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Flooring

A platform the bottom of a room a floor pavement See Floor n...


Floor of the House

Floor of the House, is part of the legislative chamber which is technically 'within the House' i.e. between the bar of the House and the Speaker's chair. Debate may not take place outside these limits and a member may only address the House from the floor, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundry, p. 276...


Floor or ground

Floor or ground, also include floor of the car or vehicle, Collector of Central Excise, Kanpur v. Matador Foam, (2005) 2 SCC 59....


floor

floor 1 a : a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery b : members of an assembly [took questions from the ] c : the right to address an assembly [the senator from Utah has the ] 2 : a lower limit [a five percent on deductions for medical expenses] ...


floor planning

floor planning : a method of financing a retail sales business in which the retailer gives a security interest in all of the inventory to the lender or seller ...


floored

provided with a floor...


Floor crossing

Floor crossing, is the seating arrangements adopted in most of the Parliaments of the British Commonwealth, whereby the party in power and the opposition sit facing each other, explains how this expression arose, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundry, p. 152....


Floor of the Court

Floor of the Court. The part of the Court between the judges and the first row of counsel. Parties who appear in person stand there....


Bungalow

Bungalow. Generally, a building on a single, or ground floor, the roof meeting the walls enclosing that floor, either with or without gables, but the space under the roof may be utilised; see Ward v. Paterson, (1929) 2 Ch 396 (restrictive covenant).Bungalow, is a building of which the walls, with the exception of any gables, are no higher than the ground floor, and of which the roof starts at a point substantially not higher than the top of the wall of the ground floor, regardless of the manner in which the space left in the roof is used, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(2), 4th Edn., Para 335, p. 299; Ward v. Paterson, (1929) 2 Ch 396.Means primarily a one storey building, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(2), 4th Edn., Para 335, p. 299; Clothier v. Snell, (1966) 198 Estates Gazette 27....


Dancing hall

Dancing hall, 'dancing hall' as understood in the ordinary parlance is a place where dancing floor is provided and live orchestra or music in any other form is played to entertain the guests who wish to come on the floor and dance. Dancing halls are peculiar to the Western social life. In the cosmopolitan cities in this country, even today, one finds number of dancing halls and discotheques where people go in the evenings and entertain themselves. There seems to be no difference in a 'dancing hall' and a 'restaurant' where a proper dancing floor is provided and the guests entertain themselves by using the floor to the tune of live or recorded music. Simply because the recreation in the shape of dancing is provided along with a posheating place would not make it different than a 'dancing hall' where drinks and eatables are also invariably provided, Calcutta Municipal Corporation v. East India Hotels, AIR 1995 SC 419 (423): (1994) 5 SCC 690. [Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 (33 of 1951), s....


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