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arbitrary

arbitrary 1 : depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by standards, rules, or law [the manner of

precarious

precarious : depending on the will or pleasure of another [a temporary and office] see also precarious possession at possession

chancy

depending on chance

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Conjecturally

That which depends upon guess guesswork

Prescriptible

Depending on or derived from prescription proper to be prescribed

Perpetuity

of an absolute or partial interest, positively and necessarily to vest within the period prescribed, and not to depend upon a mere possibility. Moreover, not only the person to take, but also the precise amount of his

Proceeding

Lal, AIR 1982 SC 818: (1982) 1 SCC 525: (1982) 3 SCR 94. (iii) The word 'proceeding' would depend upon the scope of the enactment wherein the expression is used with reference to a particular context where

Preferred

Preferred, 'preferred' is a word of dual import; its semantics depend on the scheme and the context; its import must help, not hamper, the object of the enactment even

Fight

sudden quarrel. It is a question of fact and whether a quarrel is sudden or not must necessarily depend upon the proved facts of each case, Dhirajbhai Gorakhbhai Nayak v. State of Gujarat, (2003) 9 SCC 322

Annuity

made periodically should be a fixed or predetermined one, and it should not be liable to any variation depending upon or on any ground relating to the general income of the fund or estate which is charged

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