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Carried on by him

the Income-tax Act,1922 tax is payable by an assessee 'in respect of the profits or gains of any business, profession or vocation carried on by him.' 'Business' is defined by s. 2, sub-s. (4) as 'including any

Carrier

for persons generally; and he must hold himself out as ready to transport goods for hire, as a business, not as a casual occupation, pro hac vice. The two obligations of a common carrier of goods are

Chief whip

of Parliamentary Affairs; he directly responsible to the leader of the House and advisers the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and advices the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the

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Commercial concern

(ii) a financial corporation; (iii) a concern engaged in shipping and navigation; (iv) a concern engaged in the business of brokers dealing in shares, stocks and securities and commodities; (v) a concern engaged in the business of

Common carrier

2 SCR 802. [Carriers Act, 1865, ss. 2 and 3] Is not by his description of his own business, al-though if may be inferred from the character of that business that he is a common carrier, Upston

Corporation or body politic

it acts and becomes known. It has power to make bye-laws for its own government, and transacts its business under the authority of a common seal-its hand and mouthpiece; it has neither soul nor tangible firm, so

Allocation of time

of time, means to set apart time for a specific purpose; to allocate time for different items of business in Parliament, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 40. In U.K., the House of Commons has, in principle, control of

Debt

or a financial institution or by a consortium of banks or financial institutions during the course of any business activity undertaken by the bank or the financial institution or the consortium under any law for the time

Hawkers and pedlars

23 Vict. c. 36) the (English) Hawkers Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 33), has regulated the business of hawkers, defining, for the purposes of the Act, a hawker as a person who travels about selling

Dormant partners

Dormant partners, subject to s. 2, (English) Partner-ship Act, 1890, and the (English) Business Names Registration Act, 1916, those whose names are not known or do not appear as partners, but who

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