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Home Dictionary Name: drop offdrop off
a noticeable decline in performance as a drop off in attendance...
Caducous
Dropping off or disappearing early as the calyx of a poppy or the gills of a tadpole...
VerbarReplum
The framework of some pods as the cress which remains after the valves drop off...
drop cloth
a sheet of material used to cover objects or surfaces while painting a ceiling or wall of a house so as to protect objects from being marred by drops of paint splashed inadvertantly in the painting process Originally such drop cloths were made of cloth but more recently paper or plastic have also commonly been used...
Dropping
The action of causing to drop or of letting drop falling...
Ruperts drop
A kind of glass drop with a long tail made by dropping melted glass into water It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken so called from Prince Rupert nephew of Charles I by whom they were first brought to England Called also Ruperts ball and glass tear...
Drop
Drop: When the members of a court are equally divided on the argument showing cause against a rule nisi, no order is made, i.e., the rule is neither discharged nor made absolute, and is said to drop. In practice, there being a right to appeal, it has been usual to make on order in one way, the junior judge withdrawing his judgment; see e.g., Bunch v. Great Western Railway Company, (1886) 17 QBD 217....
Passing off
Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person usually dealing with one to accept the other if offered to him, it is enough, National Match Works v. S.T. Karuppanna Nadar, AIR 1979 Mad 157.An infringement action is available where there is violation of specific property right acquired under and recognised by the statute. In a passing-off action, however, the plaintiff's right is independent of such a statutory right to a trade mark and is against the conduct of the defendant which leads to or is intended or calculated to lead to deception. Passing-off is said to be a species of unfair trade competition or of actionable unfair trading by which one person, through deception, attempts to obtain an economic benefit of the reputation which another has established for himself in a particular trade or business. The action is regarded as an action for deceit. The tort of passing-off inv...
Lay off
Lay off, s. 2(kkk) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 defines a lay off. Lay-off may be due to shortage of coal or shortage of power or shortage of raw materials or accumulation of stocks or break-down of machinery or any other reason, Management of Kairbetta Estate v. Rajamanickam, AIR 1960 SC 893: (1960) 3 SCR 371.It means the failure, refusal or inability of employer on account of contingencies mentioned in clause (kkk) of the Industrial Disputes Act, s. 2 to give employment to a workman whose name is borne on the muster rolls of his industrial establishment. It is merely a fact of temporary unemployment of the workman in the work of the industrial establishment. The principles governing the case of lay-off are very akin to those applicable to a suspension case. When lay-off is found justified workmen may not be awarded any wages or compensation, Workmen of M/s. Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Ltd. v. Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co., AIR 1976 SC 1775: (1976) 3 SCC 819: (1976) 3 S...
Drop
The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass a liquid globule a minim hence also the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid a small quantity as a drop of water...
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