Escalation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: escalationescalator clause
escalator clause 1 : a clause in a contract that provides for an increase in the amount of the payments made under the contract to reflect an increase in costs or the raising of a government-imposed cap on costs 2 : a clause in an employment contract that provides for an increase in wages to reflect a rise in the cost of living but prohibits a decrease to reflect a drop in the cost of living ...
Escalation
Escalation, is normal and routine incident arising out of gap of time in this inflationary age in performing any contract of any type, Food Corporation of India v. A.M. Ahmed & Co., (2006) 10 JT 62: (2006) 11 SCALE 425: (2006) 8 SLT 133: (2006) 4 Arb LR 155....
Escalation clause
Escalation clause, which takes care of the rise and fall of prices in the market, D.C.M. Mills Co. Ltd. v. Raj. State Electricity Board, (1986) 2 SCC 431: AIR 1986 SC 1126: (1986) 1 SCR 633....
de escalate
to reduce in intensity a crisis or a war...
de escalation
a reduction in intensity of a crisis or a war...
Escalator
A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously and one stepping upon it is carried up or down originally a trade term which has become the generic name for such devices Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors...
Power
Power, in respect of court the word 'power' means an authority expressly or impliedly conferred on the court by law to do that which without that sanction it could not have done, consent cannot give jurisdiction, K.E. v. Vithu, (1899) 1 Bom LR 157.Power, is an authority reserved by, or limited to, a person to dispone, either wholly or partially, of movable or immovable property, either for his own benefit or for that of others. The word is used as a technical term and is distinct from the dominion which a man has over his own estate by virtue of ownership, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.Power, is not synonymous with jurisdiction, K.E. v. Vithu, (1899) 1 Bom LR 157.Power, may be general or implied. The general powers are such as the donee can exercise in favour of such person or persons as he pleases, including himself, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom 218.Means any form of energy which is not generated by human or animal agency. [The Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act...
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