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Interpretation and construction

Interpretation and construction, The very concept of interpretation connotes the introduction of elements which are necessarily extrinsic to the words in the statute. Though the words 'interpretation' and 'construction' are used interchangeably, the idea is somewhat different. Dr. Patrick Devlin says: A better word, I think, would be construction, because construction, although one often used it alternatively with interpretation, suggests that something more is being got out in the elucidation of the subject matter than can be got by strict interpretation of the words used. In the very full sense of the word 'construction' the judges have set themselves in this branch of the law to try to frame the law as they would like to have it, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Hashmatunnisa Begum, AIR 1989 SC 1024 (1929): (1989) Supp 2 SCC 43....

present sense impression

present sense impression : an out-of-court statement that describes or explains an event or condition and that was made during or immediately after the time the event or condition was perceived ;also : an exception to the hearsay rule allowing such a statement to be entered as evidence that what was asserted in the statement is true NOTE: Present sense impressions are excepted from the hearsay rule because the immediacy of the response is considered to render the statement trustworthy. “Look out, he's got a gun,” might be considered admissible as a present sense impression. ...

private treaty

private treaty : a sale of property on terms determined between the buyer and the seller [got better prices by private treaty than his neighbors did at auction] ...

vote

vote [Latin votum vow, hope, wish] 1 a : a usually formal expression of opinion or will in response to a proposed decision ;esp : one given as an indication of approval or disapproval of a proposal, motion, or candidate for office b : the total number of such votes made known at a single time [got half the ] 2 : the collective opinion or preference of a body of persons expressed by voting 3 : the right to cast a vote ;specif : the right of suffrage 4 a : the act or process of voting [brought the question to a ] b : a method of voting vb vot·ed vot·ing vi 1 a : to cast or conduct a vote [ for acquittal] b : to exercise a political franchise [encourage people to ] vt 1 : to choose, endorse, decide the disposition of, defeat, or authorize by vote [ an appropriation] 2 : to cast votes on a corporate matter on the basis of [voted their shares against the proposed merger] ...

Bebeerine

An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru or green heart of Guiana Nectandra Rodioeligi It is a tonic antiperiodic and febrifuge and is used in medicine as a substitute for quinine...

C

C is the third letter of the English alphabet It is from the Latin letter C which in old Latin represented the sounds of k and g in go its original value being the latter In Anglo Saxon words or Old English before the Norman Conquest it always has the sound of k The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek Gamma gamma and came from the Greek alphabet The Greeks got it from the Phoelignicians The English name of C is from the Latin name ce and was derived probably through the French Etymologically C is related to g h k q s and other sibilant sounds Examples of these relations are in L acutus E acute ague E acrid eager vinegar L cornu E horn E cat kitten E coy quiet L circare OF cerchier E search...

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