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Casual pauper

Casual pauper (obsolete term). Any destitute wayfarer or wanderer applying for or receiving relief. See (English) Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c.108), and (English) Casual Poor Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 36). These (English) Acts were repealed and replaced by the Poor Law Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 14), which was further consolidated by the Poor Law Act, 1930 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 17); and the term used is 'Casual Poor Person' or 'Casual Poor.' The (English) Poor Law Act, 1930 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 17), ss. 41 to 44, deals with provisions of casual wards and treatment of casual poor....


Casual

Casual, according to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary the word 'casual' is defined to 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 it is not likely to recur again, Ramanathan Chettiar v. C.I.T., AIR 1967 SC 657 (661): (1967) 1 SCR 965. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 4(3)(vii)]...


Casual and non-recurring

Casual and non-recurring, 'casual' according to dictionary means 'accidental or irregular'. Non-recurring is one which is not likely to occur again in a year, Universal Radiators v. C.I.T., (1993) 2 SCC 629: AIR 1993 SC 2254 (2257). [Income-tax Act, (43 of 1961), s. 10(3) Proviso]...


Casual election

Casual election, means an election held to fill a casual vacancy. [Cantonments Act, 1924, s. 2 (vi)]...


Casual employee

Casual employee, Casual employees are employees within the meaning of the term 'employee' as defined in s. 2(9) of the E.S.I. Act, 1948 and, accordingly, come within the purview of the Act, Regional Director, E.S.I. Corporation v. South India Flour Mills Ltd., (1986) 2 SCR 863: AIR 1986 SC 1686 (1689): (1986) 3 SCC 238....


Occasional or casual visit

Occasional or casual visit, occasional or casual visits mean visits which are not regular, which take place at uncertain intervals and not for a specific or certain object connected with the assessees' regular plan of life, Shamnath Mushram v. Commissioner of Income-tax, AIR 1950 All 612. [Income Tax Act, s. 4A(a)(iii)]. Abdul Kader v. Income Tax Commissioner, AIR 1950 Mad 715...


casual

casual 1 a : not expected or foreseen b : not done purposefully : accidental 2 a : employed for irregular periods [a worker] b : engaging in an activity on an occasional basis [a seller] ...


Casualness

The quality of being casual...


Casual ejector

Casual ejector, the fictitious Richard Roe in the mixed action of ejectment, before the fiction was abolished by the (English) C. L. P. Act, 1852. See Ejectment....


Casual revenues

Casual revenues, of the crown are those that arise from time to time unpredictably and irregularly, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 12(1), para 216, p. 80....


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