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Battery

by administering a poison or drug) that is not consented to by the victim, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 46.

Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929

maybe created who also sits on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. By the Act of 1929, Indian Judges or lawyers may be appointed as additional members of the Judicial Committee. Appeals maybe heard during a … office or not, has still a technical right to take part in a judgment; but peers not being law lords have not taken such part since 1783 (in Bishop of London v. Fytche, (1783) 1 East 487),

Bailiff

usually include keeping order in the court-room and guarding prisoners or jurers in deliberation, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 41.

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Bailor

a business organization) placing personal property in the possession of another under a bailment, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 42. Bailor, in relation to a contract for the hire of goods, means (depending on

Duly stamped

to be duly stamped only if it bears stamps of the amount and description in accordance with the law of the State concerned, the law including not only the Act, but also the rules framed under the

Delegation

to another is not to denude yourself, Ishwar Singh v. State of Rajasthan, (2005) 2 SCC 334. The Indian Constitution accepts the English principle of supremacy of the law in this respect or property, no person can

Sovereignty

States sufficient authority to enact any law subject to limitations of the Constitution to discharge its functions. The Indian State, between the Centre and the States, has sovereign power. The sovereign power is plenary and inherent in

Holder in due course

person from whom he derived his title. [Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 9] Under the Indian law, a holder, to be a holder in due course, must not only have acquired the bill, note or

Bargain

each gives or receives (as a promise or performance) in a transaction between them, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 44.

Bind

make responsible for an obligation (as under a contract), the burden with an obligation, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 52. Means to impose one or more legal duties on (a person or institution) e.g.

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