Dead Hearted - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: dead heartedDead hearted
Having a dull faint heart spiritless listless...
Deadness
The state of being destitute of life vigor spirit activity etc dullness inertness languor coldness vapidness indifference as the deadness of a limb a body or a tree the deadness of an eye deadness of the affections the deadness of beer or cider deadness to the world and the like...
Dead rent and royalty
Dead rent and royalty, 'dead rent' is calculated on the basis of the, area leased while 'royalty' is calculated on the quantity of minerals extracted or removed. Thus, while dead rent is a fixed return to the lessor, royalty is a return which varies with the quantity of minerals extracted or removed. Since dead rent and royalty are both a return to the lessor in respect of the area leased looked at from one point of view dead rent can be described as the minimum guaranteed amount of royalty payable to the lessor but calculated on the basis of the area leased and not on the quantity of minerals extracted or removed, D.K. Trivedi v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1986 SC 1323 (1345): (1986) Supp SCC 20....
dead man's statute
dead man's statute : a law barring the testimony of a person with an interest in an estate regarding any conversation with or any event taking place in the presence of the decedent called also dead man act dead man's act ...
deadly
deadly dead·li·er -est : likely to cause or capable of causing death ;also : dangerous NOTE: Deadly and dangerous are sometimes used interchangeably, esp. in connection with weapons or instruments. ...
deadly weapon
deadly weapon : an object whose purpose is to cause death or that when used as an instrument of offense is capable of causing death or sometimes serious bodily harm compare dangerous weapon NOTE: An unloaded firearm has been generally held to be a deadly weapon. Although usually distinct, the terms deadly weapon and dangerous weapon are sometimes used interchangeably. ...
Deadly weapon
Deadly weapon, teeth of a human being cannot be considered as deadly weapon as per the description of deadly weapon enumerated under s. 326, IPC, Shakeel Ahmed v. State, (2004) 10 SCC 103. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 326)....
Hearted
Having a heart having such a heart regarded as the seat of the affections disposition or character...
Iron hearted
Hard hearted unfeeling cruel as an iron hearted master...
Dead
Deprived of life opposed to alive and living reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions as a dead tree a dead man...
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