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Kenyon-Slaney Clause

instruction given in a public elementary school not provided by the local education authority shall, as regards its character, be in accordance with the provisions (if any) of the trust deed relating thereto, and shall be under

Legal representative

intermeddles with the estate of the deceased and where a party sues or is sued in a representative character the person on whom the estate devolves on the death of the party so suing or sued. [Code

Manufacturing purposes

is necessary and there must be transformation; a new and different article must emerge having a distinctive name, character or use. To manufacture, according to its Dictionary meaning, means 'to work up materials into forms suitable for

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Materially altered

Materially altered, The expression 'materially altered' means a substantial change in the character form and the structure of the building without destroying its identity. It means that the nature and character

Misconduct in office

as any unlawful behaviour by a public office in relation to the duties of his office, willful in character. Terms embraces acts which the office holder had no right to perform, acts performed improperly and failure to

Interest

be interested in any contract which is the subject for consideration. See BIAS. (5) Interest is compensatory in character and is imposed on an assesses who has withheld payment of any tax as and when it is

Money

in the final discharge of debts and full payment for commodities; being accepted equally without reference to the character or credit of the person who offers it, and without the intention of the person who receives it

Money Bill

in the final discharge of debts and full payment for commodities; being accepted equally without reference to the character or credit of the person who offers it, and without the intention of the person who receives it

Representative

Representative, bearing the character or power of another. Before 1926, an heir-at-law or devisee was a real representative; an executor or administrator

Pass such order as it thinks fit

such order as it thinks fit, is not restricted to the passing of orders which are final in character. It is for the purposes of doing complete justice between the parties, the authority who hears the revision

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