Down To Earth - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: down to earthmicrometeorite
A meteorite so small that it drifts down to Earth without becoming intensely heated in the earths atmosphere...
down to earth
facing reality squarely guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory Opposite of idealistic unrealistic impractical and pie in the sky...
Earthly
Pertaining to the earth belonging to this world or to mans existence on the earth not heavenly or spiritual carnal worldly as earthly joys earthly flowers earthly praise...
Earthed or connected with earth
Earthed or connected with earth, means connected with the general mass of earth in such manner as to ensure at all times an immediate discharge of energy without danger. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2 (1) (q)]...
write down
write down wrote down writ·ten down writ·ing down : to reduce the book value of (an asset) [write down accounts receivable] write-down [rīt-dan] n ...
come down
come down came down coming down : to be announced [the decision came down from the Supreme Court] ...
strike down
strike down : annul nullify [the trustee…can strike down transfers "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] ;esp : to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable [the court struck down death penalty provisions "L. H. Tribe"] ...
earth shaking
sufficiently significant to affect the whole world as earth shaking proposals an earth shaking event...
Earth shine
See Earth light under Earth...
Completely knocked down condition
Completely knocked down condition, The words 'completely knocked down condition' in the entry are not used in any technical sense, and therefore, must, be given their ordinary dictionary meaning, i.e., 'made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation; in parts ready to be assembled.' (See Webster's New International Dictionary, Volume II, p. 1371 and also Words and Phrases, Permanent Addition, Volume 23, p. 560), Union of India v. Tarachand Gupta and Bros., (1971) 1 SCC 486: AIR 1971 SC 1558 (1562): (1971) 3 SCR 557. [Import and Export (Control) Order, Entry 295]...
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