Skip to content

Discretively - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Discretion literally

Discretion literally, means and denotes an uncont-rolled power of 'disposal' yet in law, the meaning given to this word

judicial discretion

judicial discretion : discretion

abuse of discretion

abuse of discretion :an error of judgment by a trial court in making a ruling that is clearly unreasonable, erroneous, or

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Goods

of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930), s. 2 (7)] Goods, in relation to Toxic Chemicals, Precursors or Discrete Organic Chemicals including those Discrete Organic Chemicals containing elements of phosphorous, sulpur or fluorine, means any material, commodity,

Costs

Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61). In equity costs rested entirely in the discretion of the Court, for the prima facie claim of the successful litigant to costs might be rebutted by

May

1954 Cr LJ 139: 1954 Pat 80. The word 'may' does not always import that the matter is discretionary with the court in exercising its functions. Similarly, 'shall' sometimes imports that the matter is entirely discretionary with

trust

which legal title remains in the trustee who has a duty to act affirmatively (as in exercising control, discretion, and judgment) with regard to the property compare passive trust in this entry alimony trust : a trust

Intoxicating liquor

spirits or wine licences)--one from the justice of the peace, and one from the Inland Revenue, the first discretionary, and the second obtainable as of right, on production of the justices' licence. The justices' licence is grantable

May and shall

word 'may' in s. 363 does not mean 'shall', and that the Magistrate has under that s. a discretion whether he should pass an order for demolition or not, Corporation of Calcutta v. Mulchand Agarwala, AIR 1956

Delegatus non potest delegare

It is a cardinal rule in the law of trusts that a trustee cannot delegate his office or discretions for the exercise of which he was appointed trustee as distinguished from acts and discretions done or exercised

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial