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evade evad·ed evad·ing 1 : to unlawfully fail to pay (taxes) through fraudulent or deceptive means compare avoid 2 : to avoid answering directly [trying to the question] ...
Evade
To get away from by artifice to avoid by dexterity subterfuge address or ingenuity to elude to escape from cleverly as to evade a blow a pursuer a punishment to evade the force of an argument...
Evade
Evade, the word 'evade' means defeating the provision of law of paying duty. It is made more stringent by use of the word 'intent', Tamil Nadu Housing Board v. C.C.E., (1995) Supp (1) SCC 50. [Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, s. 11A(1), Proviso]...
Evadible
Capable of being evaded...
evasion
evasion 1 : a means of evading 2 : the act or an instance of evading see also tax evasion ...
Fidei-commissum
Fidei-commissum, a testamentary disposition, by which a person who gives a thing to another imposes on him the obligation of transferring it to a third person. The obligation wass not created bywords of legal binding force (civilia verba), but by words of request (precative), such as 'fidei committo,' 'peto,' 'volo dari,' and the like, which were the operative words (verba utilia). If the object of the fidei-commissum was the h'reditas, the whole or a part, it was called fidei-commissaria h'reditas, which is equivalent to a universal fidei-commissum; if it was a single thing, or a sum of money, it was called fidei-commissum singul' rei. The obligation to transfer the former could only be imposed on the heirs; the obligation of transferring the latter might be imposed on a legatee. It appears that there were no legal means of enforcing the due discharge of the trust called fidei-commissum till the time of Augustus, who gave the consuls jurisdiction in the fidei-commissa. Fidei-commissa ...
Smuggling
Smuggling, the offence of importing prohibited Articles, or of defrauding the revenue by the introduction of Articles into consumption without paying the duties chargeable upon them. It may be committed indifferently either upon the excise or customs revenue.The crime of importing or exporting illegal articles or articles on which duties have not been paid, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1394.Smuggling is restrained by the statutes relating to the Customs, and in particular by the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876.In relation to any goods, means any act or omission which will render such goods liable to confiscation under s. 111 or s. 113. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (39)]The general concept of smuggling contains two elements: one, the bringing into India of goods the import of which is prohibited; and two, the bringing, into the country's trade stream, of goods the import of which is permitted without paying the customs duties with which they are chargeable. The second e...
abscond
abscond : to depart secretly : withdraw and hide oneself ;specif : to evade the legal process of a court by hiding within or secretly leaving its jurisdiction [ed with the funds] [ from New York] [ to Canada] ab·scond·er n ...
avoid
avoid [modification of Old French esvuider to destroy, literally, to empty, from es- out + vuider to empty] 1 : to make void or undo : annul [the trustee may any transfer of interest of the debtor in property "U.S. Code"] 2 : to respond to (an allegation or averment) by declaring that facts alleged do not result in liability [averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or ed "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 8(d)"] see also confession and avoidance compare deny 3 : to prevent the occurrence of or responsibility for esp. through lawful means [ a tax] compare evade avoid·abil·i·ty n avoid·able adj avoid·ance n ...
evasive
evasive : tending or intending to evade NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer. eva·sive·ly adv eva·sive·ness n ...
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