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That which clarifies...
interpretive rule
interpretive rule : a rule issued by an administrative agency that only clarifies or explains existing laws or regulations called also interpretative rule compare legislative rule NOTE: An interpretive rule does not have to meet the requirements set out in the Administrative Procedure Act for notice to the public and opportunity for comment that apply to legislative rules. An interpretive rule does not have the force of law. ...
motion
motion [Anglo-French, from Latin motion- motio movement, from movēre to move] 1 : a proposal for action ;esp : a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly [made a to refer the bill to committee] 2 a : an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction [a to arrest judgment] ;also : a document containing such an application b : the initiative of a court to issue an order, ruling, or direction [the court is given discretion to order a pretrial conference either on its own or at the request of a party "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] motion for judgment on the pleadings : a motion made after pleadings have been entered that requests the court to issue a judgment at that point compare summary judgment at judgment NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if matters outside of the pleadings are presented to the court when a motion for judgment on the pleadings is made, the motion will be treated as a motion for summary judgment. motion f...
Carlock
A sort of Russian isinglass made from the air bladder of the sturgeon and used in clarifying wine...
Clarify
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter to defecate to fine said of liquids as wine or sirup...
exemplifying
clarifying by use of examples...
Ghee
Butter clarified by boiling and thus converted into a kind of oil...
Any cheque and other liability
Any cheque and other liability, In s. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 phrases 'Any cheque' and 'other liability' are the two key expressions which stand as clarifying the legislative intent so as to bring the factual context within the ambit of the provisions of the statute. Any contra-interpretation would defeat the intent of the legislature. The expressions leave no manner of doubt that for whatever reason it may be, the liability under this provision cannot be avoided in the event the same stands returned by the banker unpaid, ICDS Ltd. v. Beena Shabeer, (2002) 6 SCC 426 (430): 2002 SCC (Cri) 1342....
Common Law
Common Law [lex communis, Lat.]. 'The phrase 'common law' is used in two very different senses. It is cometimes contrasted with equity; it then denotes the law which, prior to the Judicature Act, was administered in the three ' superior ' Courts of law at Westminster, as distinct from that administered by the Court of Chancery at Lincoln's Inn. At other times it is used in contradistinction to the statute law, and then denotes the unwritten law, whether legal or equitable in its origin, which does not derive its authority from any express declaration of the will of the Legislature. This unwritten law has the same force and effect as the statute law. It depends for its authority upon the recognition given by our Law Courts to principles, customs, and rules of conduct previously existing among the people. This recognition was formerly enshrined in the memory of legal practitioners and suitors in the Courts; it is now recorded in the voluminous series of our law reports which embody the d...
Declaratory
Declaratory, as the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 is 'declaratory', the presumption against construing it retrospectively so as to respect vested rights, is not applicable. As sub-s. (3) of s. 84 in terms clarifies the meaning of the expression 'ceiling area' with reference to which certain voluntary transfers are to be invalidated, it is clearly retrospective as it is meant to invalidate the transfers made after September 15, 1963 when the Bill of 1963 was published, Chettiam Veetil Ammad v. Taluk Land Board, (1980) 1 SCC 499: AIR 1979 SC 1573: (1979) 3 SCR 839.Explanation: clear: designed to fix or elucidate what before was uncertain or doubtful....
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