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An exertion of strength or power whether physical or mental in performing an act or aiming at an object more or less strenuous endeavor struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object as an effort to scale a wall...
effortful
requiring great physical effort Opposite of effortless...
Same work or work of a similar nature
Same work or work of a similar nature, means work in respect of which the skill, effort and respon-sibility required are the same, when performed under similar working conditions, by a man or a woman and the differences, if any, between the skill, effort and responsibility required of a man and those required of a woman are not of practical importance in relation to the terms and conditions of employment. [Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), s. 2(h)]The expression contemplates stress upon the similarity of skill, effort and responsibility when performed under similar conditions, State of Madhya Pradesh v. Pramod Bhartiya, AIR 1993 SC 286 (292). [Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), s. 2(h)]...
state action
state action 1 : an action that is either taken directly by the state or bears a sufficient connection to the state to be attributed to it NOTE: State actions are subject to judicial scrutiny for violations of the rights to due process and equal protection guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Such an action may be the subject of a claim brought under federal law (as section 1983) by one alleging a violation of constitutional rights, privileges, or immunities. 2 : state efforts to displace competition with regulation or a state-supervised monopoly NOTE: Such efforts are immune from antitrust liability. ...
Exertion
The act of exerting or putting into motion or action the active exercise of any power or faculty an effort esp a laborious or perceptible effort as an exertion of strength or power an exertion of the limbs or of the mind it is an exertion for him to move to day...
grueling
characterized by toilsome effort requiring extreme physical or mental effort as a grueling campaign...
Procure
Procure, means to obtain, or get by care; effort or the use of special means; to procure evidence; to bring about especially by unscrupulous and indirect means; to procure secret documents; to obtain (women or girls) for the purpose of prostitution; to act as a procurer or pimp, Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edn., p. 1147.Means to take care of; to get possession of; obtain; to get and make available for promiscuous perusal intercourse; to bring about; achieve; to procure women, Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary.The word 'procure' has been defined in the Century Dictionary to mean 'to obtain, as by request, loan, effort, labour, or purchase; get; gain; come into possession of'. It has been defined in the Oxford English Dictionary to mean 'to gain, win, get possession of, acquire'. This is the correct meaning of the word as used in sub-s. (5) of s. 123 of the Act; Balwan Singh v. Prakash Chand, AIR 1976 SC 1187 (1193): (1976) 3 SCR 335: (1976) 2 SC...
active
active 1 : characterized or accomplished by action or effort [ concealment] compare passive 2 : engaged or participating in action or activity [paying child support but not otherwise an parent] ...
affirmative
affirmative 1 : asserting the existence of certain facts esp. in support of a cause of action [ proof] 2 : resulting from an intentional act [ concealment] 3 : involving or requiring application of effort [an duty] 4 : favoring or supporting a proposition or motion [an vote] af·fir·ma·tive·ly adv ...
Allen charge
Allen charge [from the Supreme Court case Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492 (1896), which upheld the right of a trial judge to make such a charge] : a charge to a deadlocked jury to make a further effort to reach a verdict esp. by each juror considering the others' opinions with deference called also dynamite charge ...
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