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Animal
Animal, 'Animal' means any living creature other than a human being. [Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960), s. 2(a)] Animal
Occupancy right
Occupancy right, occupancy rights are creatures of statutes, or to be more precise the creatures of custom adopted by statute, which by defining the
Environment
land and the inter-relationship which exists among and between water, air and land, and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism and property. [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995, s. 2 (d)] The word 'environment' is of broad
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Murder
defined by Coke (3 Inst. 47): 'When a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, with malice aforethought, either express or implied'; see 4 Bl. Com. 195. Consult Russell on Crimes;
Enthymeme
dependent therefore we should be humble Here the major proposition is suppressed The complete syllogism would be Dependent creatures should be humble we are dependent creatures therefore we should be humble
Payment of Money into Court
an attempt at a compromise. No such plea was known to the Common Law; it is entirely the creature of Statute (Odgers on Pleading). By the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 70, the defendant in all actions
Company
Ratilal Shankarabhai v. State of Gujarat, (1970) 2 SCC 264: AIR 1970 SC 984. A company is a creature of statute. Its birth, progress, and extinction are all controlled by the statute, Neptune Assurance Co. Ltd. v.
Cruelty
Marriage Act, 1955, s. 13(1)(1a)] The intentional and indicious infliction of mental or physical suffering on a living creature, esp. a human, Black's Laws Dictionary, 7th Edn. Cruelty, to amount to cruelty , there must be such
Deodand
deo dandum, Lat.], a personal chattel which had been the immediate occasion of the death of any reasonable creature; it was forfeited to the Crown to be applied to pious uses and distributed in alms by the
Hazardous substance
of its chemical or physico-chemical properties or handling, is liable to cause harm to human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism, property or the environment. [Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), s. 2 (e)]
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