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Dam [fr. dam, Dan.; dammer, Icel.], a boundary or confinement; a mole an embankment to restain water....
Bear trap dam
A kind of movable dam in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered for deepening shallow parts in a river...
Daum, Dam
Daum, Dam, a copper coin, the 40th part of a rupee, Indian...
Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio
Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio. 2 Inst. 56.-(Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought not to halt; and quick, for delay is a kind of denial.) compare the 29th chapter of Magna Charta, post, MAGNA CHARTA....
Reservoir
Reservoir, a reservoir cannot be understood merely to be a means to hold water in a stream. It is only by controlling the following stream in an area such as water can be stored in reservoir. Irrigation work would include land used for such purpose. 'Reservoir' may not necessarily mean only the constructed part of the land but includes the area where the water is held by a dam constructed by the Government, Orient Papers and Industries Ltd. v. Tahsildar, AIR 1998 SC 3330 (3334): (1998) 7 SCC 303. [Orissa Irrigation Act, 1959 (14 of 1959), s. 4(d) and 28]Reservoir, cannot be understood merely to be a means to hold water in a stream. It is only by controlling the flowing stream in an area where water can be stored in reservoir. Irrigation work would include land used for such purpose. Reservoir, may not necessarily mean only the constructed part of the land but includes the area where the water is held by a dam constructed by the Government, Orient Papers and Industries Ltd. v. Tahsildar...
Wear, or Weir
Wear, or Weir, a great dam or fence made across a river, or against water, formed of stakes interlaced by twigs of osier, and accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Prohibited by Magna Charta and other early statutes in navigable rivers, Lord Leconfield v. Earl of Lonsdale, (1870) LR 5 CP 657. Prohibited for the purpose of catching salmon by the Salmon Fishery Act, 1861, unless 'lawfully in use' at the time of the passing of that Act by virtue of a grant or charter or immemorial usage. Weirs and mill dams for taking or obstructing salmon and trout not in use before 1861 are prohibited: see Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Acts, 1923-35....
damage
damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate, remittitur compare declaratory judgment at judgment, injunction specific performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount of damages to be awarded to the prevailing party. More than one type of damages may be awarded for a single injury. actual damages : damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare special damages in this entry ex·em·pla·ry damages [ig-zem-plə-r...
partner
partner : one of two or more persons associated as joint principals in carrying on a business for the purpose of enjoying a joint profit : a member of a partnership ;specif : a partner in a law firm dormant partner : silent partner in this entry general partner : a partner whose liability for partnership debts and obligations is unlimited compare limited partner in this entry lim·it·ed partner : a partner in a venture who has no management authority and whose liability is limited to the amount of his or her investment compare general partner in this entry partner in com·men·dam [-in-kə-men-dəm, -kō-men-dÄ m] in the civil law of Louisiana : limited partner in this entry si·lent partner : a partner who takes no active part in conducting the partnership business but who receives a share of its profits and whose existence is often not made public called also dormant partner ...
Burrock
A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed...
By wash
The outlet from a dam or reservoir also a cut to divert the flow of water...
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