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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 … object of a notification is to increase resources of the state, conditions stipulated therein cannot be ignored. The words 'capital assets' are very wide. The include all types of properties including consumables, raw materials, components etc. However,
Charitable purpose
poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of any other object of general public utility without the additive words 'not involving the carrying on of any activity for profit', Additional Commissioner of Income Tax v. Surat Art … 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
Heir
following note has been retained since the word 'heir' will be construed according to its meaning under the general law in force before 1926, in deeds and wills executed after 1925, under which the 'heir' may become … and DEVOLUTION), the importance of the 'heir' had diminished but the following note has been retained since the word 'heir' will be construed according to its meaning under the general law in force before 1926, in deeds
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Deed
Act, 1925. (d) The Parcels, i.e., the description of the property affected, with any savings or exceptions. (e) General Words were inserted with sweeping clauses prior to the Conveyancing Act, 1881, under which a conveyance, in the 'general … Words were inserted with sweeping clauses prior to the Conveyancing Act, 1881, under which a conveyance, in the 'general words,' enumerated all the particulars intended to pass to the grantee. S. 6 of that Act reproduced by s.
Food
is made of two expressions, 'food' plus 'stuff' is made of to expressions, 'food' plus 'stuff'. In other words, the stuff which is used as food would be foodstuff. Therefore, foodstuff is that which is taken into … PRODUCE; AGRICULTURAL MARKETING; (English) Public Health (Regulations as to Food) Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 32). See generally, ADULTERATION, also (English) Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1927. Means any article of nourishment for human con-sumption
Personal effects
having more or less intimate relation to person of possessor, or such tangible property as attends the person, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 31, p. 277. In the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of … Personal effects, generally include such tangible property as is worn or carried about the person, or to designate articles associated with
Hindu
and etymological genesis of the word 'Hindu' has given rise to a controversy amongst ideologists; but the view generally accepted by scholars appears to be that the word 'Hindu' is derived from the river Sindhu otherwise known … Hindu, The historical and etymological genesis of the word 'Hindu' has given rise to a controversy amongst ideologists; but the view generally accepted by scholars appears to
Act of Parliament
into consideration; (6) a statute which treats of things and persons of an inferior rank cannot by any general words be extended to those of a superior; (7) where the provision of a statute is general, everything which
Family
sisters in poor financial circumstances for whom the insane ward, if competent, would make provision (p. 311). The general or ordinarily accepted meaning of the word 'family', as used in Compensation Act, means a group comprising immediate … v. Narayanappa, AIR 2001 SC 2148: (2001) 4 SCC 705. [Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, s. 2(A)(12)] In Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition, Volume 16) at pages 303-11 the word 'family' has been defined thus: The father,
Offence
the context otherwise provides for words which are not defined in the Constitution, the meaning assigned in the General Clauses Act, 1897 may apply. S. 3(38) of the General Clauses Act defines 'offence' as any act or
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