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Distribution, 'distribution' includes distribution by way of samples whether free or otherwise. [Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, (60 of 1986), s. 2(b)]Distribution includes distribution by way of samples, whether free or otherwise. [Cigarette and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertise-ment and Regulation of Trade and Commence, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (34 of 2003), s. 3(c)]The Act of dealing out to others; dispensation.The dictionary meaning of the expression 'distribu-tion' is 'to give each a share, to give to several persons'. The expression 'distribution' connotes something actual and not notional. It can be physical; it can also be constructive. One may distribute amounts between different shareholders either by crediting the amount due to each one of them in their respective accounts or by actually paying to each one of them the amount due to him. The only difference between the expression 'paid' and the expression, 'distri...
Commutative justice and distributive justice
Commutative justice and distributive justice, Aristotle's doctrine of justice of equality is called by him commutative justice which requires at least two persons while distributive justice requires at least three. Relative equality in treating different persons while grating relief according to need, or reward and punishment according to merit and guilt is the essence of distributive justice. While in commutative justice the two persons confront each other as co-equals, there or more persons are necessary in distributive justice in which one, who imposes burdens upon or grants advantages to the others, is superior to them. 'Therefore, it presupposes an act of distributive justice which has granted to those concerned, equality to rights, equal capacity to act, equal status.' [The Legal Philosophies of Lask, Radbruch and Dabin, p. 74] According to Radbruch, 'distributive justice is the prototype of justice. In it we have found the idea of justice, toward which the concept of law must be...
distribution
distribution 1 : the act or process of distributing: as a : the apportionment by a court of the property and esp. personal property of an intestate among those entitled to it according to statute compare descent, devise NOTE: The laws dealing with intestate succession are often called laws of descent and distribution. b : the payment or transfer to a beneficiary of interest to which he or she is entitled under a trust c : the transfer by a corporation or mutual fund of money or property to a shareholder in his or her capacity as a shareholder d : the initial offering to the public of a security by a corporation e : the delivery of a controlled substance 2 : something distributed dis·tri·bu·tive [di-stri-by-tiv] adj ...
Be capitalised and distributed
Be capitalised and distributed, The expression 'be capitalised and distributed' in the resolution means 'is hereby capitalised and distributed'. In fact the whole tenor of the resolution shows that the distribution of the bonus shares became effective as from 30th Dec., 1954. If the ordinary shareholders became the owners of the bonus shares on and after Jan. 1, 1955 or on some later date, Shri Gopal Paper Mills v. CIT, (1971) 1 SCR 323: (1970) 2 SCC 80 (85): AIR 1970 SC 1750....
Distribution of capital assets
Distribution of capital assets, the expression 'distribution capital assets' in the third proviso to sub-s. (1) of, s. 12B of the Act, means distribution in specie and not distribution of sale proceeds, James Indersan v. C.I.T., AIR 1960 SC 751 (755): (1960) 3 SCR 167. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. (12B)(i), Third Proviso]...
Distribution licensee
Distribution licensee, 'distribution licensee' means a licensee authorised to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying electricity to the consumers in his area of supply. [Electricity Act, (36 of 2003), s. 2(17)]...
Distribution, Statute of
Distribution, Statute of (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10), now only applied to intestacies prior to 1926, repealed by (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (see WIDOW), explained by the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 2, c. 3, enacts that the surplusage of intestates' personal estate (except of femes covert, the administration and enjoyment of whose estates belonged, at Common Law, to their husbands-but see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY) shall, after the expiration of one year from the death of the intestate, be distributed in the following manner: one-third shall go to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children, or, if dead, to their representatives, that is, their lineal descendants; if there be no children or legal representative subsisting ,then a moiety shall go to the widow, and a moiety to the next of kindred in equal degree, and their representatives; if no widow, the whole shall go to the children; if neither widow nor children, the whole shall be di...
equitable distribution
equitable distribution : the distribution of marital assets by a court in a divorce action in accordance with statutory guidelines that are designed to produce a fair but not necessarily equal division of the property ...
ex-distribution
ex-distribution : without the right to a pending distribution (as of capital gains from a mutual fund) [shares traded ] ...
summary distribution
summary distribution : an abridged form of administration allowing distribution of an estate after the filing of an inventory showing assets sufficient only to pay superior claims (as to family members claiming statutory shares) compare collection by affidavit ...
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