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Reasonable opportunity

Reasonable opportunity, the broad test of 'reason-able opportunity' is, whether in the given case, the show cause notice issued to the delinquent servant contained or was accompanied by so much information as was necessary to enable...

Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out...

Pardon

Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. The sovereign may pardon all offences merely against the Crown and...

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Deed

Deed [fr. d'd, Sax.; ded gaded, Goth.;daed, Dut.], a formal document on paper or parchment duly signed, sealed, and delivered. It is either an indenture (factum inter partes) needing an actual indentation [(English) Real Property Act,...

Capias in withernam

Capias in withernam (that you take by way of reprisals). If the goods before an action of replevin had been concealed, so that the sheriff could not replevy them, then, upon plaint being levied in the...

Bonded labour system

Bonded labour system, means the system of forced, or partly forced, labour under which a debtor enters, or has, or is presumed to have, entered, into an agreement with the creditor to the effect than,- (i)...

Agent

Agent, a person acting for another, whether by his express or implied authority, the general rule being, that whatever a person may do himself, that he may, as 'principal,' authorize another to do for him, and...

Accused, statement of

Accused, statement of. Where an accused person is brought before justices of the peace, the (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 12, directs the justices, after the close of...

Poor Prisoners, Defence of

Poor Prisoners, Defence of. The (English) Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 32), repealing the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, 1903, entitles any person to free legal aid in the preparation and...

Workman

Workman, does not include an apprentice/trainee appointed under the Apprentices Act, 1961, Dhampur Sugar Mills v. Bhola Singh, (2005) 2 SCC 470. [Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (28 of 1947), s. 2(z)] Here includes an...

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Reasonable opportunity

Reasonable opportunity, the broad test of 'reason-able opportunity' is, whether in the given case, the show cause notice issued to the delinquent servant contained or was accompanied by so much information as was necessary to enable...

Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out...

Pardon

Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. The sovereign may pardon all offences merely against the Crown and...

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Deed

Deed [fr. d'd, Sax.; ded gaded, Goth.;daed, Dut.], a formal document on paper or parchment duly signed, sealed, and delivered. It is either an indenture (factum inter partes) needing an actual indentation [(English) Real Property Act,...

Capias in withernam

Capias in withernam (that you take by way of reprisals). If the goods before an action of replevin had been concealed, so that the sheriff could not replevy them, then, upon plaint being levied in the...

Bonded labour system

Bonded labour system, means the system of forced, or partly forced, labour under which a debtor enters, or has, or is presumed to have, entered, into an agreement with the creditor to the effect than,- (i)...

Agent

Agent, a person acting for another, whether by his express or implied authority, the general rule being, that whatever a person may do himself, that he may, as 'principal,' authorize another to do for him, and...

Accused, statement of

Accused, statement of. Where an accused person is brought before justices of the peace, the (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 12, directs the justices, after the close of...

Poor Prisoners, Defence of

Poor Prisoners, Defence of. The (English) Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 32), repealing the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, 1903, entitles any person to free legal aid in the preparation and...

Workman

Workman, does not include an apprentice/trainee appointed under the Apprentices Act, 1961, Dhampur Sugar Mills v. Bhola Singh, (2005) 2 SCC 470. [Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (28 of 1947), s. 2(z)] Here includes an...

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