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Coal measures, has been held to include those identifiable seams of coal which are or might be worth mining, Earl of Consdale v. A-G, (1982) 3 All ER 579....
Coal meter
A licensed or official coal measurer in London See Meter...
Coal
Coal may be sold by weight only by the (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 21), s. 20. The seller delivers a weight ticket for the whole quantity sold, Kyle v. Dunsdon, (1908) 2 KB 293. The weighing is to take place at the premises of the seller, not on delivery at the premises of the purchaser, Knowles v. Sinclair, 1898 (1) QB 170. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. As to the validity of bye-laws requiring coal carts to carry weighing machines, see Kent County Council v. Humphrey, 1895 (1) QB 903; Alty v. Farrell, 1896 (1) QB 636....
Weights and measures
Weights and measures, instruments for reducing the quantity and price of merchandise to a certainty, that there may be the less room for deceit and imposition. See AVOIRDUPOIS; TROY WEIGHT; and METRIC SYSTEM.The adjustment of weights and measures is a prerogative of the Crown, and has from an early date been regulated by statute-the Weights and Measures Act, 1878. The 25th and 26th sections enact that:25. Use or Possession for Use.-Every person who uses or has in his possession for use for trade any weight, measure, scale, balance, steelyard, or weighing machine which is false or unjust, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5l., or in the case of a second offence 20l. [as amended by the W. and M. Act, 1889], and any contract, bargain, sale, or dealing made by the same shall be void, and the weight, measure, scale, balance, or steelyard shall be liable to be forfeited.26. Fraud in Use.-Where any fraud is wilfully committed in the using of any weight, measure, scale, balance, steelyar...
Measurer, or Meter
Measurer, or Meter, an officer in the City of London who measured woollen cloths, coals, etc. see ALNAGER...
Water-measure
Water-measure, a greater measure than the Winchester, formerly used for selling coals in the Pool, etc., 22 Car. 2, c. 11...
Coal mine
Coal mine, The expression 'no person, other than the Central Government or a government company or a corporation owned, managed or control in India, in any form' is semantically sweeping and is wide in meaning so as to spare no class of coal, including even coking coal, because coking coal is a species of coal, coal itself being the genus. A definition of 'coal mine' in the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973. S. 2(b) of the Act defines coal mine to mean 'a mine in which there exists one or more seams of coal'. It is apparent that even a coking coal mine is a coal mine because the definition is broad, Mahindra Nath Shukla v. State of Bihar, (1980) 3 SCR 595: (1980) 3 SCC 353: AIR 1980 SC 1308 (1311). [Coal Mines (Nationalisa-tion Act (26 of 1973) s. 2 (b)]The (English) Coal Mines Act 1911, (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 50), repealing and reenacting, with alterations, a great part of the existing law, and itself amended by the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1914 (4 & 5Geo. 5, c. 22), contains a set o...
Eosaurus
An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles...
Coke and coal
Coke and coal, two products are distinct and different. Whereas 'coal' is a stone-like product excavated from the earth, 'coke' is the processed product of coal obtained by indirect heating in beehive ovens and by-product ovens which are commonly known as 'coke oven plants', Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. v. Steel Abrasers and Allied Products Ltd., 1994 Supp (3) SCC 361 (362) [Colliery Control Order, 1945, cl. 2(1)(2)]...
Coal-whippers
Coal-whippers, labourers discharging the cargoes of vessels laden with coals in the port of London. See 6 & 7 Vict. c. ci., which established a coal-whipper's register....
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