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Transfer

exchange or gift, Syed Jalal v. Targopal Ram Reddy, AIR 1970 AP 19. Transfer, cannot have the widest comprehension, and does not indicate or include compulsory transfer or forced transfer, like court auction sale, Kharva Gigabhai Mavji

Suit

also Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act (1 of 1986), s. 22(1)] Suit, is a generic term of comprehensive significa-tion, and applies to any proceeding in a court of justice in which the plaintiff pursues, in such

Rent

[Public Premises (Eviction of Un-authorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (40 of 1971), s. 2 (f)] The term 'rent' is comprehensive enough to include, all payments agreed by the tenant to be paid to his landlord for the use

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Recruitment

Recruitment, 'recruitment' according to the dictionary means 'enlist'. It is a comprehensive term and includes any method provided for inducting a person in public service. Appointment, selection, promotion, deputation are

Victimisation

Victimisation, is a term of comprehensive import. Thus, if a person is made to suffer by treatment, it would amount to victimisation, Lakmat Newspapers

Proceeding

AIR 1977 SC 858: (1977)3 SCC 317: (1977) 2 SCR 324. (ii) The term 'proceeding' is a very comprehensive term and generally speaking means a prescribed course of action for enforcing a legal right. It is not

Carucate

Haryana, (1990) 2 SCC 189 (194): AIR 1990 SC 857. The word 'case' is thus used in a comprehensive sense of including both pending proceedings as well as proceedings to be instituted in future, C.I.T v. Bidhu

Pandect', or Digesta

named Digesta, a Latin term indicating an arrangement of materials; or Pandect', a Greek word expressive of the comprehensiveness of the work. It was also declared that no commentaries should be written on this compilation, but per-mission

Assessment

Includes re-assessment. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2 (cb)] The word 'assessment' can bear a very comprehensive meaning, it can comprehend the whole procedure for ascertaining and imposing liability upon the tax-payer, Kalawati Devi Harlalka

constitution

all other laws must conform. Unlike the U.S. Constitution, the British Constitution is not set down in a comprehensive document, but is found in a variety of statutes (as the Magna Carta) and in common law. Canada

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