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Writing under his hand

Writing under his hand, a type written letter of resignation duly signed by the person tendering his resignation also means 'writing under his hand', Vice-chairman, Village Panchayat, Maranbeed v. Channabassappa B. Gaddi, AIR 1985 Kant 252 (256). [Karnataka Village Panchayats and Local Boards Act (10 of 1959), s. 31(2)]Means what the expression contemplates is a personal autograph of the person concerned and must mean what it says and it cannot be interpreted as written by some other person, M. Bali Fuli v. K.S. Mandali, AIR 1971 Guj 236: (1971) 12 Guj LR 861: ILR 1971 Guj 81....


Red hand

Having hands red with blood in the very act as if with red or bloody hands said of a person taken in the act of homicide hence fresh from the commission of crime as he was taken red hand or red handed...


clean hands

clean hands : innocence of wrongdoing or deceit [plaintiff must come into court with clean hands] see also clean hands doctrine ...


unclean hands

unclean hands : an equitable doctrine: a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint ;also : the condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being barred from equitable relief [may not be invoked by a plaintiff with unclean hands "Royal Sch. Labs., Inc. v. Town of Watertown, 358 F.2d 813 (1966)"] NOTE: Unclean hands on the part of the plaintiff is often pleaded as an affirmative defense by the defendant. ...


Handed

With hands joined hand in hand...


hand to hand

close to ones adversary of combat as hand to hand fighting...


Left hand

Situated on the left nearer the left hand than the right as the left hand side the left hand road...


clean hands doctrine

clean hands doctrine : a doctrine that originated in equity and that bars a plaintiff from seeking judicial relief regarding a matter in which he or she is not free of guilt and does not have clean hands ...


Bow hand

The hand that holds the bow i e the left hand...


Free hand

Done by the hand without support or the guidance of instruments of drawing or sculpture as free hand drawing See under Drawing...


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