Escapement

Escape

Escape [fr. echapper, Fr., to fly from], a violent or private evasion out of some lawful restraint; as where a man is arrested or imprisoned, and gets away before he is delivered by due course of law. Escapes are either in civil or criminal cases.(1) Civil. The abolition of imprisonment for debt has rendered this all but obsolete, and the sheriff is expressly discharged from any liability by s. 31 of the Prison Act, 1877, repealed and re-enacted by s. 16, sub-s. 2, and s. 39 of the (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887. Escapes are either voluntary, by the express consent of the keeper, after which he never can take his prisoner again (though the plaintiff may retake him at any time), but the sheriff had to answer for the debt, and he had no remedy over against the person escaping; or, negligent, where a prisoner escapes without his keeper's knowledge or consent, and then upon fresh pursuit the defendant may be retaken, even on a Sunday, and the sheriff was excused, if he had him again, before ...

escape

escape es·caped es·cap·ing : to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice n 1 : an act or instance of escaping 2 : the criminal offense of escaping ...

escape velocity

The minimum velocity at which an object must be moving in order for it to overcome the gravitational attraction of a massive celestial body such as the earth or the sun and escape beyond its gravitational field into free space The velocity is calculated as though attained instantaneously at the surface of the celestial body and is pointed directly away from its center and neglecting effects of atmospheric friction Rockets which accelerate gradually and are moving rapidly at a high altitude when their fuel is exhausted or their engines shut off may escape even if moving slightly slower at that point than the surface escape velocity Compare orbital velocity...

Escaped income

Escaped income, it would be difficult to confine the meaning of the word 'escape' only to cases where no return has been submitted by the assessee. Even if the assessee has submitted a return of his income, cases may well occur where the whole of the income has not been assessed and, such part of the income as has not been assessed can well be regarded as having escaped assessment, Maharaj Kumar Kamal Singh v. C.I.T., AIR 1959 SC 257 (261): 1959 Supp (1) SCR 10. (Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 34)...

Negligent escape

Negligent escape, where a person escapes from the custody of the sheriff or other officer. See ESCAPE....

The act of escaping escape...

Escape-warrant

Escape-warrant, a process addressed to all sheriffs, etc., throughout England, to retake an escaped prisoner, even on a Sunday, and commit him to proper custody, 1 Anne, c. 16....

Escaped assessment

Escaped assessment, the expression 'escaped asses-sment' includes that of a turnover which has not been assessed at all, because for one reason or other no assessment proceedings were initiated and therefore no assessment was made in respect there of, Ghanshyamdas v. Regional Asst. C.S.T., AIR 1964 SC 766: (1964) 4 SCR 436. [C.P. and Berar Sales Tax Act, (1 of 1947), s. 11A]See also C.I.T. v. Sun Engg. Coorss (P.) Ltd., (1992) 4 SCC 363: AIR 1993 SC 43....

escape clause

escape clause : a clause in a contract that allows a party to avoid liability under the contract for specified reasons ;esp : a provision in an insurance policy that denies coverage when other insurance covers the risk ...

Escape

To flee from and avoid to be saved or exempt from to shun to obtain security from as to escape danger...

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