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To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of to furnish with a ceiling as to ceil a room...
Cloud ceiling
Cloud ceiling, means the vertical distance from the elevation of the aerodrome to the lowest part of any cloud visible from the aerodrome which is sufficient to obscure more than half the sky so visible, Air Navigation Order 1989, Art. 106(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1441, p. 709....
Family
Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2(h)]. A group consisting of parents and their children; a group of person connected by blood by affinity, or by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620.In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (v)]In relation to an operator, means his wife and dependant children and includes his dependent parents. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (g)]Means:(i) In the case of a male-subscriber the wife or wives, parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased son's widow and children and where no parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has be...
Family unit
Family unit, under the definition of 'family unit' in s. 3(f) of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 the divided minor son would clearly be included in the 'family unit' and by reason of S. 4, his land, whether self-acquired or obtained on partition, would be liable to be clubbed with the lands held by the other members of the 'family unit'. The land obtained by the divided minor son on partition would be liable to be aggregated with the lands of other members of the family unit not because the partition is invalid but because the land held by him, howsoever acquired, is liable to be clubbed with the lands of other members for the purpose of applying the ceiling area to the 'family unit', Thumati Venkaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1980 SC 1568: (1980) 4 SCC 295: (1980) 3 SCR 1143.No distinction has been made in the definition of family unit between a divided minor son and an undivided minor son. Both stand on the same footing and a divided...
Fiscal indicators
Fiscal indicators, means such indicators as may be prescribed in either absolutes (in Rupees Crore) or as proportions to the Gross State Domestic Product or other magnitudes for the fiscal indicators, Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 2005, s. 2(g).Means such indicators as may be prescribed for evaluation of the fiscal position of the State Government, Rajasthan Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2005, s. 2(g).Means the measures such as numerical ceilings and proportions to gross state domestic product, as may be prescribed, for evaluation of the fiscal position of the State Government, Gujarat Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management Act, 2005, s. 2(d).Means the measures such as numerical ceilings, as may be prescribed, for evaluation of the fiscal position of the State Government, Maharashtra Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management Act, 2005, s. 2(d).Means the measures such as numerical ceilings and proportion to gross domestic product, as may be ...
Joist
A piece of timber laid horizontally or nearly so to which the planks of the floor or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling are nailed called according to its position or use binding joist bridging joist ceiling joist trimming joist etc See Illust of Double framed floor under Double a...
Roof
The cover of any building including the roofing see Roofing and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof some writers call the vault the roof and the outer protection the roof mask It is better however to consider the vault as the ceiling only in cases where it has farther covering...
Adequate consideration
Adequate consideration, The condition regarding adequate consideration would not apply to a gift, as a gift is a transfer without consideration, Kumari Sonia Bhatia v. State of U.P., AIR 1981 SC 1274: (1981) 2 SCC 585. [Contract Act, 1872, s. 2(b) (9 of 1872)]In the absence of a definition of the phrase 'adequate consideration', the common parlance meaning of the term has to be accepted. A reference to the decision of Hidayatullah, J. as he then was in Tulsidas Kilachand v. CIT shows that the words 'adequate consideration' were held to denote consideration other than mere love and affection which, in the case of a wife, may be presumed. When the law insists that there should be 'adequate consideration' and not good consideration , it excludes mere love and affection, Major V. P. Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1991 Supp (2) SCC 346 (347): AIR 1991 SC 1502. [U.P. Imposition of ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, s. 5(6) Proviso(b) second clause]The words 'adequate consideration' clearl...
Declaration
Declaration, a proclamation or affirmation, open expression or publication.A statement on the plaintiff's part of his cause of action, following after service of the writ of summons; abolished in 1875 by the (English) Judicature Acts, which substituted a statement of claim. See STATEMENT OF CLAIM.A mere determination or a finding or order that a person/family unit holds land less than the ceiling limit is not a 'declaration' and, therefore, not appealable, Ganpatrao Gulabrao Pawar v. State of Maharashtra, 1993 Supp (1) SCC 87: AIR 1992 SC 1183 (1187). [Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961, s. 45(2) Proviso and 21& 33]A declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of some informality, is a declaration within the meaning of sections 199 and 200. Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 200, Expl.It is a statement of material facts, if may constitute a formal announcement or a deliberate statement. A declaration must be announced solemnly or officially. It ...
Urban agglomeration
Urban agglomeration, the expression 'urban agglomeration' as defined in s. 2(n) of the Act, so far as material, reads: (n) 'urban agglomeration', - (A) in relation to any State or Union Territory specified in column (1) of Schedule I, means: (i) The urban agglomeration specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof and includes the peripheral area specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, Union of India v. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary, AIR 1979 SC 1415 (1426): (1979) 3 SCC 324: (1979) 3 SCR 802.(ii) Any other area in the State of Andhra Pradesh with a population of more than one lakh could be notified as an urban agglomeration under s. 2(n)(A)(ii) of the Central Act, but until it is so notified it would not be urban agglomeration and the Andhra Pradesh Legislature would have legislative competence to provide for imposition of ceiling on land situate within such area. No sooner such area is notified to be an urban agglomerations, the Central Act would apply ...
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