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Hold

Hold, to have as tenant. Of a Court or judge, to enounce a legal opinion. In strictness, a court 'holds,' and a single, judge 'rules.' It means 'own', State of West Bengal v. Subodh Gopal Bose,...

Industry

Industry, 'Industrial dispute' and 'workman' taken in the extended significance, or exclude it. Though the word 'undertaking' in definition of industry is wedged in between business and trade on the one hand and manufacture on the...

Morganatic marriage

Morganatic marriage. The lawful and inseparable conjunction of a man of noble or illustrious birth with a woman of inferior station, upon condition that neither the wife nor her children shall partake of the titles, arms,...

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Natural justice

Natural justice, the aim of the rules of natural justice is to secure justice or to put it negatively to prevent miscarriage of justice. These rules can operate only in areas not covered by any law...

Or, And

Or, And, it would be noticed that the word used after clause (g) and before clause (h) is 'or'. It may mean 'and' in the context, or remain 'or' in the disjunctive sense in a given...

Child

Child, means any person below the age of eighteen years and includes any adopted, step or foster child. [Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (43 of 2005), s. 2(b)] Child includes a still-born child....

To perform those duties etc

To perform those duties etc., the words 'to perform those duties, etc.' in s. 44(3) has to be read once after the word 'fit' and a second time after the words 'Regional Transport Authority'. That will...

Used substantially

Used substantially, 'used substantially' for the pur-pose of the mine or a number of mines under the same management, in relation to workshops. The use of the word 'and' makes both the conditions conjunctive. Sub-clause (xi)...

Competent authority

Competent authority, means (i) the speaker in the case of the House of the people or the legislative Assembly of a State or a Union Territory having such Assembly and the Chairman in case of the...

Polysyndeton

A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated as in the sentence ldquoWe have ships and men and money and storesrdquo Opposed to asyndeton

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