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Guest

Southcote v. Stanley, (1856) 1 H. & N. 247. See also CAVEAT VIATOR; INNKEEPER. A person who is entertained or to whom hospitality is extended; a person who pays for services at an establishment, esp. a hotel

Frymith, Fynmith

Frymith, Fynmith, the affording harbour and entertainment to any one, Anc. Inst.Eng.

Clubs

Clubs, associations to which individuals subscribe for purposes of mutual entertainment and convenience; the affairs of which are generally conducted by a steward or secretary, who acts under the

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Establishment

shop, commercial estab-lishment, workshop, farm, residential hotel, restaurant, eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)] 1. The act of establishing, the state or condition

Embracery

to influence a jury corruptly in favour of one party in a trial, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, money, entertainments, and the like. The punishment for this mis-demeanour in the person embracing and the juror embraced is, by

Eating house

to the public for consumption in or near such shop, but does not include a place of public entertainment. [Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978), s. 2(h)]

Dramatic work

Dramatic work, includes any piece of recitation, choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show, the scenic arrangement or acting, form of which is fixed in writing or otherwise but

District Registry

Council, create district registries and appoint district registrars for the purpose of issuing writs of summons and for entertaining proceedings generally in an action down to and including entry for trial. Documents sealed in any such district

De fide et officio judicis non recipitur questio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris sive facti

sit juris sive facti [Lat.], Of the good faith and intention of a judge a question cannot be entertained; but it is otherwise as to his knowledge, whether the error be one of law or fact.

Cognizance

try and determine causes'. In common parlance it means taking notice of. A court, therefore, is precluded from entertaining a complaint or taking notice of it or exercising jurisdiction if it is in respect of a public

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