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Directory Statute

Directory Statute. The term directory, when applied to a statute (or part of a statute) which enjoins or forbids the doing of certain acts, is used in two different senses:- (I) As opposed to declaratory, i.e.,...

Mandatory

Mandatory, perceptive; directory.

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Shall

Shall, a word of slippery semantics in a rule is not decisive and the context of the statute, the purpose of the prescription, the public injury in the event of neglect of the rule and the...

Law List

like. (2) A legal directory such as Martindale-Hubbell. Many states and large cities also have law lists or directories, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 892.

Directory

Containing directions enjoining instructing directorial

As nearly as possible

As nearly as possible, the expression 'as nearly as may be' itself suggests that the proportion of 50% of the service members is not exact but approximate and is meant not to be mandatory but directory....

This clause shall not apply

This clause shall not apply, the phrase 'this clause shall not apply' in second proviso to Art. 311(2) are the keywords in the second proviso and govern each and every clause thereof. This phrase leaves no...

Ordinarily

Ordinarily, may means 'normally', State of Andhra Pradesh v. V. Sharma Rao, AIR 2007 SC 137; Kailash Chandra v. Union of India, (1962) 1 SCR 374: AIR 1961 SC 1346; Krishan Gopal v. Shri Prakash Chandra,...

Must or shall

Must or shall, If the legislative intent is expressed clearly and strongly in imperative words, such as the use of 'must' instead of 'shall', that will itself be sufficient to hold the provision to be mandatory,...

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