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Green cloth. The counting-house of the king's household was commonly called the Green Cloth in respect of the green cloth upon the table whereat the lord steward, the treasurer of the king's house, and other inferior officers sat:-(1) For daily taking the accounts for all expenses of the house-hold. (2) For making provisions for the household, according to the laws and statutes of the realm. (3) For making of payments for the same. (4) For the good government of the king's servants. (5) For payment of the wages of the king's servants. The officers of the counting-house never held plea of anything, 4 Inst. 131....
Board of Green Cloth
Board of Green Cloth. See COUNTING HOUSE OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD....
Counting-house of the King's household
Counting-house of the King's household, usually called the Board of Green Cloth, where sit the lord-steward and treasurer of the king's house, the comptroller, master of the household, cofferer, and two clerks of the Green Cloth, for daily taking the accounts of all expenses of the household, making provisions, and ordering payment for the same, 39 Eliz. C. 7. See Jac. Law Dict....
Kendal green
A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad waxen formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal in Westmoreland England...
Lincoln green
A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln England the cloth itself...
Cloth manufactured by mills
Cloth manufactured by mills, cloth has been divided broadly into two categories, mill made and loom made. The loom made cloth would include all cloth manufactured on looms. The energy by which the looms are worked would not make any difference. In other words whether the energy is supplied manually or by power cannot convert the essential character of the cloth, namely, its manufacture on looms. As regard mill made cloth the actual process of weaving is more or less automatic, pre-conceived and definite and it involves the functioning of machinery, Sales Tax Commissioner v. Ladha Singh Mal Singh, (1971) Supp SCR 941: AIR 1971 SC 2221: (1971) 2 SCC 407. [U.P. Sales Tax Act (15 of 1948), s. 3A]...
Cloth
Cloth. By 12 Edw. 3, c. 3, no cloth made beyond sea might be brought into the kingdom on paint of forfeiture of the goods and punishment of the importer.Going by the meaning given in dictionaries as well as by its generally accepted popular connotation 'cloth' is woven, knitted or felted material which is pliable and is capable of being wrapped, folded or wound around. It need not necessarily be material suitable for making garments because there can be 'cloth' suitable only for industrial purpose; but nevertheless it must possess the basic feature of pliability. Hard and thick material which cannot be wrapped or wound around cannot be regarded as 'cloth', Filterco v. Commissioner of Sales Tax, (1986) 1 SCR 239: AIR 1986 SC 626 (627): (1986) 2 SCC 103. [MP General Sales Tax Act (2 of 1959) s. 42B and Sch. I, Entry 6]...
Cotton cloth factories
Cotton cloth factories. There are specially regulated by the (English) Factory and Workshop (Cotton Cloth Factories) Act, 1929 (c. 15), and the regulations made under that Act; the (English) Cotton Cloth Factories Regulations, 1929 (S.R. & O. 1929, No. 300). This Act repeals the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), ss. 90-96, and Schedl. IV., so far as it relates to cotoon cloth factories which took the place of therepealed Cotton Cloth Factories Act, 1889, in respect to restricting the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, the admission of fresh air, and the prevention of the inhalation of dust....
Gretna green marriage
Gretna green marriage, a marriage celebrated at Gretna, in Dumfries (bordering on the county of Cumberland), in Scotland. By the law of Scotland a valid marriage may be contracted by consent alone before witnesses without any other formality. See PER VERBA DE PR'SENTI.A marriage entered into in a jurisdiction other than where the parties reside to avoid some legal impediment that exists where they live; a runaway marriage, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 709.When Lord Hardwicke's repealed Marriage Act of 1753 (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), rendered the publicationof banns (or a licence) necessary in England, it became usual for persons who wished to marry clandestinely to go to Gretna Green, the nearest part of Scotland, and marry according to the Scotch law; so a sort of chapel was built at Gretna Green, in which the English marriage service was performed by the village blacksmith; as to the validity of such marriages, see Hubback on Succession. But by the Marriage (Scotland) Act, 1856 (19 ...
Ready made clothing
Ready made clothing, the expression ready made clothing mean clothing which is ready for immediate use, AIR 1953 All 245. [Cotton Cloth and Yarn Control Order, (1945), Cl. 3(a)]...
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