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cancel -celed or: -celled -cel·ing or: -cel·ling 1 : to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a : to render (one's will or a provision in one's will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of compare revoke NOTE: The text of the will or of the will's provision need not be rendered illegible in order for a court to find that there was an intent to cancel it. b : to make (a negotiable instrument) unenforceable esp. by purposely marking through or otherwise marring the words or signature of NOTE: As stated in section 3-604 of the Uniform Commercial Code, a party that is entitled to enforce a negotiable instrument may cancel the instrument, whether or not for consideration, and discharge the obligation of the other party to pay. c : to mark (a check) to indicate that payment has been made by the bank NOTE: A check is no longer negotiable once it has been cancelled. d : to withdraw an agreement to honor (a letter of cr...
Cancellous
Having a spongy or porous structure made up of cancelli cancellated as the cancellous texture of parts of many bones...
cancellation of removal
cancellation of removal A discretionary benefit adjusting an alien's status from that of deportable alien to one lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Application for cancellation of removal is made during the course of a hearing before an immigration judge. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
cancelled without prejudice
cancelled without prejudice A stamp an embassy or consulate puts on a visa when there is a mistake in the visa or the visa is a duplicate visa (two of the same kind). It does not affect the validity of other visas in the passport. It does not mean that the passport holder will not get another visa. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
breach
breach 1 a : a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a duty esp. by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer) in carrying out the functions of his or her position breach of trust : a breach by a trustee of the terms of a trust (as by stealing from or carelessly mishandling the funds) breach of warranty : a breach by a seller of the terms of a warranty (as by the failure of the goods to conform to the seller's description or by a defect in title) NOTE: A seller may be liable for a breach of warranty even without any negligence or misconduct. b : failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract called also breach of contract compare repudiation an·tic·i·pa·to·ry breach : a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of the contract ef·fi·c...
visa expiration date
visa expiration date The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. This means the visa is valid, or can be used from the date it is issued until the date it expires, for travel for the same purpose, when the visa is issued for multiple entries. This time period from the visa issuance date to visa expiration date as shown on the visa, is called visa validity. If you travel frequently as a tourist for example, with a multiple entry visa, you do not have to apply for a new visa each time you want to travel to the U.S. As an example of travel for the same purpose, if you have a visitor visa, it cannot be used to enter at a later time to study in the U.S. The visa validity is the length of time you are permitted to travel to a port-of-entry in the United States to request permission of the U.S. immigration inspector to permit you to enter the U.S. The visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S. The Expiration Date for the visa should not be confused with the authorized length of your sta...
visa validity
visa validity This generally means the visa is valid, or can be used from the date it is issued until the date it expires, for travel for the same purpose for visas, when the visa is issued for multiple entries. The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. Depending on the alien's nationality, visas can be issued for any number of entries, from as little as one entry to as many as multiple (unlimited) entries, for the same purpose of travel. If you travel frequently as a tourist for example, with a multiple entry visa, you do not have to apply for a new visa each time you want to travel to the U.S. As an example of travel for the same purpose, if you have a visitor visa, it cannot be used to enter at a later time to study in the U.S. The visa validity is the length of time you are permitted to travel to a port-of-entry in the United States to request permission of the U.S. immigration inspector to permit you to enter the U.S. The visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S. The Expi...
Cancellation
Cancellation, any manner of obliteration and defacement, as of an adhesive stamp in the manner prescribed by s. 8 of the (English) Stamp Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 91), which enacts that-(1) Mode of Cancellation. An instrument, the duty upon which is required or permitted by law [see ss. 22, 34, 49(2), 52(3), 64, 69(3), 78(1), 79(2), 80(2), 85(1), 90, 99, 101(2), 110(1), and 111(2)], to be denoted by an adhesive stamp, is not to be deemed duly stamped with an adhesive stamp, unless the person required by law to cancel the adhesive stamp cancels the same by writing on or across the stamp his name or initials, or the name or initials of his firm, together with the true date of his so writing, or otherwise effectively cancels the stamp and renders the same incapable of being used for any other instrument, or for any postal purpose, or unless it is otherwise proved that the stamp appearing on the instrument was affixed thereto at the proper time.(2) Plurality of Stamps. Where two or more ...
Revocation
Revocation, includes cancellation of all orders invalid as well as valid, Hadibandu Das v. District Magistrate, AIR 1969 SC 43 (48). [Preventive Detention Act, 1950, s. 13(2)]The undoing of a thing granted, or a destroying or making void of some deed that had existence until the act of revocation made it void. It may be either general, of all acts and things done before; or special, to revoke a particular thing, 5 Rep. 90.The word revocation' means annulling, rescinding, withdrawing. In the facts and circumstances of the case orders of release cancelling orders of detention amount to revocation of orders of detention, Pradip Kumar Das v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1974 SC 2151 (2153): (1975) 3 SCC 335: (1975) 1 SCR 327. [MISA., s. 14(2)]Revocation is a process of recall of what had been done, Ibrahim Bachu Bafan v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1985 SC 697 (700): (1985) 2 SCC 24: (1985) 2 SCR 891.The word revocation is only apposite when it is intended to repeal, annul or withdraw some order wh...
Deed
Deed [fr. d'd, Sax.; ded gaded, Goth.;daed, Dut.], a formal document on paper or parchment duly signed, sealed, and delivered. It is either an indenture (factum inter partes) needing an actual indentation [(English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 5], reproduced by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 56 (2), made between two or more persons in different interests, or a deed-poll (charta de una parte) made by a single person or by two or more persons having similar interests. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 57, a deed may be described according to the nature of the transaction, e.g., 'this lease,' 'this mortgage,' etc., or as a 'deed' and not habitually by the word 'indenture.'The requisites of a deed are these:-(1) Sufficient parties and a proper subject of assurance.(2) It must be written, engrossed, printed, or lithographed, or partly written or engrossed, and partly printed or lithographed in any character or in any language, on paper, vellum, or parchm...
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