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Home Dictionary Name: departure Page: 2Change of voyage
Change of voyage, a departure from the proper course of the insured voyage may arise from what is called a change of voyage or from deviation, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 25, para 141, p. 91....
Pentecost
A solemn festival of the Jews so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day seven weeks after the second day of the Passover which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan hence called also the Feast of Weeks At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt...
Retain
To continue to hold to keep in possession not to lose part with or dismiss to restrain from departure escape or the like...
A verbis legis non est recedendum
A verbis legis non est recedendum. From the words of the law there should not be any departure....
Administrative deviation
Administrative deviation, means trustee's unauthorized departure from the terms of the trust, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 45....
Adulteration and misbranding of foodstuffs
Adulteration and misbranding of foodstuffs, Adulteration and misbranding of foodstuffs is a rampant evil and a statute calculated to control that evil is indisputably in the interest of the general public. The statute imposing restrictions upon traders will not be deemed unreasonable merely because it makes a departure from the normal structure of statutes enunciating offences and prescribing punishments, Andhra Pradesh Grain and Seed Merchants Association v. Union of India, AIR 1971 SC 2346 (2349): 1970 (2) SCC 71. (Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954)...
Aerodrome
Aerodrome, means any definite or limited ground or water area intended to be used, either wholly or in part, for the landing or departure of aircraft, and includes all buildings, sheds, vessels, piers and other structures thereon or appertaining thereto. [Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), s. 2 (1)]...
Aerodrome reference point
Aerodrome reference point, in relation to any aerodrome, means a designated point established in the horizontal plane at or near the geometric centre of that part of the aerodrome reserved for the departure or landing of aircraft. [Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), s. 2 (2A)]...
Bias
Bias [adopted from Fr. biais, oblique]. The law will not suppose a possibility of bias in a judge, who is already sworn to administer impartial justice, and whose authority greatly depends upon that presumption and idea, 3 Bl. Com. 361. See R. v. Cork Justices, (1910) 2 Ir. R. 271.The word 'bias' in popular English parlance stands included within the attributes and broader purview of the word 'malice', which in common acceptation mean and imply 'spite' or 'ill-will'.Mere general statements will not be sufficient for the purposes of indication of ill-will. There must be cogent evidence available on record to come to the conclusion as to whether in fact there was existing a bias which resulted in the miscarriage of justice, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. v. Girja Shankar, AIR 2001 SC 24. [Constitution of India, Arts. 226, 14]Bias may be defined as a pre-conceived opinion or a pre-disposition or pre-determination to decide a case or an issue in a particular manner, so much so that such pr...
Irregularity
Irregularity, disorder, departure from rule. By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXX., non-compliance with the rules renders proceedings liable to be set aside as irregular, but does not render them void unless the Court or a judge so direct. Order LIV., r. 24, of the (English) County Court Rules, 1903, is to the same effect.The word 'irregularity' in common English parlance means and implies contrary to rule, Rambhau v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2001 SC 2120 (2122): (2001) 4 SCC 759. (Cr. P.C., 1973, s. 391)The word irregularity' in s. 131(2)(b) cannot be confined to procedural defects only, Martin Burn Ltd. v. Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1966 SC 529 (534): (1966) 1 SCR 543. [Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923 (3 of 1923), s. 131(2)(b)]...
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