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Possession

no claim to the property but succeeds by show of force in acquiring physical control over the same cannot be treated to be in its possession, notwith-standing his physical control over it, Ram Krishna v. Bhagwan Baksh

Void and voidable

between these two words: void means that an instrument or transaction is so nugatory and ineffectual that nothing can cure it; voidable, when an imperfection or defect can be cured by the act or confirmation of him

Value

a relative term. The value of a thing may refer to a certain standard with which the thing can be measured or compared. The factors of comparison should be capable of precise definition. The word 'value,' when

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Sunday

infra), 'the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday.' It is a dies non juridicus, but an arrest for crime can be effected on this day; and bail can arrest their principal, and a sergeant-at-arms can apprehend; but no

Salary or wages

not include - (i) any other allowance which the employee is for the time being entitled to; There can be no doubt that the retaining allowance paid to the workmen during the off-season falls within the substantive

Title

Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 44, and see ss. 45 et seq.] 2. That the legal estate can be obtained free from any equities affecting it. A stipulation by the vendor that the purchaser of a

Outlawry

outside the law; he bears the head of a wolf.) Accordingly, any person outlawed is civiliter mortuus. He can hold no property given or devised to him; and all the property which he held before is forfeited.

Law

1950 SC 27: (1950) SCR 88. It is manifest that the law must satisfy two tests before it can be a valid law, namely, (1) that the appropriate legislature has competency to make the law; and (2)

Election Commission

the President under article 324. [Representation of the People Act, 1950, s. 2 (d)] The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed only in the like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of a Supreme

Deprivation

future except as stated below, Halsbury's Laws of England 14, para 1373, p. 780. In India, a person can be deprived of lis life and liberty according to procedure established by law, Constitution of India, Art. 21.

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