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lien

lien [Anglo-French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind] : a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created...

contract

contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party...

tariff

tariff [Italian tariffa, from Arabic tarīf notification] 1 a : a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods b : a duty or rate of duty imposed in...

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trust

trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from...

surcharge

surcharge 1 : to impose a surcharge on [ a trustee for failing to exercise due care] 2 : to show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given n 1...

Adjudicating officer

Adjudicating officer, means the officer appointed by the Board as adjudicating officer under section 19H of the Act [Depositories (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2005, R. 2(b)] Means the officer...

Appropriate proceedings

Appropriate proceedings, Art. 32(1) guarantees a right to move by 'appropriate proceedings': there is therefore in the Article itself limitation upon the exercise of the right. Appropriate proceedings would include the procedure relating to form, conditions...

Association of persons

Association of persons, word 'associate' means, according to the Oxford dictionary, 'to join in common purpose, or to joint in an action'. Therefore, an association of persons must be one in which two or more persons...

Authority of law

Authority of law, the expression 'authority of law' refers to a valid law which means the tax proposed to be levied must be within the legislative competence of the legislature imposing the tax; and the law...

Betting

Betting. For definition and for s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), see WAGER. Bets are irrecoverable at law by virtue of s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act,...

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lien

lien [Anglo-French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind] : a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created...

contract

contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party...

tariff

tariff [Italian tariffa, from Arabic tarīf notification] 1 a : a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods b : a duty or rate of duty imposed in...

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trust

trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from...

surcharge

surcharge 1 : to impose a surcharge on [ a trustee for failing to exercise due care] 2 : to show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given n 1...

Adjudicating officer

Adjudicating officer, means the officer appointed by the Board as adjudicating officer under section 19H of the Act [Depositories (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2005, R. 2(b)] Means the officer...

Appropriate proceedings

Appropriate proceedings, Art. 32(1) guarantees a right to move by 'appropriate proceedings': there is therefore in the Article itself limitation upon the exercise of the right. Appropriate proceedings would include the procedure relating to form, conditions...

Association of persons

Association of persons, word 'associate' means, according to the Oxford dictionary, 'to join in common purpose, or to joint in an action'. Therefore, an association of persons must be one in which two or more persons...

Authority of law

Authority of law, the expression 'authority of law' refers to a valid law which means the tax proposed to be levied must be within the legislative competence of the legislature imposing the tax; and the law...

Betting

Betting. For definition and for s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), see WAGER. Bets are irrecoverable at law by virtue of s. 18 of the (English) Gaming Act,...

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