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May be detained
Oxford English Dictionary, Volume 1, page 531, the word 'detain' means 'to keep in confinement or custody'. Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition, at page 349, gives the meaning as to hold in custody, Poonam Lata v. M.L.
Master and servant
was not liable to a servant for the tort of a 'fellow-servant,' a term to which a very comprehensive meaning has been given by the cases. This defence is termed the defence of 'common employment' (see that
Maintenance
word 'chilavu' of which it is generally understood to be a translation. The term means 'expenses' and is comprehensive in its significance, Sheshappa Shetty v. Kijanar Devaraja Shetty, AIR 1926 Mad 723. The maintenance of the detenue
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Liability incurred
Liability incurred, the words 'liability incurred' are very general and comprehensive and ordinarily take in both civil and criminal liability, Kapor Chand Pokhraj v. State of Bombay, AIR 1958
Planning
(1968) 1 SCJ 379. Laws dealing with development planning are indis-pensable to sanitation and healthy urbanization. Development planning comprehensively takes care of statutory, manual, administrative and land-use laws hand in hand with architectural creativity. In the words
Land
SC 2244 (2245). [Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 3(a)] The expression 'land' in its legal sense is a comprehensive expression which is wide enough to include structures, if any, raised thereon, P. Rami Reddi v. State of
Judgment
SC 947. Means 'the result of judging; the decision or con-clusion reached, as after consideration or delibera-tion, Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary (Inter-national Edn., Vol. I (1984); see also Union of India v. Jain and Associates, (2001) 3 SCC
Intoxicating liquor
confirming authority except in boroughs (see below), and the licensing justices in granting 'on-licences' are armed with most comprehensive and far-reaching powers. They may attach such conditions as to payment, tenure, and 'any other matters' as 'they
Income
a fiscal statute. The expression 'income' in the legislative entry has always been understood in a wide and comprehensive connotation to embrace within it every kind of receipt or gain either of a capital nature or of
In a reference
In a reference, The phrase 'in a reference' in s. 31(4) of the Arbitration Act, 1940, is comprehensive enough to cover an application first made after the arbitration is completed and a final award made, and
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