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Selection

begins with the issue of the advertisement and culminates in forwarding the list of the appointment authority. The essence of the process lies in the preparation of the list. A selection can be said to have been

Son

a natural son born to a person after marri-age. It is the direct blood relationship which is the essence of the term in which 'son' is usually understood, emphasis being on legitimacy. In legal parlance, however, 'son'

Deposit

any cash credit account. [Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 (47 of 1961), s. 2(g)] The essence of a deposit is that there must be a liability to return it to the party by whom

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Tax and fee-distinction

tax as dis-tinguished from other forms of imposition which, in a general sense, are included within it. The essence of taxation is compulsion, that is to say, it is imposed under statutory power without the taxpayer's consent

Temple

buildings of Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc., but now to those of Hindu-ism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, etc.' The essence of the matter is the existence of a place of public religious worship. In the case of a

Terrorist activity

the capacity of the ordinary law-enforcement agencies to tackle it under the ordinary penal law. It is in essence a deliberate and systematic use of coercive intimidation, Madan Singh v. State of Bihar, (2004) 4 SCC 622

Threat

Threat, means it is the essence of threat that it be made for the purpose of intimidating, or overcoming, the Will of the person

Tickets

only the tokens of the chance purchased, and it is the purchase of this chance which is the essence of a lottery, Madras High Court in Sesha Ayyar v. Krishna Ayyar, AIR 1936 Mad 225: ILR 59

Waiver

actual intent to abandon or surrender right, while in estoppel such intent is immaterial-. voluntary choice is the essence of waiver for which there must have existed an opportunity for a choice between the relinquish-ment and the

Women's modesty

Women's modesty, the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. The modesty of an adult female is writ large on her

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