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Debt
meaning in which it is used in, s. 60, C.P.C. Ordinarily, 'debt' means money that is owed; an existing obligation to pay certain amount; a sum of money due from one person to another, J. Jermans v. … a decree or order of any court or otherwise and legally recoverable on the date of the application, United Bank of India v. Debts Recovery Tribunal, (1999) 4 SCC 69.
Copyright
registr-able under the (English) Patents and Designs Act, 1907 (s. 22), works of foreign authors (s. 23), and existing works (s. 24). As to the application of the Act to British Possessions, see ss. 25-28; and as … (English) Copyright Act, 1911. International copyright has in modern times been very generally recognized, but until 1891 the United States of America refused to recognize it. In that year, however, an Act was passed granting it, but
Marriage
the parties had subsequently lived together until the passing of the Act. Present Law.--The general purport of the existing law is to require a public ceremony by a clergyman of the Church of England, or by a … Navy, see 22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 31. As to marriages between British subjects resident in the United Kingdom and British subjects resident in other parts of the King's dominions or in British Protectorates, see Marriage
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Royalty
or natural resources, ex-pressed as a percentage of receipts from using the property or as an account per unit produced. A payment which is made to an author or composer by an assignee, licensee or copyright-holder in … on the land and quantified by reference to the quantum of mineral produced. The distinction, though fine, yet exists and is perceptible, State of West Bengal v. Kesoram Industries Ltd., (2004) 10 SCC 201: JT (2004) 1
Firm
noun, a compendious expression to designate an entity, not a person. In Income-tax law a firm is a unit of assessment, by special provisions, but is not a full person, Commissioner of Income Tax v. R.M. Chidambaram … a collective or compendious name for all the partners. In other words, a firm does not have any existence away from its partners. A decree in favour of or against a firm in the name of the
Adoption
own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany, where the civil law (as to which, see Sand. Just.) prevails … Law, as altered by Justinian, see Sand. Just. Adoption is much practised amongst the Hindus, and in the United States of America there are State laws regulating it, Chamb. Encycl. Except as provided by the (English) Adoption
Desertion
follows: Any member of the armed forces who - (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently; (2) quits his unit, organization, or … is no answer to a charge of desertion. The offence of desertion is a course of conduct which exists independently of its duration, but as a ground for divorce it must exist for a period of at
Judgment
It is always a declaration that a liability, recognised as within the jural sphere, does or does not exist. A judgment, as the culmination of the action, declares the existence of the right, recognises the commission of … allow the amendment, a judgment in terms of clause 15 of the Letters Patent, Prasant Chandra Sen v. United Commercial Bank, AIR 1982 Cal 555. An end to the suit or proceeding, the adjudication is indisputably a
trust
of making profit and that is usually characterized by some kind of commercial activity, transferable certificates of interest, existence continuing after the death of beneficiaries, limited liability, legal title in the hands of trustees, and officers having … charitable remainder trust : a trust that is either a charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable remainder unitrust real estate investment trust : a business trust similar to a closed-end investment company except that it invests
establish
and this Constitution "U.S. Constitution preamble"] 2 : to make firm or stable 3 : to bring into existence : found [Congress shall have power…to post offices and post roads "U.S. Constitution art. I"] ;specif : to … establish 1 : to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement [we the people of the United States…do ordain and this Constitution "U.S. Constitution preamble"] 2 : to make firm or stable 3 : to
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