Balance Sheet Total - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Balance sheet total, means in relation to a company's financial year (1) where in the company's accounts format 1 of the Balance Sheet formats is adopted, the aggregate of the amounts shown in the Balance Sheet under the heading corresponding to items A to D in that format, and (2) where format 2 is adopted, the aggregate of the amounts shown under the general heading 'Assets', Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 7(1), 4th Edn., Para 860, p. 631....
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1.Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404.Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the person or thing insured, and some preju...
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