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Home Dictionary Name: damanVerbarHyrax
Any animal of the genus Hyrax of which about four species are known They constitute the order Hyracoidea The best known species are the daman Hyrax Syriacus of Palestine and the klipdas Hyrax capensis of South Africa Other species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris the former from Southern and the latter from Western Africa See Daman...
Absorbed employee
Absorbed employee, 'absorbed employee' means a person who immediately before the 20th day of December, 1961, was holding an absorbed post and who on and after that date either served or has been serving in that or any other post in connection with the administration of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu or in any of the Departments of the Central Government. [Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees), 1965 (50 of 1965), s. 2(a)]...
Absorbed post
Absorbed post, 'absorbed post' means a civil service or post which existed under the former Portuguese Administration in Goa, Daman and Diu immediately before the 20th day of December 1961. [Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) (50 of 1965), s. 2(b)]...
Boomdas
A small African hyracoid mammal Dendrohyrax arboreus resembling the daman...
Daman
A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus that of Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei called also ashkoko dassy and rock rabbit See Cony and Hyrax...
Klipdas
A small mammal Hyrax Capensis found in South Africa It is of about the size of a rabbit and closely resembles the daman Called also rock rabbit...
Corporation
Corporation, a co-operative society is a corporation, Daman Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1985 SC 973 (978): (1985) 2 SCC 670. [Punjab Co-operative Societies Act (25 of 1961) s. 30]'Corporation' is an artificial being created by law having a legal entity entirely separate and distinct from the individuals who compose it with the capacity of continuous existence and succession, notwithstanding changes in its membership. In addition, it possesses the capacity as such legal entity of taking, holding and conveying property, entering into contracts, suing and being sued, and exercising such other powers and privileges as may be conferred on it by the law of its creation just as natural person may, S.S. Dhanoa v. Municipal Corpn., (1981) 3 SCC 431: AIR 1981 SC 1395 (1398). [Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 21, Cl. (12)]'Corporation' referred to under s. 20 Expln of CPC mean not only statutory corporation but also a company registered under the Indian Companies Act, Hakam Singh v. Gamnar (India) L...
Pasture land
Pasture land, is a place of land covered with grass. They may be interchangeable, Gulabhai Vallabhbhai Desai v. H.A. Khan, Collector of Daman, AIR 1970 Goa 59....
Technical
Technical, means what is characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, or trade, (New Webster's Dictionary of the English Language), Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552.The word 'technical' is described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary to mean a particular art, science or of applied science or vocational training dealing with applied science. It is trite to say that when a word has many etymological meanings attributed to it, the same takes its true colour from the text and context. The dictionary meaning of the word 'technical' is also 'professional' and is used in contradiction with pure sciences, Dean Goa Medical College, Sudhir Kumar Solanki, AIR 2001 SC 3422 (3423): (2001) 7 SCC 645. [Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987, s. 58]...
Town
Town, denotes the existence of houses in close proximity, concentration of a large number of people in a comparatively small area, engagement of a bulk of the population in non-agricultural activities, Baliat Sheikh v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1952 Cal 753; State v. Jagdish B. Rao, AIR 1970 Goa, Daman and Diu 54.Town, is an assemblage of buildings, public or private larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government, AIR 1970 Goa 54 (55). (Police Act, 1861, s. 34)1. A center of population that is larger and more fully developed then a village, but that is not incorporated as a city2. The territory within which this population lives, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Ville [fr. tun, Sax.], a tithing or vill; any collection of houses larger than a village. A place 'cannot be a towne in law, unlesse it hath, or in time pasthath had, a church, and celebration of divine service, sacraments, and burials' (Co. Litt. 115 b). 'And it appeareth by Littleton, that a to...
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