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Public prosecutor

only be defined by a process of judicial inclusion and exclusion. In other words, the definition of the expression is elastic and takes its colour from the statute in which it occurs, the concept varying with the

Where he last resided with his wife

Where he last resided with his wife, the cognate expression 'last resided' takes colour from the word 'resides' used earlier in the sub-s.. The same meaning should be

Vert

forest. Also green colour, called Venus in the arms of princes, and Emerald in those of peers, and expressed in engravings by lines in bend, Heraldic term.

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Purpure, or Porprin

Purpure, or Porprin, the colour commonly called purple, expressed in engravings by lines in bend sinister. In the arms of princes it was formerly called Mercury, and

Husband

man; a man who has a lawful wife living, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 746. Husband, the expression husband cover a person who enters into marital relationship and under the colour of such proclaimed or feigned

Gas

of methane'. It would certainly include natural gas also under Entry 25, List II of Seventh Schedule. The expression therein cannot be compartmentally interpreted. The word 'gas' in the entry will take colour from the other word

Fraud on the Statute

Fraud on the Statute, the expression 'fraud on the statute' is merely a figurative description of a colourable transaction to evade the provisions of … Fraud on the Statute, the expression 'fraud on the statute' is merely a figurative description of a colourable transaction to evade the provisions of a statute and does not, for purpose of choice of the remedy,

Pretty

having slight or diminutive beauty neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur pleasingly but not grandly conceived or expressed as a pretty face a pretty flower a pretty poem … Pleasing by delicacy or grace attracting but not striking or impressing of a pleasing and attractive form a color having slight or diminutive beauty neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur pleasingly but not grandly conceived or

Colourable legislation

a statute is constitutional or not is thus always a question of power. The idea conveyed by the expression is that although apparently a legislature in passing a statute purported to act within the limits of its … Colourable legislation, the doctrine of colourable legislation does not involve any question of bona fides or mala fides on

Falsely charges

meaning should be understood to have been used in their content sense. They get as it were their colour and content from each other. They seems to have been used in a technical sense as commonly understood … Falsely charges, The expression 'falsely charges' in this section, cannot mean giving false evidence as a prosecution witness against an accused person

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