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Author. This word has not been defined by statute, though the Copyright Act, 1911, says [s. 24 (2)], that for the purposes of that section the word shall include the personal representatives of a deceased author. A translator of a literary work is the 'author' of his translation, Byrne v. Statist Co., (1914) 1 KB 622. As to who is the 'author' of the report of a speech, see Walter v. Lane, 1900 AC 539. The agreement between an author and his publisher is a personal one and is not assignable, Griffith v. Tower Publishing Co., (1897) 1 Ch 21. See Nisbet & Co. v. Golf Agency, (1907) 23 TLR 370, and Evans v. Hulton & Co., (1924) 121 LT 534.Means-(i) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, the author of the work; (ii) in relation to a musical work, the composer; (iii) in relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, the artist; (iv) in relation to a photograph, the person taking the photograph; (v) in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, the producer; and (vi) in...
Adult
Adult, means a person who has completed eighteen years of age. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (a)].Means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age. S. 2(a). Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948).Means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age, s. 2(aa), Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948).Means a person who has completed his eighteenth year, s. 2(a). Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952).In relation to management system means systematic assessment of the adequacy of the management system to achieve the purpose set out in the text, carried out by persons who are sufficiently independent of the system to ensure that such assessment is objective, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 810, Note 7, p. 678.Means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age. [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, s. 2(a)]...
Cinematograph
an older name for a movie projector a machine combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features for projecting on a screen a series of pictures moved rapidly 25 to 50 frames per second and intermittently before an objective lens and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion a moving picture projector also any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph biograph bioscope electrograph electroscope kinematograph kinetoscope veriscope vitagraph vitascope zooumlgyroscope zooumlpraxiscope etc...
Biophotophone
An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds an archaic term replaced by movie projector...
Biograph
An animated picture machine for screen projection a cinematograph...
Work
Work, means any of the following works, namely:(i) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work;(ii) a cinematograph film;(iii) a sound recording. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (y)]The general words 'work' is limited to something material in the sense of buildings, structures etc., mere fencing a vacant plot is not within the expression 'work', Kantaben M. Amin v. SpecialLand Acquisition Officer, Baroda, AIR 1990 SC 103. [Defence of India Act, 1962, s. 36(5)]1. Physical and mental exertion to attain an end, esp. as controlled by and for the benefit of employer2. To act; to perform either physically or mentally, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1599Work, meant a structure or apparatus of some kind; an architectural or engineering structure, a build-ing edifice, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Kartar Singh Bhadana v. Hari Singh Nalwa, (2001) 4 SCC 661....
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