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Covert-baron

Covert-baron, said of a wife who is under the protection of her husband....

Feme-covert

Feme-covert, a married woman. See MARRIED WOMAN. A woman who may be subject to the control or interference of her husband over herself or her property....

Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods or material which is subjected to the act of processing. 'What is necessary in order to characterise an operation as 'processing' is that the commodity must, as a result of the operation, experience some change' (See Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, 1981 (1) SCC 653: AIR 1981 SC 1014). In a cold storage, vegetables, fruits and several other articles which requires preservation by refrigeration are stored. While as a result of long storage, Scientific examination might indicate loss of moisture content that is not sufficient for holding that the stored articles have undergone a process, Delhi Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi, AIR 1991 SC 2125.Processing, include the preservation of such products as canning, freezing drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting etc., Regional Executive, Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund...

coverture

coverture [Anglo-French, literally, shelter, covering, from Old French, from covert, past participle of covrir to cover] : the inclusion of a woman in the legal person of her husband upon marriage under common law NOTE: Because of coverture, married women formerly did not have the legal capacity to hold their own property or contract on their own behalf. These disabilities have been removed for the most part by statute. ...