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bennie

a slang name for Benzedrine a trademark for one brand of amphetamine also used generically for any brand of amphetamine...


Lucite

A brand name for a transparent plastic based on methyl methacrylate esters the term is often used generically to refer to any similar transparent plastic It is sold in various forms including rigid sheets which may be used as a substitute for glass in windows...


Rum

A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice or from the scummings of the boiled juice or from treacle or molasses or from the lees of former distillations Also sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor...


Ether

Ether, means a class of organic compounds in which an oxygen atom is interposed between two carbon atoms (organic groups) in the molecular structure giving the generic formula ROR. They may be derived from alcohols by elimination of water, but the major method is catalytic hydration of olefins. Only the lowest member of the series, methyl ether, is gaseous; most are liquid and the highest members are solid (cellulose ethers). The term 'ether' is often used synonymously with 'ethyl ether' and is the legal label name for it, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th Edn....


Milk

Milk. As to the sale of unwholesome milk, see (English) Public Health Act, 1875, ss. 116-119; and see, generally, (English) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, under which sampling powers are given and power to analyse samples, etc. (ss. 13 et seq.); and (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, ss. 53 and 54. See, further, the (English) Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 66), as amended by the (English) Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, making provision for the sale of milk and the regulation of dairies. If the premises are unsuitable for the sale of milk, the sanitary authority may refuse to register or may remove from the register the names of dairymen [(English) Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 50), s. 185]. See also the (English) Mils (Special Designations) Order Mils) Regulations, 1923, No. 1323; Public Health (Condensed Mils) Regulations, 1925, No. 509; Mils and Dairies Order, 1926, No. 821: Mils (Special Designat...


Property

Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252.Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802.Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels of India v. Jodha Mal Kuthiala, AIR 1950 Punj 201.Every movable property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70.In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in the sale of goods it may be used as a synonym for ownership and lesser rights in goods, Dictionary of Commercial Law by A.H. Hudson, (1983, Edn.).In Entry 42, List III (Constitution of India) includes the power to legislate for acquisition of an un...


Public prosecutor

Public prosecutor, means a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor appointed under s. 28 and includes any person acting under the directions of the Public Prosecutor. [Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 (15 of 2002), s. 2(1)(e)]Means any person appointed under s. 24, and includes any person acting under the directions of a Public Prosecutor. [ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)]The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an officer and like every advocate practicing before court, he owes an obligation to the court to be fair and just, Sheonandan Paswan v. State of Bihar, AIR 1987 SC 877: (1987) 1 SCC 288: (1987) 1 SCR 702.The King, in whose name criminal are prosecuted, because all offences are said to be against the King's peace, his Crown and dignity. By the (English) Prosecution of Offences Act,...


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