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Retailer, in relation to the sale of any goods, includes every person, other than a wholesaler, who sells the goods to any other person; and in respect of the sale of goods by a wholesaler, to any person for any purpose other than re-sale, includes that wholesaler. [Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (p)]A person or entity engaged in the business of selling personal property to public or to consumers, as opposed to selling to those who intend to resell the claims, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1317...
Hue and Cry
Hue and Cry [fr. huer, Fr. to shout; crier, to cry aloud; hutesium et clamor, Lat.], the old common law process of pursuing with horn and voice felons and such as have dangerously wounded another. It may be raised by constables, or private persons, or both. If the constable or peace officer concur in the pursuit, he has the same power, etc., as if acting under a magistrate's warrant. All who join in a hue and cry, whether a constable be present or not, are justified in the apprehension of the person pur-sued, though it turn out that he is innocent; and where he takes refuge in a house, may break open the door, if admittance be refused; and by the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55), re-enacting 3 Edw. 1, c. 9, 'Every person in a county must be ready and appareled at the command of the sheriff, and at the cry of the country to arrest a felon,' and in default 'shall on conviction be liable to a fine.' But if a man wantonly or maliciously raise a hue and cry, he is liable to fine and...
Money lender
Money lender, a few disconnected and isolated transactions would not make a person engaged regularly in Money lending business, Ka Icildawallang v. U. Lokendra Sojour, AIR 1987 SC 2047. [Assam Money-lenders Act, (4 of 1934), s. 2(1)]--The (English) Money-lenders Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 51), by s. 6 defines the expression 'money-lender' therein as includingevery person whose business is that of money-lending, or who advertises or announces himself or holds himself out in any way as carrying on that business.but not including a pawnbroker (see that title), a Friendly, Building, or Loan Society (see those titles) or a corporation empowered by statute to lend money, orany person bona fide carrying on the business of banking or insurance or bona fide carrying on any business not having for its primary object the leading of money, in the course of which and for the purposes whereof he lends money; or any body corporate for the time being exempted from registration under this Act by order...
Religion
Religion, in a wide sense, therefore, is those fundamental principles which sustain life and without which life will not survive, Aruna Roy v. Union of India, (2002) 7 SCC 368.Religion, in Australia, the Constitution gives right to a person to follow his own religious belief and can freely exercise his religion, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 198.Religion, in Sri Lanka, the Constitution guarantees a citizen freedom of religion subject to the restrictions prescribed by law in the interest of national unity, integrity and security, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 200.Religion, in U.K., the Protestant Church headed by the Crown is by law established and built into the fabric of the English Constitution. The State has accepted the Protestant Church as a religious body reflecting the Christian faith, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, p. 200.Religion, is a matter of faith stemming fr...
Person in occupation of property
Person in occupation of property, the expression 'person in occupation of the property' in s. 269D (2) (a) includes every person including a contractual or a statutory tenant, Rambai Manjunath Nayak v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 342 (350): (1994) 1 SCC 742: (1942) Tax LR 50: (1993) 49 DLT 1. [Income-tax Act, 1961, s. 269D(2)(a)]...
Glass
Glass. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 81(1), every person who steals or with intent to steal breaks any glass belonging to any building, shall be guilty of a felony punishable as in the case of simple larceny.By (English) Carriers Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 and 1 Will. 4, c. 68), s. 1, a carrier is not liable for loss or damage above 10l. unless such glass has been declared and an increased charge accepted.As to deposit in streets and the power of making byelaws to prevent such a nuisance, see (English) Highways Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50), s. 72; (English) Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 76), s. 16; Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39Vict. c. 55), s. 171; (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), s. 28. (English) Under Factories and Workshops Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), 'Glass works' is a non-textile factory; see ss. 40, 78, regarding meals and meal-times in such works; as to night employment of persons of fourteen and...
Banker
Banker, one who receives money to be drawn out again as the owner has occasion for it, the customer being lender, and the banker borrower, with the superadded obligation of honouring the customer's cheques up to the amount of the money received and still in the banker's hands.A customer's money may become irrecoverable if six years have elapsed without payment by the banker of principal or interest after demand. The relation of banker and customer is merely that of debtor and creditor, with a superadded obligation on the banker to honour the customer's cheques, so that the Limitations Act, 1623, (21 Jac. 1, c. 16), runs against the customer. See UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.A cheque is not an assignment to the payee of the customer's balance, so that if a customer having a balance of 99l. give a cheque for 100l., the banker is legally justified in dishonouring it by refusing payment altogether, Schroeder v. Central Bank of London, (1876) 34 LT 735. If a customer overdraws his account, this amoun...
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights, a declaration delivered by the Lords and Commons to the Prince and Princess of Orange, and afterwards enacted in Parliament, when they became King and Queen, as 1 W. & M., sess. 2, c. 2. Its Preambles sets forth that King James, by the assistance of evil counsellors, endeavoured 'to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom,' by exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws; by levying money for the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without consent of Parliament; by prosecuting those who petitioned the King, and discouraging petitions; by raising and keeping a standing army in time of peace; by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and corrupt jurors to be returned on trials, excessive bail to be taken, excessive fines to be imposed, and cruel punishments to be inflicted; all of which are declared to be illegal; and the ...
Aurum regin'
Aurum regin', queen-gold. A royal revenue belonging to every queen consort during her marriage with the king, and due from every person who has made a voluntary offering or fine to the king amounting to ten marks or upwards, for and in consideration of any privileges, grants, licenses, pardons, or other matters of royal favour conferred upon him by the king. It is due in the proportion of one-tenth part more, over and above the entire offering or fine made to the king, and becomes an actual debt of record to the queen's majesty by the mere recording of the fine, 1 Bl. Com. 214....
Omnes licentiam habent his, qu' pro se introducta sunt, renunciare
Omnes licentiam habent his, qu' pro se introducta sunt, renunciare. Broom's Leg. Max, (Every one has a right to renounce those things which have been granted for his own benefit.) Similarly, Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto. 2 Inst. 183, (Every person may decline to take advantage of a law made for his own benefit.) See WAIVER....
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