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The usual condition or state of a person or thing either natural or acquired regarded as something had possessed and firmly retained as a religious habit his habit is morose elms have a spreading habit esp physical temperament or constitution as a full habit of body...
habitable
habitable : suitable and fit for a person to live in : free of defects that endanger the health and safety of occupants see also warranty of habitability at warranty hab·it·abil·i·ty [ha-bi-tə-bi-lə-tē] n hab·it·able·ness n hab·it·ably adv ...
Habit and repute
Habit and repute. By the law of Scotland marriage may be established by habit and repute where the parties cohabit and are at the same time held and reputed as man and wife, Bell's Law Dict.; see Dysart Peerage Case, (1881) 6 App Cas 489....
habitation
habitation 1 a : the act of occupying or inhabiting b in the civil law of Louisiana : the right of a person to dwell in the house of another 2 : a dwelling place ...
warranty of habitability
warranty of habitability see warranty ...
Habitability
Habitableness...
Habitable
Capable of being inhabited that may be inhabited or dwelt in as the habitable world...
Habited
Clothed arrayed dressed as he was habited like a shepherd...
Habitually
Habitually, a person is said to be a habitual criminal who by force of habit or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be a continuity in the commission of those offences, Ayub Pappu Nawabkhan Pathan v. S.N. Sinha, AIR 1990 SC 2069 (2071): (1990) 4 SCC 552. [Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985, s. 2(c)]The word 'habitually'connotes some degree of fre-quency and continuity. It requires a continuance and permanence of some tendency, something that has developed into a propensity, that is, present from day-to-day, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Fourth Edn., Vol. 2, p. 1204, Vijay Narain Singh v. State of Bihar, AIR 1984 SC 1334 (1338): (1984) 3 SCC 14: (1984) 3 SCR 435.Means 'usually' and 'generally', Mustakmiya Jabbar-miya Shaikh v. M.M. Mehta, Commissioner of Police, (1995) 3 SCC 237.Would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing ...
Usage
Usage, denotes a habit or a mode of conduct or a course of action. Though such behaviour may generally be linked with human actions it is not the identify of the person vis-'-vis his caste which matters in discerning the contours of any 'usage'. 'Usage' is described as different from custom as there is no usage through inheritance though a right can be acquired by prescription. 'Usage in its most extensive meaning, includes both custom and prescription, but in its narrower significance, it refers to a general habit, mode or course of procedure. A usage differ from a custom, in that it does not require to be immemorial to establish the same, but the usage must be known, certain, uniform, reasonable and contrary to law'. Usage has been referred to a course of dealing; or a mode of conducting transactions of a particular kind. It cannot be understood as referring to any entitle-ment of a person to hold a particular office, N. Adithayan v. Travancore Devaswom Board (FB), AIR 1996 Ker 169; ...
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