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agency

of an agent [even when granted discretion in carrying out his "R. C. Clark"] c : the law concerned with the relationship of a principal and an agent 3 : an establishment engaged in doing the business

libel

or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court has enumerated some First Amendment protections that apply to matters of public concern. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Court held that in order to recover damages a public

Floating charge

denote a security which is an equitable charge on the assets for the time being of a going concern. It allows of the business being carried on and the property comprised in it being dealt with in

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Goodwill

as the 'cement' binding together the business and its assets as a whole and a going and developing concern. A variety of elements goes into its making, and its composition varies in different trades and in different

Great Seal

to summon the Parliament, and for sealing treaties with foreign states and all public acts of state which concern the United Kingdom, and in all other matters relating to England, as the Great Seal of England was

Person aggrieved

interpretation. They do not include, of course, a mere busybody who is interfering in things which do not concern him; but they do include a person who has a genuine grievance because an order has been made

Property

a wide connotation; and it includes not only assets, but the organisation, liabilities and obligations of a going concern as a unit, Shri Krishna Gyanoday Sugar Ltd. v. State of Bihar, AIR 2003 SC 3436. Property, in

Public interest

LJ 653: (1971) Serv LR 649: (1971) 2 Lab LJ 235: (1971) Lab IC 1162 (All). Means of concern or advantage to people as a whole, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.

testimony

the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony. negative testimony : testimony concerning what did not happen ;esp : testimony concerning what one did not perceive [negative testimony that the witness

Diligence

three degrees of diligence: (1) Common or ordinary, which men in general exert in respect of their own concerns; the standard is necessarily variable with respect to the facts, although it may be uniform with respect to

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