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entertained

p p of entertain

Festeye

To feast to entertain

living room

A room in a house used by all or most of the family where the family entertain guests or relax together for leisure activities It usually contains at least one couch and does not contain

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Benefit of doubt

which the accused is entitled to reasonable doubt-the doubt which rational thinking men will reasonably, honestly and conscientiously entertain and not the doubt of a timid mind which fights shy-though unwittingly it may be-or is afraid of

No appeal has been preferred

consider the validity of the High Court's order vests in the Supreme Court and the High Court cannot entertain in review thereafter, unless such a review application was preferred in the High Court before special leave was

Cause of action

--It is only that court in whose jurisdiction the 'cause of action' did arise will have Jurisdiction to entertain an application either under section 9 or under section 11 of the Act (Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996);

Innkeeper

Innkeeper, means a person who, for compensation, keeps open a public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers. A keeper of a boarding house is usually not considered an innkeeper, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Specific performance

Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 40, replacing s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds. Equity, however, will entertain actions for the specific performance of contracts which, though within the statute, have not been reduced into writing,

Reasonable doubt

to be reasonable must be such a one as an honest, sensible and fair-minded man might, with reason, entertain consistent with a conscien-tious desire to as certain the truth. An honestly entertained doubt of guilt is a

Confusion of boundaries

fixed in the same suit, and indeed was incident to it. Equity adopts this general rule, not to entertain jurisdiction in cases of confusion of boundaries upon the ground that the boundaries are in controversy, but to

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