Four Corners - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Four-corners, of an instrument; that which is contained on the face of a deed, without any aid from knowledge of the circumstances under which it is made, is said to be 'within its four corners,' because every deed is still supposed to be written on one entire skin, and so tohave but four corners.The face of a written instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 667....
four corners
four corners : the contents of a document as interpreted without reference to or consideration of outside information : the face of a document [any evidence offered…must appear within the four corners of the will "Crump's Estate v. Freeman, 614 P.2d 1096 (1980)"] ...
four corners rule
four corners rule : a rule holding that if a document (as a contract, deed, or will) appears on its face to be complete no outside evidence may be used to challenge it NOTE: The number of states that accept the four corners rule is in decline. ...
Four cornered
Having four corners or angles...
Cantoned
Having a charge in each of the four corners said of a cross on a shield and also of the shield itself...
Four poster
A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support a canopy or curtains...
Fiscal Statutes
Fiscal Statutes, in construing fiscal statutes and in determining the liability of a subject to tax one must have regard to the strict letter of the law and not merely to the spirit of the statute or the, substance of the law. If the Revenue satisfies the Court that the case falls strictly within the provisions of the law, the subject can be taxed. If, on the other hand, the case is not covered within the four corners of the provisions of the taxing statute, no tax can be imposed by inference or by analogy or by trying to probe into the intentions of the legislature and by considering what was the substance of the matter, A.V. Farnandez v. State of Kerala, AIR 1957 SC 657 (661): 1957 SCR 837....
Office of profit
Office of profit, a person who was a Pramukh at the time of filing of nomination papers and who was drawing a honorarium was not holding an office of profit, Umrao Singh v. Yeshwant Singh, AIR 1970 Raj 134 (141). [Constitution of India, Art. 102(1)(a)]It need not be in the service of Government. Generally it is understood that an office means a position to which certain duties are attached. An office of profit involves two elements namely that there should be such an office and that it should carry some remunerations. It is not the same as holding a post under the Government and therefore for holding an office of profit under the Government, a person need not be in the service of the Government, Satrucharla Chandrasekhar Raju v. Vyricherla Pradeep Kumar Devi, AIR 1992 SC 1959: (1992) 4 SCC 404.The word 'office' does not, therefore, necessarily imply that it must have an existence apart from the person, who may hold it. Cases are known, in which, in order to make use of the Special know...
By corner
A private corner...
Cornered
1 Having corners or angles...
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