Feed

Feed, to lend additional support; to strengthen ex post facto. A subsequently acquired interest is said to 'feed an estoppel. Thus, if A., not having the legal estate, but being estopped from denying that he has it, convey property to B., then A's subsequent acquisition of the legal estate 'feeds the estoppel' and the legal estate vests in B.; see General Finance Co. v. Liberator Building Society, (1878) 10 Ch D 20; Doe v. Oliver, (1829) 5 Man. & Ry. 202....

Feed-pipe

Feed-pipe, means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and which does not form an integral part thereof. [Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923), s. 2 (ccc)]...

Feed-oats

Feed-oats, Feed oats are within the category of grain in item 42 of the Schedule, Collector of Customs v. K. Gonga Setty, AIR 1963 SC 1319....

Feeding Stuffs

Feeding Stuffs. The purity of feeding stuffs for cattle or poultry is protected, in the same way as that of artificial manures, by the (English) Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1925. See FERTILIZERS....

Feeding bottle

Feeding bottle, means any bottle or receptacle used for the purpose of feeding infant milk substitutes and includes a teat and a valve attached or capable of being attached to such bottle or receptacle. [Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2 (1) (c)]...

force feed

to feed someone against his will as during a hunger strike...

Kingfisher

Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidaelig Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing them with the beak others feed only upon reptiles insects etc About one hundred and fifty species are known They are found in nearly all parts of the world but are particularly abundant in the East Indies...

feedbag

a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal such as a horse or mule animal feed such as oats are placed in the bag and it is fastened at the top of the head covering the muzzle The animal may then eat the contents while thus wearing the feedbag...

Agistment

Agistment [fr. jacere,:at.; gesir, Fr., to lie, whence giste, a lodging], the taking in of other men's cattle into pasture-land, at a certain rate per week, without letting them the land for their exclusive use as tenants; so called because the cattle are suffered agiser, i.e., to be levant et couchant there. Also the profit of such feeding. As to the extent to which the 'agister' is liable for negligence in the keeping of the cattle, see Halestrap v. Gregory, (1895) 1 QB 561. A restriction upon the power of distraining agisted cattle (in some parts of the country called 'tacks') for rent is imposed by s. 35 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923. See also Manwood's Forest Laws, cc. 11-80, where to 'agist' is to take in and feed strangers' cattle in the Royal Forest and to collect the money due for it. Agistment does not include a right of lien, Chapman v. Allen, 1631 Cro Car 271.Agistment of sea banks [terr' agitat', Lat.] is where lands are charged with a tribute to keep out the sea....

Samardhanai

Samardhanai, is obvious that smaradhana dharamam prescribed and samaradhana followed by the heirs of the partners who founded the dharmam was feeding the poor and not feeding the Brahmins alone an undoubtedly public, charitable and religious trust, N. Ramaswami Mudaliar v. S.A. Aiyasami Chettiar, AIR 1960 Mad 467....

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