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Mahr (dower), Mahr (dower) is neither dowry nor price for marriage: As explained in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman, but an effect of the contract imposed by law on the husband as a token of respect for its subject: the Woman'. Giving a correct appraisal of the concept of maher, the Privy Council once described it as 'an essential incident to the status of marriage'. On another occasion it explained that maher was a 'legal responsibility' of the husband. These judicial observations evidence a correct understanding of the Islamic legal concept of maher. Its substitute, a valid retirement, or by death, which by terminating the marriage, puts an end to all the contingencies to which it is exposed; and on the other hand the woman becomes entitled to it as soon as she has surrendered her person. Justice Mahmood has described the nature of mahr in Abdul Kadir Salima. According to him: Dower (mahr), under the M...
Maritagium
Maritagium, 1. A lord's right to arrange a married for his infant ward 2. Dower 3. Dowry; a marriage gift, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 980.Maritagium, the portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also, the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony, Spelm. See 1 Reeves (Finlason's Edition), 171....
Morgangani or morgangiva
Morgangani or morgangiva [fr. morgen, Sax., the morning, and gifan, gift], a gift on the morning after the wedding; dowry; the husband's gifts to his wife on the day after the wedding, Du Cange...
Valuable security
Valuable security, certificates the appellant has been found to have forged to get admission in the Arts and Commerce College affiliated to Poona Univer-sity could not be described as 'valuable security' within the meaning of s. 30 of the Indian Penal Code, Shaikh Noor Mohd. Shaikh Fazal v. State of Maharashtra, (1980) 4 SCC 551: AIR 1981 SC 297 (298). [Penal Code (45 of 1860), ss. 30, 465, 467, 471]The words 'valuable security' denote a document which is, or purports to be, a document whereby any legal right is created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or whereby any person acknowledges that he lies under legal liability, or has not a certain legal right, see also. [Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961), s. 2, Expl. II; (English) Penal Code, 1860, s. 30]The assessment order is certainly a 'document', under s. 29, IPC. The order of assessment does create a right, in the assessee, in the sense that he has a right to pay tax only on the total amount assesse...
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