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Partners of a firm

is thus not that of a master and a servant or employer and employee which concept involves an element of subordination but that of equality. The partnership business belongs to the partners and each one of them

Passing off

Ltd., 2000 PTC 365 SC: (1998) 9 SCC 531. Proof of a fraudulent intention is not a necessary element in a cause of action for passing off, Ciba Geigy Ltd. v. Crosslands Research Laboratories Ltd., 1996 PTC

Pignus

several instances of the failure of the Roman jurists when they attempted an etymological explanation of words. The element of pignus (pig) is contained in the word pa(n)go and its cognate forms. A pledge was called pignus

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Possession

780: (1995) 5 SCC 238. The possession of a firearm under the Arms Act must have, firstly the element of consciousness or knowledge of that possession in the person charged with such offence and secondly where he

Procedure established by law

fairness and equality of treatment. The principle of reasonableness, which legally as well as philosophically, is an essential element of equality or non-arbitrariness pervades Article 14 like a brooding omnipresence and the procedure contemplated by Article 21

Produced

forth, bring into being or existence - to bring (a thing) into existence from its raw materials or elements': (See the meaning of the word 'produce' in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). According to Webster's International English

Public Order Act, 1936

to the public or is used by the public and publicity of its situation is not a necessary element of the offence any more than public ownership, Munshi v. State, AIR 1954 All 356: (1953) All LJ

Public prosecutor

[The West Bengal Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation Act, 2001, s. 2(12)] Public purpose, involves in it an element of general interest of the community and whatever furthers the general interest must be regarded as a public

phore

Combining form meaning bearer of the element preceding as ionophore semaphore

Rn

the symbol for the chemical element radon

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