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Home Dictionary Name: department storeDepartment store
A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments...
Marine-store dealers
Marine-store dealers. See (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58Vict. c. 60), ss. 533-540, re-enacting (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104), ss. 480-483; by which any dealer in 'anchors, cables, sails, old junk, old iron, or other marine stores of any kind, must have his name, with the words ' dealer in marine stores,' painted on all his warehouses and places of deposit, must not purchase marine stores from any person apparently under sixteen, must enter in a book all such marine stores as he may become possessed of, and may not cut up cables, etc., without obtaining a ' permit ' from a justice of the peace, which permit must be advertised before the dealer proceeds to act thereon.' A person as so defined is, by the (English) Children Act, 1933 (see CHILDREN), prohibited by s. 9 from purchasing 'old metal' from a person under 16. See also (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, s. 86. See METALS, DEALERS IN OLD....
interest
interest [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- between, among + esse to be] 1 : a right, title, claim, or share in property Article Nine security interest : security interest in this entry beneficial interest : the right to the use and benefit of property [a beneficial interest in the trust] contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy equitable interest : an interest (as a beneficial interest) that is held by virtue of equitable title or that may be claimed on the ground of equitable relief [claimed an equitable interest in the debtor's assets] executory interest : a future interest other than a remainder or reversion that may take effect upon the divesting...
Escalator
A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously and one stepping upon it is carried up or down originally a trade term which has become the generic name for such devices Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors...
Soda fountain
a counter at which people may sit and be served soda pop ice cream or light meals Such counters may be located for example in restaurants ice cream shops drugstores departments stores...
Public stores
Public stores. By the (English) Public Stores Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 25), various provisions are made for the protection of public stores and the punishment of persons improperly obtaining the same or obliterating the marks thereon, and see Army and Air Force Acts....
Store
Store, the expression 'store' means storing for the sale, Giridhari Ballani v. Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1966 Cal 634 (636). [Prevention of Food Adultera-tion Act, 1954, ss. 7, 16(1)(a)]1. A place where goods are deposited to be pur-chased or sold 2. To keep goods in safe keeping for future delivery in an unchanged condition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1432....
Re store
To store again as the goods taken out were re stored...
Military stores
Military stores, The expression 'military stores' used in Schedule II is comprehensive enough to cover articles essential for military use inclusive of trailers/water tankers supplies of which are accumulated in the depot for being drawn upon whenever needed, Cantonment Board v. Mahindra Owen Ltd., AIR 1986 SC 1114 (1117): (1986) Supp SCC 301....
Department
Department, includes any division or branch of a department. [Army Act, 1950, s. 3 (ix)]Department means a department of Studies of the University. [Central Agricultural University Act, (40 of 1992), s. 2(h)]The word Department connotes a branch of division of government administration. For the sake of convenience the government work is divided subjectwise or functionwise, and each such division may be called a department. The word 'department' is capable of a wider meaning as also a narrower meaning. Narcotics Control Bureau is a department of Central Government, State v. Kulwant Singh, (2003) 9 SCC 193....
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