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Entertainment
act of receiving as host or of amusing admitting or cherishing hospitable reception also reception or treatment in general
Insurance
to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404. Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking … Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1. Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by
Deed
sequence; and although it is not absolutely necessary that a deed should be drawn in accordance with the generally received formulary, provided it exhibits the intention of the parties, yet it is not advisable to deviate from … paper or parchment duly signed, sealed, and delivered. It is either an indenture (factum inter partes) needing an actual indentation [(English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 5], reproduced by the Law
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Goods
can ordinarily come to the market to be bought and sold, Union of India v. Delhi Cloth and General Mills Co. Ltd., AIR 1973 SC 791: (1963) 1 Supp SCR 586. Goods includes all types of movable … 1991. Associated Cement Companies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs, AIR 2001 SC 862: (2001) 4 SCC 593. [Customs Act, 1962, ss. 2 (22) and 12] Goods, includes unfurnished ships in the course of construction, Schiffachrt -- Treuland
Intoxicating liquor
alone but would include all liquor which contain alcohol. Liquor should not only cover alcoholic liquor which is generally used for beverage purposes wand produce intoxication but would also include liquids containing alcohol, State of U.P. v. … sale of intoxicating liquors by retail in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which repealed (see Sched. VII.) the whole or
Manufacture
different article must emerge having a distinctive name, character or use, Union of India v. Delhi Cloth and General Mills, AIR 1963 SC 791. Implies a change, but every change is not manufacture and yet every change … a distinctive name, character or use, Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition), Vol. 26. It is the process or activity which brings into being articles which are known in the market as goods and to be goods these
Local authority
defined as meaning the council of a county, county borough, county district or rural parish; see the Act generally. A Municipal Committee, District Board or Body of Port Commissioners or other authority entitled to or entrusted by
Partnership
not a limited partner is a 'general partner,' and there must be in the partnership at least one general partner who is liable for all debts and obligations of the firm (s. 3). The partners will be … on a business with a view to profit--so defined by s. 1, sub-s. 1, of the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), a codifying Act of fifty s.s, 'to declare and amend the
Wills
wholly repealed by s. 2 of the Wills Act, 1837, which does not extend to Scotland, where, as generally in Europe, except in England and Ireland, a man cannot deprive his wife and children of a reasonable
Charitable purpose
Charitable purpose, includes relief of the poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of any other object of general public utility, but does not include a purpose which relates exclusively to religious teaching or worship. [Charitable Endow-ments … public utility, but does not include a purpose which relates exclusively to religious teaching or worship. [Charitable Endow-ments Act, 1890 (6 of 1890), s. 2] Means relief of the poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of
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