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attempt

attempt : the crime of having the intent to commit and taking action in an effort to commit a crime that fails or is prevented called … how close to completing a crime a person must be to be guilty of attempt, but attempt must generally consist of more than preparation.

Writing

reference to printing lithography, photography and other modes or representing or reproducing words in a visible form. See General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(65), Vikram Singh v. Shri Ram, AIR 1995 MP 140. … Writing, in any Act of Parliament, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including printing, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a

Produced

Messrs. Palampadam Plantations Ltd., AIR 1969 SC 930 (931): (1969) 1 SCC 662: (1969) 3 SCR 674. [Kerala General Sales Tax Act (15 of 1963), s. 2(viii)(c)] (ii) The word 'produced' appearing in Entry 84 of List … juxtaposition of the word 'manufacture' with 'agriculture' and 'horticulture' is significant and cannot be lost sight of. The intention in employing the word 'produced' obviously was to introduce an element of volition and effect involving the employment

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Residence

of India, AIR 2006 SC 3127. Residence, is flexible and must be construed accord-ing to the object and intent of the particular legislation where it may be found. It must be something more than occupation during occasional … Paster J.S. Singh v. Jyotsana Singh, AIR 1982 MP 122 [See Divorce Act, 1869, s. 3(3)] Residence, is generally understood as referring to a person in connection with the place where he lives, and may be defined

Court-leet

and strength, to come to the Court-leet, and there take the oath of allegiance to theking. The other general business is to present by jury all crimes whatsoever tht happen within their jurisdiction; and not only to … leet, being the King's Court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty who, according to the institution

Will

Will, means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his

Apprentice

Corpn v. Telco, (1975) 2 SCC 835 (838): AIR 1976 SC 16. (Apprentices Act, 1961) Apprentice under the general law means a person who is bound by a legal agreement to serve an employer for an agreed … of 1961), s. 2 (aa)] The heart of the matter in apprenticeship is, therefore, the dominant object and intent to impart on the part of the employer and to accept on the part of the other person

Appointment in exercise of a Power

attended to. When the consent of any person is required to the exercise of a power, it is generally a condition precedent, and an execution of the power without such consent is not cured by subsequent acquisition. … recite or refer to the power, and be expressed to be in exercise of it, as manifesting the intention of the appointor, or person executing the power, and also of every other authority enabling him in that

good faith

good faith [translation of Latin bona fides] : honesty, fairness, and lawfulness of purpose : absence of any intent to defraud, act maliciously, or take unfair advantage [filed the suit in good faith] [negotiating in good faith] … of any defect in the title. In section 1-201 of the Uniform Commercial Code good faith is defined generally as “honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned.” Article 2 of the U.C.C. says “good faith

Leave

case of Landreth v. Casey, 340 III 519; 173 NE 84 (85) observes as follows: 'Wilful departure with intent to remain away, and not temporary absence with intention of returning.' To the same effect is the definition

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