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Intellect

which it knows as distinguished from the power to feel and to will the power to judge and comprehend the thinking faculty the understanding

Wales

is declared that where England only is mentioned in any Act of Parliament, it shall be deemed to comprehend the dominion of Wales and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. By 1 Wm. 4, c. 70, the jurisdiction of the

Verdict

may be distributed, some issues being found for the plaintiff and others for the defendant. A verdict must comprehend the whole issues submitted to a jury in the particular cause, otherwise the judgment founded upon it may

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Technical services

has a very broad connotation and it has been elsewhere in the statute also so widely as to comprehend professional services: vide s. 9(1)(vii), referred to earlier. But we need not digress on this aspect for two

Superintendence

over the work of another who may be a subordinate in a hierarchy of authority. It would also comprehend that supervision is not merely a negative thing so as to keep a watch but it would imply

Suit or other proceeding

other proceeding, in s. 29(3) of the Limitation Act, 1963 the words 'suit or other proceeding' do not comprehend appeal, Lata Kamat v. Vilas, AIR 1989 SC 1477: (1989) 2 SCC 613: (1989) 2 SCR 137.

Perils of the sea

They are strictly the natural accidents peculiar to the water, but the law has extended this phrase to comprehend events not attributable to natural causes, as captures by pirates, and losses by collision, where no blame is

Landscape

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view including all the objects it contains

Means and includes

down in definition'. The word 'includes' when used, enlarges the meaning of the expression defined so as to comprehend not only such things as they signify according to their natural import but also those things which the

Entertainment

on payment. [New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 (44 of 1994), s. 2(13)] Entertainment, is wide enough to comprehend in it, the luxury or comfort with which a person entertains himself, State of Karnataka v. Drive-in Enterprises,

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