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Found to have been guilty

Found to have been guilty, the phrase 'found to have been guilty' in s. 9(1) (d) is construed in the context of clause (a) of s. 17(1), it will mean 'found to have guilty at the time of election, and immediately preceding the election', Banwari Das v. Sumer Chand, (1974) 4 SCC 817, AIR 1974 SC 1032 (1036). [Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, ss. 9(1) (d) and 17]...


founding father

founding father often cap both Fs : a leading figure in the founding of the U.S. ;specif : a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...


Found

Found, means when an institution, company or organization is founded by someone or by a group of people, they get it started often by providing the necessary money. (Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, New Edn., p. 670) See also Director of Income Tax v. Bharat Diamond Bourse, (2003) 1 SCC 741....


Found to be due

Found to be due, words 'found to be due' connotes that payment is outstanding, i.e., that there is subsisting obligation on the Income-tax Officer to pay. If a claim to refund is barred by a final order, it cannot be said that there is a subsisting obligation to make a payment, Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. v. V.S. Gaitonde, AIR 1965 SC 1316 (1319). [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 49E]...


found

found past and past part of find vt : to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance ...


founded

based often used as combining terms as well founded suspicions...


At which he may be found

At which he may be found, means finding of the accused under section 188 of Cr. P.C., has to be by court and not by police or the complainant, Om Hemrajani v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2005) 1 SCC 617....


Office found

Office found, the finding of a jury in an inquest of office of a fact which entitles the Crown to the possession of lands of tenements, goods, or chattels, Jac. Law Dict. see INQUEST OF OFFICE, and FORFEITURE....


find

find found find·ing vt 1 : to come upon accidentally or through effort [found a valuable antique in the old desk] [found a buyer for the property] 2 : to make a judicial determination regarding [found the testimony not credible] [found the defendant guilty] compare decide, hold vi : to make a judicial determination [the jury found in favor of the plaintiff] ...


Consideration

Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment or inconvenience sustained or suffered by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153.Consideration is one of the facts which the courts require as evidence of intention, (a) that a person intends his promise to be binding on him, or (b) that he intends to divest himself of a beneficial interest in property. In its widest sense consideration is the price, motive or inducement for a promise or for a transfer of property from one person to another. The nature or quality of the consideration which will be sufficient for these purposes varies with the nature of the transaction and in the absence of consideration the Courts will, except in the case of s...


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