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Farad

The standard unit of electrical capacity the capacity of a condenser whose charge having an electro motive force of one volt is equal to

Corporation or body politic

and knows not the individuals, who are not liable for the contracts of the corporation in their private capacity, their share in the capital only being at stake: but in the latter the law looks, not to

Partial disablement

Partial disablement, means, where the disablement is of a temporary nature, such disablement as reduces the earning capacity of a workman in any employment in which he was engaged at the time of the accident resulting

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Electoral franchise

Act, 1867 (ss. 3 and 4), gave the franchise to every duly registered man of full age and capacity who had been for 12 months the inhabitant occupier of any dwelling-house within the borough in respect of

Learning

Learning, the definition of the term 'learning' is very wide and almost encompasses within its sweep every acquired capacity which enables the acquirer of the capacity 'to pursue any trade, industry, profession or avocation in life', Chandrakant

Non-journalist newspaper employee

such person who-- (i) is a working journalist, or (ii) is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity, or (iii) being employed in a supervisory capacity, performs, either by the nature of the duties attached to

Workmen

time, also does some clerical work, it would have to be held that he is employed in supervisory capacity; and, conversely, if the main work done is of clerical nature, the mere fact that some supervisory duties

Personae designata

Personae designata, a persona designata is a person selected to act in his private capacity and not in his capacity as a Judge. A persona designata is a person who is pointed out

Sales promotion employees

or both, but does not including any such person,-- (i) who, being employed or engaged in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding sixteen hundred rupees per mensem; or (ii) who is employed or engaged mainly in a

Undue influence

and to persuade him to make a disposition in his favour. And if the testator retains his mental capacity, and there is no element of fraud or coercion-it has often been observed that undue influence may in

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