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Education
Acts, 1870 to 1919, which together established a system of free and compulsory elementary education of a non-denominational character. The initial Act established 'school boards' with powers of building and maintaining elementary schools and of regulating the
Graveyard
be buried in a graveyard and this practice grows so that it is proved by instances adequate in character, number and extent, then the presumption will be that the dedication is complete and the graveyard has become
Libel
and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel whatever the intention may have
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Persona designata
individual, as opposed to a person ascertained as a member of a class, or as filling a particular character.' (See Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary, 4th Edn., p. 253). In the words of Schwabe, C.J. In Parthasarathi Naidu
Penalty
of an amount as a penal measure in civil proceedings, or an exaction which is not compensatory in character, Jagjit Cotton Textile Mills v. Chief Commercial Superintendent, N.R., (1998) 5 SCC 126. 1. A sum agreed to
Shall
use of the word 'shall' in a statute does not always indicate that the provisions are mandatory in character, Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay v. B.E.S.T. Workers' Union, AIR 1973 SC 883: (1973) 3 SCC 546: (1973)
Political offence
Political offence. as to the meaning of 'offence of a political character' in the (English) Extradition Act, 1870, see Re Castioni, (1891) 1 QB 149, where it was held that
Planning
the term connotes the systematic development of a community or an area with particular reference to the location, character, and extent of streets, squares, and parks, and to kindred mapping and charting, American Jurisprudence, 2nd (Vol. 82,
Criminal Evidence Act
that he has committed anyother offence [see R. v. Chitson, (1909) 2 KB 945] or is of bad character, unless (i.) the commission of such other offence is legal evidence of the commission of the offence where
National insurance
respect of a particular employment. What is manual labour is a question of fact: the real and substantial character of the employment must be considered. (b) Persons employed as apprentices, persons employed on agricultural holdings, persons employed
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