Clumsiness - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: clumsinessClumsiness
The quality of being clumsy...
Indexterity
Lack of dexterity or readiness especially in the use of the hands clumsiness awkwardness...
VerbarGaucherie
An awkward action clumsiness boorishness...
ham fisted
not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands clumsy bungling also used metaphorically of actions as ham handed governmental interference...
Shall
Shall, a word of slippery semantics in a rule is not decisive and the context of the statute, the purpose of the prescription, the public injury in the event of neglect of the rule and the conspectus of circumstances bearing on the importance of the condition have all to be considered before condemning a violation as fatal, State of Punjab v. Shamlal Murari, (1976) 1 SCC 719.Shall, does not always mean that an act is obligatory or mandatory and it depends upon the context in which the word 'shall' occurs and the other circumstances, Ramnath Narayana Mauzo of Margoa v. Union Government of India, AIR 1968 Goa 85.Shall, does not always mean that the enactment is obligatory or mandatory. It depends upon the context in which the word shall occurs and the other circumstances, State of Madhya Pradesh v. Azad Bharat Finance Co., (1966) (Supp) SCR 473: (1967) 1 SCJ 815.Shall, in a statute, though generally taken in a mandatory sense, does not necessarily mean that in every case it shall have th...
A shared household
A shared household, in s. 2(5) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is not very happily worded, and appears to be the result of clumsy drafting, but the court has to give it an interpretation which is sensible and which does not lead to chaos in society, S.R. Batra v. Taruna Batra, 136 (2007) DLT 1 (SC): 1 (2007) DMC 1 (SC): 2007 (1) UJ 2 (SC). [Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(s)]...
Roadster
A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides...
Pinacate bug
Any of several clumsy wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes found in the Pacific States...
Oafish
Like an oaf simple or clumsy...
Maladroit
Of a quality opposed to adroitness clumsy awkward unskillful...
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