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Certum est quod certum reddi potest

Certum est quod certum reddi potest. 9 Rep. 47.-(That is certain which can be rendered certain.) Therefore, although to support a distress for rent the rent must be specific, it is enough if i be definitely ascertainable, as was held in a case where the rent for a marl and brick field depended on the amount of marl got and bricks made, Danie v. Gracie, (1844) 6 QB 145....

Bricklayer

One whose occupation is to build with bricks...

Rubbish

Rubbish, includes ashes, broken bricks, broken glass, dust, malba, mortar and refuse of any kind which is not filth [New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 (44 of 994), s. 2(45)]...

Offensive trade

Offensive trade, the word 'offensive' has got no technical meaning assigned to it in any legal enactment and it is not, therefore, possible to say that this word must be interpreted in that particular technical sense. Resort to the dictionary meaning of the word the setting up of a brick kiln or the preparing of bricks is a business which is liable or calculated to cause annoyance to the residents of the neighbourhood and it is, therefore, an offensive trade within the meaning of District Board Act, Sat Narain v. Emperor, AIR 1942 All 440: 1942 ALW 557....

Minor mineral

Minor mineral, the expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand'. If the expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) of the Act includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand', there is no reason why earth used for the purpose of making bricks should not be comprehended with in the meaning of the word 'any other mineral' which may be declared as a 'minor mineral' by the Government. The word 'mineral' is not a term of art. It is a word of common parlance, capable of a multiplicity of meanings depending upon the context, Banarsi Dass Chadha v. Lt. Governor, AIR 1978 SC 1587 (1588): (1978) 4 SCC 11. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), s. 3(e)]Means building stones, gravel, ordinary clay, ordinary sand other than sand used for prescribed purposes, and any other mineral which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a minor mineral. [Mines and Minerals (Developmen...

Mineral and minor mineral

Mineral and minor mineral, The word 'mineral' is not a term of art. It is a word of common parlance, capable of a multiplicity of meanings depending upon the context. The expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand'. If so, there is no reason why earth used for the purpose of making bricks should not be comprehended within the meaning of the word 'any other mineral' which may be declared as a 'minor mineral' by the Government, Banarsi Dass Chadha and Brothers v. Lt. Governor, Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1587 (1588): (1979) 1 SCR 271: (1978) 4 SCC 11. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 3(e)]...

Fire-resisting materials

Fire-resisting materials are required by the London Building Acts; see a very full list of them in Sched. I. of the London Building Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), Chitty's Statutes. They include, for general purposes, 'brickwork constructed of good bricks well burnt,' etc, and 'solidly put together with good mortar,' etc., and for the special purposes of 'verandahs, balustrades outside landings, the trades, strings and risers of outside stairs, outside steps, porticos and porches, oak, teak, jarrah, karri or other hard timber not less than 1' inches finished thickness.'...

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