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Office of profit under the government

government, the term 'office of profit under the government' used in clause (a) is an expression of wider import than a post held under the government which is dealt with in Part XIV of the Constitution. The

Receipt

of two pounds or upwards, is acknowledged to have been settled, satisfied, or discharged, or which signifies or imports any such acknowledgment, and whether the same is or is not signed with the name of any person.

Purport

meanings. It means fictitious, what appears on the face of the instrument, the apparent and not the legal import and, therefore, any act which purports to be done within that power notwithstanding that the power is not

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Prohibited goods

Prohibited goods, means any goods the import or export of which is subject to any prohibition under this Act or any other law for the

Permission

Permission, 'permission' is a word of wide import and may even survive the death of the person who permits. Manohar Nathusao Samarth v Marotrao AIR 1979

Levy

duty, S.K. Pattanaik v. State of Orissa, (2000) 1 SCC 413. The term 'levy' is wider in its import than term 'assessment'. It may include both 'imposition' as well as 'assessment' Imposition is generally used for levy

Number

Number, unless the contrary appears from the context, words importing the singular number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number include the singular number. (Indian

Merger

in law to a felony. Merger in law is defined as the absorption of a thing of lesser importance by a greater, whereby the lesser ceases to exist, but the greater is not increased; an absorption or

May

Surajdeo Sinha, 1953 BLJR 571: 1954 Cr LJ 139: 1954 Pat 80. The word 'may' does not always import that the matter is discretionary with the court in exercising its functions. Similarly, 'shall' sometimes imports that the

Malik or milkiyat

(35); Ram Gopal v. Nand Lal, AIR 1951 SC 139 (141): 1950 SCR 766. Malik, The word 'Malik' imports full proprietary rights unless there is something in the context to indicate the contrary, Mohendranarayan v. Abdul Gafur,

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