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Dependant and dependent
Dependant and dependent. Under s. 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925:-- (1) The dependants of a workman entitled to claim compensation under this Act where the injury
Insurance
say, the issue of, or the undertaking of liability under, policeinsuring employers against liability to pay compensation or damages to workmen in their employment; (e) Bond investment business; that is to say, the business of issuing bonds
Replevin
goods distrained for rent), by contesting the validity of the seizure, whereas, if the owner prefer to have damages instead, the validity may be contested by action of trespass or unlawful distress. The word means a re-delivery
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Unica taxatio
one pleads, and one lets judgment go by default, whereby the jury, who are to try and assess damages on the issue, are also to assess damages against the defendant suffering judgment by default. [Law Latin 'A
Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927
Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (English) (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 36), provides; for the payment of compensation for improvements and goodwill to tenants of premises used for business purposes or the grant of a new
Solatium
State such as ours, Narain Das Jain v. Agra Nagar Mahapalika, (1991) 4 SCC 212 (215). Compensation esp., damages allowed for hurt feelings or grief, as distinguished from damages for physical injury, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
Royalty
Means to compensate the owner of a right or a property and it cannot exceed the concept of compensation, Pradeep C. Mody v. Sashikant C. Mody, AIR 1998 Bom 357. Royalty, known as the equivalent or translation
Trover
trover, which was the old name for an action of conversion. Trespass and trover were actions to recover damages merely; the first for the injury to the possession, the second for the loss of the property; but
Payment of Money into Court
by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXII, by which, where any action is brought to recover a debt or damages, any defendant may, before or at the time of delivering his defence, or by leave of the Court
Nuisance
that nuisance is an act or omission causing injury, the injury itself giving rise to an action for damages, while a person suffering from damage due to negligence must prove that the damage was caused by some
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