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Minerals

Minerals, means all substances which can be obtained from the earth by mining, digging, drilling, dredging, hydraulicking, quarrying or by any other operation and

Overdue

and (4) of the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882:- (2) where an overdue bill is negotiated, it can only be negotiated subject to any defect of title affecting it its maturity, and thenceforward no person who

Month

is lunar month, and there is no general exception making it mean calendar month in commercial documents; it can only bear that meaning where, according to the ordinary rules of construction of documents, a secondary meaning can

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Public trustee

addition--that he may be appointed sole trustee although the trustees originally appointed were two or more; but he cannot be appointed a new or additional trustee when the trust instrument directs the contrary unless the court otherwise

Possession follows title

in the eye of the law, be deemed to be in possession. The benefit of such a presumption can accrue only in favour of a rightful owner and not in favour of a wrongdoer. The latter can

Processing

Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi, AIR 1991 SC 2125. Processing, include the preservation of such products as canning, freezing drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting etc., Regional Executive, Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund Board v. Fancy Food,

Production

Production, has a wider connotation than the word 'manufacture'. While every manufacture can be characterised as production, every production need not amount to manufacture, Commissioner of Income Tax v. NV Budharaga

Profit a prendre

man. Except in the case of a copyholder no claim of a profit ' prendre in alieno solo can be made by custom, nor can it be claimed by a fluctuating body such as the inhabitants of

Proper law of a contract

to the contract intended their contract to be governed if their intention is expressly stayed or if it can be clearly inferred from the contract itself or its surrounding circumstances, such intention determines the proper law of

Public order

basic need in any organized society. It implies the orderly State of Society and Community in which citizens can peacefully pursue their normal activities of life, Kamlakar Shankar Patil v. B. Akashi, (1994) Cr LJ 1870. Public

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