Dependent

Dependant and dependent

Dependant and dependent. Under s. 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925:--(1) The dependants of a workman entitled to claim compensation under this Act where the injury results in death are such of the members of the workman's family as were wholly or in part dependent upon the earnings of the workman at the time of his death, or would but for the incapacity due to the accident, have been so dependent, and where the workman, being the parent or grand-parent of an illegitimate child, leaves such a child so dependent upon his earn-ings, or, being an illegitimate child, leaves a parent or grandparent so dependent upon his earnings, shall include such an illegitimate child and parent or grandparent respectively.(2) A person shall not be deemed to be a partial dependant of another person unless he was dependent partially on contributions from that other person for the provision of the ordinary necessaries of life suitable for persons in his class and position.(3) 'Member of a family' me...

Dependent, 'dependent' has a wholly artificial meaning different from its statutory definition. No coparcener in a Hindu undivided family is a dependent of the family; he is an owner of the entire property of the family in common with the other coparceners. His rights arise on birth into the family, and so long as the family remains joint, his internest in the property is no whit less than the interest of any other coparcener, C.F.T. v. Darshan Surendra Parekh, AIR 1968 SC 1125: (1968) 2 SCR 589. [Expenditure Tax Act, 1957, s. 2(g)]Means any person who is related to an emigrant and is dependent on that emigrant. [Emigration Act, 1983 (31 of 1983), s. 2(1)(c)]...

Dependents

Dependents, dependents are defined to include besides wife and widow, dependent sons and daughters-One who is gainfully employed cannot be termed dependent. The public purpose of such reservation would be totally lost if it were to be made available to those who are gainfully employed, Haryana Public Service Commissioner v. Harinder Singh, AIR 1999 SC 551 (552)....

dependent

dependent 1 : determined or conditioned by another : contingent 2 a : relying on another for esp. financial support b : lacking the necessary means of support or protection and in need of aid from others (as a public agency) [have the child declared and taken away from his or her parents "L. H. Tribe"] 3 : subject to another's jurisdiction [the United States and its territories] n : a person who is dependent ;esp : a close relative or member of a taxpayer's household who receives over half of his or her support from the taxpayer and is a U.S. citizen, national, or resident, or a resident of a bordering country (as Mexico) see also dependency exemption at exemption ...

Dependant

See Dependent Dependence Dependency...

child and dependent care credit

child and dependent care credit A tax credit in the amount of a percentage of the amount expended on child or dependent care by an employed individual. ...

dependent relative revocation

dependent relative revocation : a doctrine holding that if the destruction, cancellation, or revocation of a will is dependent on the making of a new will which is not made or is found to be invalid then the original will is still in effect ...

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