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jockey shorts

A type of mens underpants without legs fitting tightly and held by an elastic waistband also called briefs Originally a tradename the term has become common for that type of underpants...


Notochord

An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebraelig and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed the chorda dorsalis See Illust of Ectoderm...


Isotropic

Having the same properties in all directions specifically equally elastic in all directions...


intima

the innermost coat of an organ such as a blood vessel It usually consists of an endothelial layer of cells backed by connective tissue and elastic tissue...


Nonelastic

Not having elasticity not able to be stretched reversibly...


Probang

A slender elastic rod as of whalebone with a sponge on the end for removing obstructions from the esophagus etc...


Paddlewood

The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks...


rubber band

A closed loop of rubber usually having a thin rectangular cross section also called elastic band it varies in length from the circumference of a finger to several inches and is usually used to hold several objects together temporarily by the tension exerted when the band is stretched and fitted around the objects to be held as to hold a pack of cards together with a rubber band...


Misbehaviour

Misbehaviour, Word 'misbehaviour' used in cl. 2 of Inquiries Act is not vague; it would certainly mean a lapse from proper standard of conduct in discharge of functions as a government servant. Every dishonest act of government servant amounts to 'misbehaviour', R.P. Kapur v. S. Pratap Singh Kairon, AIR 1964 SC 295: (1964) 4 SCR 204. (Inquires Act, Cl. 2)The word 'misbehaviour' is a vague and elastic word and embraces within its sweep different facets of conducts as opposed to good conduct. Literally, it means wrong conduct or improper conduct. It has to by construed with reference to the subject-matter and the context wherein the term occurs having regard to the scope of the Act or the statute under consideration. In the context of disciplinary proceedings against a solicitor, the word misconduct was construed as professional misconduct extending to conduct 'which shows him to be unworthy member of the legal profession', C. Ravichandra Iyer v. Justice A.M. Bhattacharjee, (1995) 5 SCC ...


Income

Income, s. 4 of the Income-tax Act, defines the 'total income' to include all income, profits and gains from whatever source deprived. The definition of 'income' in Shaw Wallace & Co. case, 1932 (59) IA 206, as a periodical monetary return coming in with some sort of regularity, or expected regularity, from definite sources must be read with reference to the peculiar facts of that case. Money received 'under consequential loss policies, were income within the meaning of s. 2(6c) of the Income Tax Act, Raghuvanshi Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1953 SC 4: (1953) SCR 177.Income connotes a periodical monetary return 'coming in' with some sort of regularity, or expected regularity from definite sources, E.D. Sassoon and Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1954 SC 470: (1955) 1 SCR 313.The expression 'income' in entry 54 of List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935, and the corresponding entry 82 of List 1 of the Seventh Schedule to the Const...


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