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Modesty
Kerala, (2004) 1 SCC 215 (221). [Penal Code, 1860, s. 354] According to Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Third Edition) modesty is the quality of being modest and in relation to woman means 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous
Stare decisis
5 SCC 578 (538). The principle of stare decisis is thus stated in Halsbury's Laws of England, Second Edition*: Halsbury's Vol. XIX, p. 257, para. 557: Apart from any question as to the Courts being of co-ordinate
Mutilate
essential part of the body; to deprive of some essential part; to render imperfect.' Words and Phrases, Permanent Edition, Vol. 27A - 'Mutilate' means something less than total destruction...... 'To mutilate' in the sense in which it
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Service of notice/notice
in expressions like 'notice to quit, till further notice'. Further, 'service', according to Webster's New International Diction-ary, II Edition, Unabridged, means 'act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by
Wilful
deliberate and intentional default knowing full well the legal consequence thereof. In Words and Phrases, Volume 11A (Permanent Edition) at page 268 the word 'default' has been defined as the non-performance of a duty, a failure to
Widow
divorced, the wife after husband's death is not his widow and entitled to dower, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edition, Vol. 45, p. 141.
Vibhaktarahave
whole, by distributing them in particular portions of the aggregate', See para 448 of Mayne's Hindu Law, 11th Edition; Krishnabai Ganpatrao Deshmukh v. Appasahab Tuejiram Rao Nimbalkar, (1979) 4 SCC 60: AIR 1979 SC 1880 (1886).
To
arrival or in the direction of which there is movement or tendency without arrival, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edition, Vol. 41A, p. 418. To, means towards, Colledge v. Harty, (1851) 6 Exch 205. To, often means 'towards',
House of Commons
vol. iv. of the 4th Edn. (1857) of the Lives of the Lord Chancellors (but not in previous editions), wrote that he knew no reason in point of law why any member might not still insist on
Standing Orders
Standing Orders, general regulations to be observed in passing private Acts through Parliament. An edition of the Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament is published each year. See May's Parl. Pr.
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