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Entrustment, means 'the transfer of possession of goods to a merchant who deals in goods of that type and who may in turn transfer the goods and all rights to them to a purchaser in the ordinary course of business' (Black's Law Dictionary), see also National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ishar Das Madan Lal, (2007) 4 SCC 105.The expression 'entrustment' carries with it the implication that the person handing over any property or on whose behalf that property is handed over to another, continues to be its owner. Entrustment is not necessarily a term of law. It may have different implications in different contexts. In its most general significance, all its imports is handing over the possession for some purpose which may not imply the conferment of any propriety right therein. The ownership or beneficial interest in the property in respect of which criminal breach of trust is alleged to have been committed, must be in some person other than the accused and the latter must hold it on account of s...
negligent entrustment
negligent entrustment : the entrusting of a dangerous article (as a motor vehicle) to one who is reckless or too inexperienced or incompetent to use it safely ;also : a theory or doctrine making one liable for injury caused by a party to whom one negligently entrusted something ...
Entrust
Entrust, means 'To give (a person) the responsibility for something, usually after establishing a confidential relationship', (Black's Law Dictionary) see also National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ishar Das Madan Lal, (2007) 4 SCC 105.Entrust, means 'To confer as a responsibility, duty, etc. to place something in another case' (Webster's Universal Dictionary), see also National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ishar Das Madan Lal, (2007) 4 SCC 105.Entrust, would imply giving responsibility to a person upon whom the owner has confidence. It envisages establishment of a relationship, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ishar Das Madan Lal, (2007) 4 SCC 105....
entrust
entrust also in·trust vt 1 : to deliver something to (a person) under a charge or duty 2 : to give (something) over to the care of another ;specif : to deliver to a merchant who may transfer ownership to a buyer in the ordinary course of business used esp. in the Uniform Commercial Code; see also negligent entrustment compare bail, consign en·trust·ment n ...
Entrusted
Entrusted, The expression 'entrusted' is used in a wide sense and includes all cases in which property is voluntarily handed over for a specific purpose and is dishonestly disposed of contrary to the terms on which possession has been handed over, Som Nath Puri v. State of Rajasthan, (1972) 1 SCC 630: AIR 1972 SC 1490: (1972) 3 SCR 497. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 409)...
Employer
Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)]Employer, means:A person who controls and direct a worker under an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the workers salary or wages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.(a) in relation to contract labour, the principal employer, and(b) in relation to other labour, the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of any establishment or who has, by reason of his advancing money, supplying goods or otherwise, a substantial interest in the control of the affairs of any establishment, and includes any other person to whom the affairs of the establi...
Local authority
Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civil services, within a specified local area. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)]It is the political subdivision functioning within the framework of constitution and enjoying certain degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321.Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village Panchayat Constituted or Continued under any law for the time being in force. [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(e)]Means a municipal corporation, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, District Panchayat, Taluka Pa...
Delegation
Delegation, a sending away; a putting into commission; the assignment of a debt to another; the entrusting another with a power to act in the place of those who depute him.Delegate, to delegate to another is not to denude yourself, Ishwar Singh v. State of Rajasthan, (2005) 2 SCC 334.The Indian Constitution accepts the English principle of supremacy of the law in this respect or property, no person can be deprived of it except by authority of law, Constitution of India, Art. 300A.By an agent, that is the entrusting to another person by an agent of the exercise of a power or duty entrusted to him by his principal is in general prohibited, under the maxim delegatus non-potest delegare, without the express authority of the principal, or authority derived from statute, Halsbury's Laws of England 1(2), para 63, p. 49....
consign
consign : to entrust (one's goods) to the possession of a dealer to be sold for profit or returned if unsold compare bail, entrust con·sign·ment n con·sign·or [kən-sī-nər, kÄ n-sī-nȯr] n ...
lapping
lapping [gerund of lap to overlap] : the practice of misappropriating entrusted funds and then covering up the act by using other entrusted funds or funds subsequently received in a continuous process of concealment ...
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