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Conspiracy. 'A conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to carry out an unlawful common purpose, or to carry out a lawful common purpose by unlawful means. It is a misdemeanour at common law, punishable with fine and imprisonment to any extent; and also with hard labour in the case of ' any conspiracy to cheat or defraud, or to extort money or goods, or falsely to accuse of any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of public justice ''(14 & 15 Vict. c. 100, s. 29); see Odgers on the Common Law, 2nd Edn. P. 255. 'If in carrying into effect a criminal conspiracy the conspirators inflict loss and damage on a private individual, he will have a private action for the particular damage which he has thus separately suffered'; ibid. pp. 256, 625. There are also, it seems, what may be called civil con-spiracies, i.e., conspiracies which may be the foundation of an action, though not of an indictment; and there are undoubtedly cases in which two or more persons ca...
Strike
Strike, is of an artificial character and does not represent any legal definition or description. It is an agreement between persons who are working for a particular employer, not to continue working for him, Bankey Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1959 All 614: (1957) 2 Lab LJ 231.Means a total or partial cessation of work by employees employed in an industrial undertaking acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of em-ployees to continue to work or to accept work where such cessation or refusal is in consequence of an industrial dispute in any industry, Mill Manager, Model Mills Nagpur Ltd. v. Dharam Das, AIR 1958 SC 311.Strike. The (English) Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 22), by s. 8 provides:-The expression 'strike' means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any trade or industry acting in combination, or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are...
Trade Union
Trade Union. The Acts 30 & 31 Vict. cc. 8, 74, provided for facilitating the proceedings of a commission appointed by Queen Victoria to inquire into and report on the organization and rules of trade unions, and other associations of employers and workmen. The (English) Trade Union Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 31), provides:-S. 2. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful, so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.'S. 3. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust.'S. 4. 'Nothing in this Act shall enable any court to entertain any legal proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering damages for breach of any of the following agreements, namely,(1) Any agreement between members of a trade union as su...
Mark
Mark [fr. marc, Welsh; mearc, Sax.; merche, Dut.; marque, Fr.], a token; an impression; a proof; an evidence; licence of reprisals; also, formerly, a coin of the value of 13s. 4d.In commerce, a certain character struck or impressed on various kind of commodities, either to show the place where they were made, and the person who made them, or to witness that they have been viewed and examined by the officers charged with the inspection of manufacturers; or to show that the duties imposed thereon have been paid. It is also used to indicate the price of a commodity. If one use the mark of another to do him damage, an action on the case will lie, and an injunction may be obtained. See TRADE MARKS.Those who are unable to write, sign a cross, for their mark, when they execute any document. See MARKSMAN.It includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral shape of goods, packaging or combination of colours or any combination thereof. [Trade Marks Act, 19...
Joining together
Joining together, the expression 'joining together' in paragraph 16(1) is apparently used in its broad meaning. According to the Webster's New World Dictionary, 1962 Edn. Page 789 the word 'join' has these meanings. '(1) to place together, bring to-gether, connect, pass on, combine; (2) to make into one, unite; (3) to become a part or a member of; enter into association with; (4) to go to and combine with; (5) to enter into the company of' a company; (6) to go and take one's proper place in.' The word has evidently got several meanings. When it is used in the sense of 'combine', it may imply mingling together of things, often with a loss of distinction of elements that completely merge with one another, Ramashankar Kaushik v. Election Commission of India, AIR 1974 SC 445: (1974) 1 SCC 271. [Election Symbols (Reservations and Allot-ment Order, 1968, Para. 16(1)]There is nothing in the context to restrict its meaning to a case of merger of two or more political parties and their resultan...
Sodium
A common metallic element of the alkali group in nature always occuring combined as in common salt in albite etc It is isolated as a soft waxy white unstable metal so highly reactive that it combines violently with water and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid Sodium is used combined in many salts in the free state as a reducer and as a means of obtaining other metals as magnesium and aluminium is an important commercial product Symbol Na Natrium Atomic weight 22990 Specific gravity 097...
VerbarSesqui
A combining form also used adjectively denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical as sesquibromide sesquicarbonate sesquichloride sesquioxide...
Trade marks
Trade marks. by the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (English) (5 Edw. 7, c. 15), s. 3:-A 'mark' shall include a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral or any combination thereof.A 'trade mark' shall mean a mark used or proposed to be used upon or in connexion with goods for the purpose of indicating that they are the goods of the proprietor of such trademark by virtue of manufacture, selection, certification, dealing with, or offering for sale.A 'registrable trademark' shall mean a trade mark which is capable of registration under the pro-visions of this Act.Subject to the Trade Mark Acts, the owner of a trademark has a right to its use in connection with the goods associated with it, whether or not it is registered or registrable by him, and if that right is infringed by a sale of other goods under his mark, or a colourable imitation or otherwise so as to be calculated to deceive a purchaser that those goods are goods of his manufacture, sale or mark, the ...
Trade dispute
Trade dispute, means a dispute between two countries arising from tariff rates or other matters related to international commerce, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500.This expression is defined in s. 5 (3) of the (English) Trade Disputes Act, 1906, as follows:-'Trade dispute' means any dispute between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, which his connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of the employment, or with the conditions of labour, of any person, and the expression 'workmen' means all persons employed in trade or industry whether or not in the employment of the employer with whom a trade dispute arises.By s. 1, 'An act done in pursuance of an agreement or combination by two or more persons shall, if done in contemplation of a trade dispute, not be actionable unless the act, if done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable.' But the provisions of the Act shall not apply to any act done in contemplation or furthera...
Sessions of the peace
Sessions of the peace, sittings of justices of the peace for the execution of those powers which are confided to them by their commission, or by charter, and by numerous statutes. They are of three descriptions:-I. Petty Sessions.--Metropolitan Police magistrates can act alone (see that title), with that exception, every meeting of two or more justices in the same place, for the execution of some power vested in them by law, whether had on their own mere motion, or on the requisition of any party entitled to require their attendance in discharge of some duty, is a petty or petit session. The occasions for holding petty sessions are very numerous, amongst the most important of which is the bailing persons accused of felony, which may be done after a full hearing of evidence on both sides, where the presumption of guilt shall either be weak in itself, or weakened by the proofs adduced on behalf of the prisoner. See PETTY SESSIONS.As to right of the public to attend petty sessions, see OP...
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