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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)....
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...
Dead man's part
Dead man's part, the remainder of an intestate's movables, besides that which of right belonged to his wife and children. This was formerly made use of in masses for the soul of the deceased; subsequently, the administrators applied it to their own use and benefit, until the 1 Jac. 2, c. 17, subjected it to distribution among the next of kin. In Scotland the 'dead's part' of a man's personalty is that part of which he is entitled to dispose by will. See REASONABLE PARTS....
Dead plant
Dead plant, includes a reference to a plant which is frozen, dried or preserved by chemicals, or which, although for any reason not complete, is substantially complete and externally substantially resembles a complete dead plant of the kind concerned. Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act, 1976, s. 12(3) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 866, p. 514...
Prayer for the Dead
Prayer for the Dead. A bequest of personal estate for masses for the dead is not void as a gift to superstitious uses, Bourne v. Keane, 119 AC 815; overruling West v. Shuttleworth, (1835) 2 My&K 684, and the cases decided thereunder. See also O'Hanlon v. Logue, (1906) 1 Ir 247, and Re Caus. Lindenboom v. Camille, 1934 Ch 162, A tombstone bearing an inscription 'Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of' or similar words can be removed, Pearson v. Stead, 1903, P. 66, but see Capel St. Mary v. Packard, 1927, P. 289....
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