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If for any reason

If for any reason, although the opening words used in s. 12(8) are 'if for any reason' and not 'if the sales tax authority has reason to believe', the difference

Holds

being invested with a egal title. Sometimes it is used only to mean actual possession. But under s. 12 the expression is used in the wider sense, for under that section the person mentioned therein holds land

Infanticide

60, or of an offence under the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 1, or child destruction, under (English) Infant Life (Preservation) Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c.

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Frank-almoigne

divine services, whereas the former, as its name imports, is free. This tenure was expressly excepted in the 12 Car. 2, c. 24, s. 7, and therefore still subsisted in some few instances until 1926, when by

Endorsee

Endorsee, means the person in whose favour an endorsement is made, and in the case of successive endorsements, the person in whose favour the last endorsement is made. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of...

Education

See now the (English) Education Act, 1921, ss. 75 et seq. The (English) Education Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 51), consolidates the existing statutes, and thus substantially codifies the law on this subject. Part

Due course of justice

Kr. Newatia, AIR 2000 SC 833 (838): 2000 SCC (Cri) 473. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, ss. 13, 12, 12(c)]

Drovers

Drovers, those that buy cattle in one place to sell in another. See 5 Eliz. c. 12, repealed by 12 Geo. 3, c. 71, s. 1, Jac. Law Dict.

Distress

rent payable by a tenant to a landlord, technically termed 'rent-service,' and by particular reservation, or under s. 121 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, for rent-charges, and also for rents-seck since the (English) Landlord

Judicial separation

law, and such other legal effect as hereinafter mentioned (Indian Divorce Act, 1869, (4 of 1869), s. 22 chapter V). A separation of husband and wife under orders of court which puts an end to cohabitation but

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