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market
durable goods] d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices [studying forces and behavior] … [developing new s] c : the available supply of or potential demand for specified goods or services [the labor ] [the for durable goods] d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come
Ascendant or descendant
matriarchal society, means the person who corresponds to such expression in accordance with the law of succession in force in such society. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2 (c)]
National insurance
manual workers, or at a rate of remuneration not exceeding 250/. per annum gained otherwise than by manual labour. Two classes of persons come within the scheme: those who must be insured--Employed Contributors; and those who may … is remunerated by a share in the profits or gross earnings of the vessel. (h) Service in H.M. Forces. The Acts contain special provisions governing these contributors. The following are excepted from the operation of the Acts:
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strike
strick·en strik·ing vi 1 : to remove or delete something 2 : to stop work in order to force an employer to comply with demands vt 1 : to remove or delete from a legal document and … by a body of workers to enforce compliance with demands made on an employer see also rent strike Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section compare job action economic strike : a strike that is
Penal Servitude
1853, has superseded transportation (see that title) beyond the seas; but is in all respects as to hard labour, etc., similar to it. It ranges in duration from three years to the life of the convict. The … Act, 1891, that very important Act providing as follows by s. 1:- (1) where under any enactment in force when this section comes into operation [5th Aug., 1891] a Court has power to award a sentence of
Hire
into four sorts:-(1) The hiring of a thing for use (locatio rei). (2) The hiring of work and labour (locatio operis faciendi). (3) The hiring of care and services to be performed or bestowed on the thing … If, before the work is finished, the thing perishes by internal defect, by inevitable accident, or by irresistible force, without any default of the workman, then (1) if the work is independent of any materials or property
Estate
meaning as that expression or its local equivalent has in the existing law relating to land tenures in force in that area and shall also include-- (i) any jagir, inam or muafi or other similar grant and … land, forest land, for pasture or sites of buildings and other structures occupied by cultivators of land, agricultural labourers and village artisans, Kannan Devan Hills Produce v. State of Kerala, (1972) 2 SCC 218: AIR 1972 SC
Rape
not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour. See also the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, by s. 4 of which connection induced by personation of … Rape, extends also to the forcible sexual intercourse by a woman with a man, as well as the offence of rape as defined in
Industrial establishment
and distribution of electricity or any other form of power is being carried on, State of Punjab v. Labour Court, AIR 1979 SC 1981: (1980) 1 SCC 4: (1980) 1 SCR 953. … Act, 1932 which is engaged in any industry, or in any trade, business or service. [Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968), s. 2 (1) (ca)] Industrial establishments, s. 1(3)(b) applies to every establishment within
agent
agent 1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result 2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action [where the … fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining business
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