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Family

C. Krishna Prasad v. C.I.T., AIR 1975 SC 498: (1975) 1 SCC 160: (1975) 2 SCR 709. The expression 'family' has according to the context in which it occurs a variable connotation. It does not in the

Good faith

good faith which is not done with due care and attention. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)] The expression 'good faith' has not been defined in the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The

Consideration

benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment or inconvenience sustained or suffered by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie

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Personal effects

277. In the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, at page 1075, the expression is given the following meaning: Personal effects, privately owned articles consisting chiefly of clothing, toilet items, etc., for

Waste lands

Waste lands, the expression 'waste lands' has a well-defined legal connotation. It means lands which are desolate, abandoned, and not fit ordinarily

Underwrite

to resell by means of a public offering, UFITEC, S.A. v. Carter, 135 Cal Rptr. 607 (1977). The expression 'underwrite' signifies 'accept liability under'. Although normally the expression 'underwrite' is used in marine insurance but the expression

Unbounded sugarcane

Unbounded sugarcane, it must be stated however, that neither the expression 'bonded sugarcane' nor 'unbonded sugarcane' has been defined either in the statue or in the U.P. Sugarcane Supply

Winning

so as to reach a seam of coal or vein of ore and prepare it for working. The expression 'to win' interpreted in the English cases was in respect of the context of the expression used in

Sale of goods

and should be given the same meaning which they carry in the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. The expression 'sale of goods' is a nomen juris, its essential ingredient being an agreement to sell movables for a

Salary or wages

retaining allowance forms part of 'salary or wage' must turn on the construc-tion of the definition of that expression contained in s. 2(21) of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 which, insofar as it is relevant, reads:

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