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sexual abuse 1 a : the infliction of sexual contact upon a person by forcible compulsion b : the engaging in sexual contact with a person who is below a specified age or who is incapable of giving consent because of age or mental or physical incapacity 2 : the crime of engaging in or inflicting sexual abuse ...
unclean hands
unclean hands : an equitable doctrine: a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint ;also : the condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being barred from equitable relief [may not be invoked by a plaintiff with unclean hands "Royal Sch. Labs., Inc. v. Town of Watertown, 358 F.2d 813 (1966)"] NOTE: Unclean hands on the part of the plaintiff is often pleaded as an affirmative defense by the defendant. ...
Del credere
An agreement by which an agent or factor in consideration of an additional premium or commission called a del credere commission engages when he sells goods on credit to insure warrant or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due...
Antichresis
Antichresis [fr. avtlxpnois, Gk.], in the Civil Law a covenant or convention whereby a person borrowing money of another engages or makes over his lands or goods to the creditor, with the use and occupation thereof, for the interest of the money lent. This covenant was allowed by the Romans, among whom usury was prohibited; it was afterwards called MORT-gage to distinguish it from a simple engagement, where the fruits of the ground were not alienated, which was called VIF-gage, i.e., vivum vadium. The obsolete Welsh mortgage bears a resemblance to this kind of pledge, I Domat, b. iii. Tit. I. s. i art. 28; Story on Bailments, 307, par. 344....
Active politics
Active politics, 'Active politics' means almost whole time in politics, Pyare Lal Sharma v. Managing Director AIR 1989 SC 1854 (1859): (1989) 3 SCR 428: (1989) 2 SCC 448. [J&K Industries Employees Service Rules and Regulation Reg 16, R. 14 (as amended in 1983)]Means service at outposts, or against hostile tribes or other persons in the field. Assam Rifles Act, 1941.As applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person--(a) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in air force operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4(2)Means service or duty--(a) during the period of operation of a proclamation of emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 of the constitution; or (b) during any peri...
Operator
Operator, means a person employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor, whether as a regular worker or as a casual worker, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, in the operation or cleaning of any dangerous machine or any part thereof or in any other kind of work incidental to, or connected with, the operation or cleaning of any dangerous machine or any part thereof. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3(k)]Operator is defined by s. 2(b) of the Act as amended by Act 4 of 1973 as the owner or the person having possession or control of the vehicle and includes any person whose name is entered in the permit as the holder thereof. This definition is wide enough to include the appellant-company who was owner of the vehicles and on the date of the notice of demand it had further possession and control of the vehicles, Sundaram Finance Ltd. v. Regional Passport Officer, 1992 Supp (2) SCC 436: A...
Wreck
Wreck, such goods, including the ship or cargo or any part [(English) Merchant Shipping act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60], ss. 518 to 522, and Hals. L. E., sub tit. 'Shipping'; Part XII., 'Wreck,'), as, after a shipwreck, are afloat or cast upon the land by the sea. According to an old definition (Jacob's Law Dict., tit. 'Wreck') they were not wrecks so long as they remained at sea in the jurisdiction of the Admiralty. By s. 510 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, 'wreck' includes in that Act 'jetsam, flotsam, and derelict found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water.'The term is used in several senses, e.g., a ship which is so damaged as to be unable to continue her voyage is a 'wreck' for the purposes of s. 158 of the M.S. Act, 1894; and Barras v. Aberdeen Steam Trawlers, 1933, AC 402, under the (English) Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 42); The Olympic, 1913 P. 92. The old distinction appears to be that if propert...
Unclean hands
Unclean hands, means an equitable doctrine, a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint. The condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being barred from equitable relief, Royal Sch. Labs., Inc. v. Town of Watertown, 358 F 2d 813....
Strike
Strike, is of an artificial character and does not represent any legal definition or description. It is an agreement between persons who are working for a particular employer, not to continue working for him, Bankey Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1959 All 614: (1957) 2 Lab LJ 231.Means a total or partial cessation of work by employees employed in an industrial undertaking acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of em-ployees to continue to work or to accept work where such cessation or refusal is in consequence of an industrial dispute in any industry, Mill Manager, Model Mills Nagpur Ltd. v. Dharam Das, AIR 1958 SC 311.Strike. The (English) Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 22), by s. 8 provides:-The expression 'strike' means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any trade or industry acting in combination, or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are...
Seamen
Seamen, persons engaged in navigating ships, barges, etc., upon the high seas. Those employed for this purpose upon rivers, lakes, or canals are denominated watermen.The (English) Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 and 1906 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, and 6 Edw. 7, c. 48), contain numerous and elaborate provisions. In Part II. of the Act of 1894 there are regulations as to engagement and discharge of seamen, and payment of their wages. The Act also (s. 168) gives power to a Court to rescind a contract between owner or master, and seaman or apprentice, where a proceeding is instituted in the Court in relation to a dispute between them, protects (ss. 212-219) seamen from imposition, and (ss. 198-210) protects them in the matter of provisions, health, and accommodation. As to seamen's allotment notes, see (English) Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 8). Part III. of the Act of 1906 deals with seamen's food, and Part IV. contains provisions for the relief and repatriati...
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