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Contempt of court

1 SCC 446. Under the common law definition, 'contempt of court' is defined as an act or omission calculated to interfere with the due administration of justice. This covers criminal contempt (that is, acts which so threaten

Act of Bankruptcy

withdraw, or any interpleader issue ordered thereon is finally disposed of, shall not be taken into account in calculating such period of 21 days. (f) Having filed, in the Bankruptcy Court, a declaration admitting his inability to

Computer system

Computer system, means a device or collection of devices, including input and output support devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and capable of being used in conjunction with external files which contain computer programmes,

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Colourable alteration

Colourable alteration. An alteration or imitation calculated to deceive or otherwise conceived for the purpose of passing off goods as goods of a different make

Casual

mean: (i) Subject to or produced by chance; accidental, fortuitous, (ii) Coming at uncertain times, not to be calculated on, unsettled'. A receipt of interest which is foreseen and anticipated cannot be regarded as casual even if

Borrowing powers

powers the excess is void, Wenlock v. River Dee Co., (1885) 10 AC 354. And see Re Harris Calculating Machine Co., (1914) 1 Ch 920, as to the lender's right of subrogation to creditors who have been

Bad-man theory

of the law represents the best test of what the law actually is because that person will carefully calculate precisely what the rules allow and operate up to the rules limits. This theory was first espoused by

Articles, Lords of the

the Scottish Parliament, which in the mode of its election, and by the nature of its powers, was calculated to increase the influence of the Crown, and to confer upon it a power equivalent to that of

Arm of the sea

be a bona fide traveller within the meaning of s. 9 of the Licensing Act, 1874, was rightly calculated across an arm of the sea across which there was a public ferry.

Approved schools

of an approved school (s. 80). The Secretary of State may classify approved schools as he thinks best calculated to secure that a person sent to an approved school is sent to the school appropriate to his

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