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Excess realisation

Excess realisation, 'excess realisation', in relation to each grade of levy sugar,--(i) means the price realised by any producer, on the sale of levy sugar of such grade, in excess of--(a) the controlled price, or(b) where any fair price has been fixed by a court for levy sugar of such grade, such fair price, and(ii) includes any realisation representing the differ-ence between the controlled price and the price allowed by the court by an interim order, if such interim order is set aside, whether by the court which made the order or in appeal or revision, Anakepalle Co-operative Agricultural and Industrial Society Ltd. v. Union of India, (1977) 4 SCC 130: AIR 1977 SC 2041....


excessive verdict

excessive verdict see verdict ...


excessive

excessive : exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal ;specif : being out of proportion to the offense [ bail] ...


Excess grant

Excess grant, is the authorisation given by Parliament to the money spent by department in excess of the amount granted for a service in particular year, the Office of Speaker in the Parlia-ments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 255, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 751, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956 and H.M. Barclay, 3rd Edn., 1970, p. 97, Constitution of India, Art. 115(b)....


Excess profits duty

Excess profits duty, a duty imposed by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915 (ss. 38-45), on such profits as a business made in a year which were more than 200l. in excess of those made prior to 4th August, 1914, or, in the case of a business established since that date, on profits which exceeded a percentage on the capital employed. The duty was abolished by the (English) Finance Act, 1921....


Excess

Excess, when a defendant pleaded to an action of assault that the plaintiff trespassed on his land and would not depart when ordered, whereupon he molliter manus imposuit, gently laid hands on him, the replication of excess was to the effect that the defendant used more force than necessary. See PLEADING....


Excess

The state of surpassing or going beyond limits the being of a measure beyond sufficiency necessity or duty that which exceeds what is usual or proper immoderateness superfluity superabundance extravagance as an excess of provisions or of light...


Excessive

Characterized by or exhibiting excess overmuch...


excess

excess : more than a usual or specified amount ;specif : additional to an amount specified under another insurance policy [ coverage] [ insurance] ...


remittitur

remittitur [Latin, it is sent back, remitted, third person singular present indicative passive of remittere to send back, remit] 1 a : a procedure under which a court may order the reduction of an excessive verdict ;esp : a procedure in which the court requires the plaintiff to remit the portion of the verdict deemed excessive in lieu of a grant of a defendant's motion for a new trial or of a reversal if the court is an appellate court b : a remission to a defendant by a plaintiff of the portion of a verdict considered excessive by the court c : the formal agreement or stipulation of a plaintiff waiving or releasing the right to receive the portion of a verdict considered excessive compare additur 2 : a sending back of a case and its record from an appellate or superior court to a trial or inferior court for further proceedings (as additional findings of fact) or for entry of a judgment in accordance with instructions or the decision of the higher court ...


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