Skip to content

Demander - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Account

some fiduciary relations, Central Bureau of Investigation v. V.C. Shukha, (1998) 3 SCC 410. Means a claim or demand by one person against another creating a debtor-creditor relations, a formal statement in detail of transactions between two

Accrue

cause of action means to arrive, to commence, to come into existence, or to become a present enforceable demand or right. See also Morvi Industries Ltd v. C.I.T., (1972) 4 SCC 451: AIR 1971 SC 2396 (Para

Action

conduct, something done; also the form prescribed by Law for the recovery of one's due, or the lawful demand of one's right. Bracton (Bk. 3, cap. 1) defines it:-Actio nihil aliud est quam jus prosequendi in judicio

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Bank-notes, or Bank-bills

or printed promises for money, to be paid by a banking company. They are uniformly made payable on demand. They are not like bills of exchange, mere securities or documents for debt, nor are they so esteemed,

Adulteration

the prejudice of the purchaser of articles of food and drugs not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, is prohibited. Where however, the article is properly labelled as mixed, no liability arises. Provision

Advocatione decimarum

Advocatione decimarum, a writ which lay for tithes, demanding the fourth part or upwards that belonged to any church, Reg. Brev. 29.

And, or

And, or, it is well settled that 'and' is capable of being read as 'or', if the context demands it to be so read. The word 'or' is normally disjunctive and the word 'and' is normally conjunctive.

Any sums charged by the dealer

dealer' has to be understood in its ordinary popular sense. So construing the phrase, it means 'what is demanded and collected or received by the dealer', McDowell & Co. v. CTO, (1977) 1 SCC 441: AIR 1977

Arraign

indictment. The arraignment of a prisoner consists of calling upon him by name, reading to him the indictment, demanding of him whether he be guilty or not guilty, and entering his plea. The pleas upon arraignment are

Arriage and Carriage

Arriage and Carriage, indefinite services formerly demandable from tenants in Scotland, abolished by the (English) Tenures Abolition Act, 1746 (20 Geo. 2, c. 50), ss.

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial