Skip to content

Go - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Quasi-entail

is an estate of inheritance), but yet so far in the nature of an estate-tail, that it will go to the heir of the body as special occupant during the life of the cestui que vie, in

Precedent

dogma. Courts may evolve principles which are applicable to the facts involved in each case, Rumana Begum v. Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1992 Cr LJ 3512. Means every judgment must be based upon facts, declared by the

Premises

lands, easements, tenements and hereditaments of any tenure. Include any shop, stall, or place where any article of good is sold or manufactured or stored for sale. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), s.

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Principal of original loan

Principal of original loan, means in determining the maximum amount of arrears of interest allowable, the court must go behind the transaction of the loan and find out what was the actual cash originally advanced as principal

Prize Court

system of litigation and jurisprudence in the prize Court, though exceedingly important, is peculiar to itself, and is governed by rules not applying to the Instance Court of the Admiralty (now part of the High Court), which

Proceeding

litigation in connection with the further progress of a case. The meaning of the word 'proceeding' is generally governed by the statute itself, John Mithalal Desai v. Dinesbhai, 1997 3 Guj LR 2103. Means something in which

Proved to the satisfaction of the court

of the court, are com-prehensive enough and indeed seem to have been intended to empower the court to go into the merits of the allegations set by the party denying or disagreeing with the terms of compromise

Proximate security

control to the person or members of his immediate family. The mere fact that the protectee has to go to court as an undertrial, does not disentitle him to the proximate security, Commissioner of Police v. Registrar,

Reason to believe

Reason to believe, does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction. The belief must be held in good faith; it cannot be merely a pretence, S. Narayanappa v. CIT, Bangalore, AIR 1967 SC 523: (1967) 65

Plague

infected with the plague, after having been commanded by the mayor or constable, etc., to keep house, to go abroad and in company. This Act was repealed by 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 91, s.

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial