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Family

roof, constituted a 'family' (pp. 303-04). The word 'family' in statute authorizing use of income for support of ward and 'family' is not restricted to those individuals to whom ward owes a legal duty of support, but … consisting of parents and their children; a group of person connected by blood by affinity, or by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620. In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband,

Guardian

and duty to care for another's person or property esp. because of the others infancy, incapacity or disability, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. … (iv) a person empowered to act as such by or under any enactment relating to any court of wards; Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause, any name which is not the name of a country, region or

Steward

Steward [seneschallus, Lat.], a ward or keeper; one appointed in the stead of another. See HIGH STEWARD. A union official who represents union … STEWARD. A union official who represents union employees and who a over/sees the carrying out of union contracts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1426.

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Trust

trustee and beneficiary but also that a bailor and bailee master and servant pledger and pledgee, guardian and ward and all other relations which postulate the existence of fiduciary relationship between the complainant and the accused, State … person (trustee) at the request of another (the settlor) for the benefit of a third party (the beneficiary), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1513. A trust is simply a confidence, reposed either ex-pressly or impliedly in

Abduction

Mohammad Omar, (2000) 8 SCC 382. Is the act of leading someone away by force or fraudulent persuasion, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 3. … the (English) Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 (31 Car. 2, c. 2), s. 11. (4) The removal of a ward of Court out of the jurisdiction: this is Contempt of Court (q.v.). See GUARDIAN. The statutes 13 Edw.

Undue influence

of benefits or advantages obtained in certain relationships, the existence of this influence is presumed, e.g., guardian and ward, a parent over a child upon or soon after attaining age and the possession of property, a guide … of power or trust in a way that deprives a person of free will and substitutes another's objective, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1529. Undue Influence, exerted by way of pressure on a person not capable

Award

judicial decree e.g. to company awarded the contact to the low bidder e.g. the jury awarded punitive damages, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 132. Means a final judgment or decision, esp. one by an arbitrator or … Award [the primitive sense of ward is shown in the It. Guardare, Fr. regarder, to look. Hence, Prov. Fr. eswarder (answering in form to

Owner

far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right, Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn.; Mysore Minerals Ltd. v. C.I.T., (1999) 7 SCC 106. The position, therefore, seems to … under-taking. [Monopolies and restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (ja)] Includes a Court of Wards in respect of property under the superintendence or charge of such Court. [Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of

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