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Invalidate

To render invalid to weaken or lessen the force of to destroy the authority of to render of no force or effect to overthrow as to invalidate

Colonial Laws (English)

the colony, or to any Order made under authority of such Act, or having in the colony the force and effect of such Act. In the case of such repugnancy the colonial law shall be void to the extent

Magna Carta

be infringed or broken. and if anything should be done to the contrary, it shall beheld of no force or effect.' Consult 2 Hallam's Middle Ages, p. 326; McKechnie's Magna Carta.

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Equivalent

Equivalent, 1. Equal in value, force, amount, effect or significance; 2. corresponding in effect or function; nearly equal; virtually identical, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Calculator

One who computes or reckons one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects

enforce

enforce en·forced en·forc·ing : to cause to take effect or to be fulfilled [enforcing the divorce decree] [Congress shall have power to this article by appropriate legislation

Machine

general any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified as a screw and its nut or a lever arranged to turn … mover or from another machine and transmit modify and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work as weaving by a loom or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine

Specific provision to the contrary

any State legislature'. Parliament certainly was not unaware of the existence of the Haryana Children Act coming into force a month earlier or the central Children Act coming into force nearly fourteen years earlier. What s. 27 … punishable with death or imprisonment for life, inasmuch as s. 27 does not contain any expression to the effect 'notwithstanding anything contained in any Children Act passed by any State legislature'. Parliament certainly was not unaware of

Possession is nine points of the law

law. The effect of the statute is this, that when a man is in possession he may use force to keep out a trespasser; but if a trespasser has gained possession, the rightful owner cannot use force

Act of God

Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd., (2000) 4 SCC 91. Means an overwhelming, unpreventable event caused exclusively by forces of nature, such as an earthquake, flood, or tornado. The definition has been statutorily broadened to include all … The definition has been statutorily broadened to include all natural phenomena that are exceptional, inevitable, and irresistible, the effects of which could not be prevented or avoided by the exercise of due care of foresight, Black Law

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