Mail bag
Mail bag, the expression includes a bag, box, parcel or any other envelope or covering in which postal article in course of transmission by post are conveyed, whether it does or does not contain any such article. [Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898), s. 2 (c)]...
Lady
Lady [fr. h'f dig,Sax., loaf-day, which words have in time been contracted into the present appellation]. It was the fashion for the lady of the manor, once a week or oftener, to distribute to her poor neighbours, with her own hands, a certain quantity of bread. The title is borne by the wives of knights, and of all barons and knightly degrees above them, either in their own right, or by courtesy, except the wives of bishops; but see DAME....
Lady-Court
Lady-Court, the Court of a lady of the manor....
Lady-day
Lady-day, the 25th of March in every year, being the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, and one of the usual quarterly days for the payment of rent, etc. lady-day, under the old style, was April 6th....
Bag
A sack or pouch used for holding anything as a bag of meal or of money...
Bagging
Cloth or other material for bags...
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