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Plus, indicates that the rate of duty consists of two parts; one part is ad valorem duty and the other is the excise duty calculated according to the formula given, JK Steel Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1970 SC 1173.Plus, occurring between the two terms, i.e., the 'demand charges' and 'energy charges', has to be read as 'plus' and not as 'or', DD Axles Pvt. Ltd. v. MCD, (1995) 57 Del LT 469...
cost plus
determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed upon fee or rate of profit as a cost plus government contract...
Fire
Fire. No action for damages lies against any person in whose house, etc., a fire shall accidentally begin: Fires Prevention (Metropolis) Act, 1774 (14 Geo. 3, c. 78), s. 86, which s. and s. 83 are the only unrepealed sections of the Act.To discharge or dismiss a person from employment; to terminate as employee. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Fire Engines.--The maintenance of fire engines in urban sanitary districts is provided for by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 171, which incorporates ss. 30-33 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, in the (English) Metropolis by the Fire Brigade Act, 1865, and in parishes by the (English) Parish Fire Engines Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 38), and the Acts therein recited.By s. 90 of the (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, local authorities can agree for the common use of fire engines and appliances; ss. 87-89 of the same Act give the police certain powers of breaking into premises and regulating traffic upon the out break of a fir...
Fire prevention and fire safety measures
Fire prevention and fire safety measures, s. 2(g) 'fire prevention and fire safety measures' means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws for the prevention, control and fighting of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property in case of fire. [Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, 1986 (56 of 1986), s. 2(g)]...
Fire brigade
Fire brigade. The (English) Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act, 1855 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 90), intrusts to the London County Council, which has superseded the Metropolitan Board of Works, the duty of extinguishing fires in the metropolis. On the occasion of a fire the chief officer of the fire brigade may take any measures that appear expedient for the protection of life and property by s. 12 of the Act; and in other districts by s. 89 of the (English) Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 53). Motors used for fire-brigade purposes are exempt from the duty on licences for motor-cars....
De la plus belle, Dower
De la plus belle, Dower, where a wife was endowed with the fairest part of her husband's estate. Being a consequence of the tenure by knight's service, it was virtually abolished by the statute 12 Car. 2, c. 24, which converted those tenures into socage...
In eo, quod plus sit, semper inest et minus
In eo, quod plus sit, semper inest et minus [Lat.], the greater always includes the less....
Judex non reddit plus quam quod petens ipse requirit
Judex non reddit plus quam quod petens ipse requirit [Lat.], a judge does not give more than that which the plaintiff requires....
Lex plus laudatur quando ratione probatur
Lex plus laudatur quando ratione probatur [Lat.], the law is most worthy of approval when it is consonant to reason....
Non debet, cui plus licet, quod minus est non licere
Non debet, cui plus licet, quod minus est non licere [Lat.], a man having a power ought not to be debarred from less than such power enables him to do....
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