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Jump spark

A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap

VerbarLacuna

A small opening a small pit or depression a small blank space a gap or vacancy a hiatus

Hiatus

An opening an aperture a gap a chasm esp a defect in a manuscript where some part is lost or effaced a space where

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Flaw

A crack or breach a gap or fissure a defect of continuity or cohesion as a flaw in a knife or a vase

Diastema

A vacant space or gap esp between teeth in a jaw

Chink

A small cleft rent or fissure of greater length than breadth a gap or crack as the chinks of a wall

Burrock

A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed

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purpose. Indeed, it is in this area of legislative ambiguities, unfortunately not receding, that Courts have to fill gaps, clear doubts and mitigate hardships, Motor Owners' Insurance Company Limited v. Jadavji Keshavji Modi, AIR 1981 SC 2059:

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