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Paper

abundantly along the Nile river in Egypt is explained in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (volume 2) (Third Edition) as: A substance composed of fibers interlaced into a compact web, made from linen and cotton rags, straw,

Personal effects

tangible property as attends the person, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 31, p. 277. In the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, at page 1075, the expression is given the following

Week

Week, in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Third Edition), the word 'week' has been described as meaning 'the cycle of seven days, recognized in the calendar of

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Family

SC 2148: (2001) 4 SCC 705. [Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, s. 2(A)(12)] In Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition, Volume 16) at pages 303-11 the word 'family' has been defined thus: The father, the mother, and the

Hindu

beliefs, faiths, practices and worship that it is difficult to define the term 'Hindu' with precision. In Unabridged Edition of Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, the term 'Hinduism 'has been defined as meaning

Gift

Trustee Act, 1925, s. 3; and (English) A.E. Act, 1925, ss. 41 and 42. BLACK'S Law DICTIONARY (Fourth Edition) defines gift thus: A voluntary transfer of personal property without consideration. A parting by owner with property without

Manufacture

a new and different article must emerge having a distinctive name, character or use, Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition), Vol. 26. It is the process or activity which brings into being articles which are known in the

Novell'

of the Civil law which were made after the publication of the Theodosian code; but sometimes the Julian edition only is meant. Novell', or Novell' Constitutiones, from a part of the Corpus Juris. Most of them were

Signed

SC 835 (843): (1976) 2 SCC 429: (1976) 3 SCR 287. As stated in Black's Law Dictionary (1951 Edition--See now 1999 Edition) speaking generally when a person attaches his signature to a written document he does so

Rubber

Rubber, rubber is described in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 19, 1965 edition: Rubber the substance caoutchouc (q.v.), a milklike fluid that is obtained from certain tropical shrubs or tyres and

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