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disallow 1 : to deny the truth, force, or validity of [ed the deduction] [ a bankruptcy claim] 2 : to refuse to allow [ payment of benefits] dis·al·low·ance n ...
Disallow
To refuse to allow to deny the force or validity of to disown and reject as the judge disallowed the executors charge...
Disallowance
The act of disallowing refusal to admit or permit rejection...
axation of costs
axation of costs. The mode by which certain officers of the various courts allow or disallow the sums claimed by solicitors from their clients, or by the one party in an action from the other. In the High Court taxation is carried out by Taxing Masters who are Masters of the Supreme Court (R.S.C. Ord. LXI., r. 1B), and in county courts by the registrars.As between party and party a taxation of costs is always had, and the costs disallowed cannot be recovered by the successful from the unsuccessful party, but must be paid by such successful party to his solicitor unless they be disallowed as between solicitor and client.Costs as between solicitor and client can be re-covered by a public authority from an unsuccessful defendant by virtue of s. 1 of the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893; and also in an action for the infringement of a patent by the plaintiff, if in a prior action he has obtained a certificate of the validity of his patent, under s. 35 (as amended) of the Patents and...
Taxation of costs
Taxation of costs. The mode by which certain officers of the various courts allow or disallow the sums claimed by solicitors from their clients, or by the one party in an action from the other. In the High Court taxation is carried out by Taxing Masters who are Masters of the Supreme Court (R.S.C. Ord. LXI., r. 1B), and in county courts by the registrars.As between party and party a taxation of costs is always had, and the costs disallowed cannot be recovered by the successful from the unsuccessful party, but must be paid by such successful party to his solicitor unless they be disallowed as between solicitor and client.Costs as between solicitor and client can be re-covered by a public authority from an unsuccessful defendant by virtue of s. 1 of the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893; and also in an action for the infringement of a patent by the plaintiff, if in a prior action he has obtained a certificate of the validity of his patent, under s. 35 (as amended) of the Patents an...
Theatre
Theatre, a place kept for the public performance of stage-plays (see STAGE-PLAY), which expression includes 'every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, burletta, interlude, pantomine, or other entertain-ment of the stage.' By the Theatres Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 68), such a place may not be had or kept without a licence from the Lord Chanberlain of the Household of the sovereign in the metropolis, and from the justices of the peace elsewhere, s. 2 of the Act enacting that:-2. It shall not be lawful for any person to have or keep any house or other place of public resort in Great Britain, for the public performance of stage plays, without authority by virtue of letters-patent from Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, or predecessors, or without licence from the Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's household for the time being, or from the justices of the peace as hereinafter provided; and every person who shall offend against this enactment shall be liable to forfeit such sum as shall be awa...
wrongful pregnancy
wrongful pregnancy : a malpractice claim brought by the parents of a healthy but unwanted child usually against a physician or health-care provider for alleged negligence in performing a sterilization or abortion procedure and sometimes against a pharmacist or pharmaceutical manufacturer of contraceptives ;also : the pregnancy or injury at issue in such a claim [an action for wrongful pregnancy] called also wrongful conception NOTE: A majority of courts faced with the issue have disallowed damages for child-rearing expenses in wrongful pregnancy cases. It is more common to recover for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, or loss of consortium from pregnancy and childbirth. ...
Disallowable
Not allowable not to be suffered...
Improbate
To disapprove of to disallow...
Accounting profits and assessable profit
Accounting profits and assessable profit, these two concepts, 'accounting profits' and 'assessable profit', are distinct. In arriving at the assessable profits the Income-tax Officer may disallow many expenses actually incurred by the assessee; and in computing his income, he may include many items on notional basis, But the commercial or accounting profits are the actual profits earned by an assessee by as assessee calculated on commercial principles, C.I.T. v. Gangadhar Banarjee & Co. (P) Ltd., AIR 1965 SC 1977 (1981): (1965) 3 SCR 439. [Income-tax Act (11 of 1957), s. 23A]...
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