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Carucate [fr. Carucata terr'], Carvage,or Carve of land, a plough-land of 100 acres, or according to Skene, as much land as may be tilled in a year and a day by one plough, Ken. Glos. 'And one plow land, carucata terr', or a hide of land, hida terr' (which is all one), is not of any certain content, but as much as a plow can by course of husbandry plough in a year.'-Co. Litt. 69 a. This quantity varies in different counties from 60 to 120 acres.Case, includes a suit or any proceeding before a court. [Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), s. 2(1)(a)]Means--(1) A trial. (2) A trial involving some point of law so important as to be published in Law Reports (see that title) for future use as a precedent. (3) A statement of facts and documents, raising a point of law, submitted for the opinion of counsel. See PRECEDENTS. (4) includes a suit or any proceeding before a court. [Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), s. 2 (1) (a)]. (5) The expression 'case' is not limit...
Hearing handicap
Hearing handicap, 'handicapped dependant' means a person who--(i) is a relative of the individual or, as the case may be, is a member of the Hindu undivided family and is not dependent on any person other than such individual or Hindu undivided family for his support or maintenance; and(ii) is suffering from a permanent physical disability (including blindness) or is subject to mental retar-dation, being a permanent physical disability or mental retardation specified in the rules made by the Board for the purposes of this section, which is certified by physician, a surgeon, an oculist or a psychiatrist, as the case may be, working in a Government hospital, and which has the effect of reducing considerably such person's capacity for normal work or engaging in a gainful employment or occupation. [Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 (34 of 1992), s. 2(1) (d)]...
Contempt of court
Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt.--A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are either direct, which only insult or resist the powers of the Court, or the persons of the judges who preside there; or consequential, which, without such gross insolence or direct opposition, plainly tend to create a universal disregard of their authority. Contempts may be divided into acts of contempt committed in the Court itself (in facie curi') and out of Court. Among the former are all unseemly behaviour (for which, and which only (see Reg. v. Lefroy, (1873) LR 8 QB 134), there is an express power to punish by s. 162 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1888), as talking boisterously, applauding any part of the proceedings, refusing to be sworn or to answer a question as a witness, interfering with the business of the Court on the part of a person who has no right to...
Net wealth tax
Net wealth tax, readings on Taxation in Developing, Countries by Fird and Oldman elucidates the concept of Wealth Tax as follows, at page 281: 'The term 'net wealth tax' is therefore deemed to be imposed on the person of the taxpayer, while the property tax often deemed to be imposed on an object - the property itself.' In Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation in Columbia Net Wealth Tax is defined at page 451 thus: 'As a general rule, all debts owed by a tax-payers, whether to residents or to non-residents, are deductible if their existence is established in conformity with the legal requirements. The usual test of deductibility, as applied by the Division of National Taxes, is whether or not there is an actual, enforceable legal obligation the amount of which is fixed or computable as on December 31, of the tax year.' According to Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation in Sweden - this tax has been levied in Sweden since a long time. Now it is regulated by law enacted...
criminal case
criminal case a case prosecuted by the government, on behalf of society at large, against an individual or organization accused of committing a crime. If the defendant is found guilty, the sentence (or punishment) is often imprisonment. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
Hermaphrodite
An individual which has the attributes of both male and female or which unites in itself the two sexes an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx or on the same receptacle In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates See Illust in Appendix under Helminths...
Assessee
Assessee, means an (i) individual; or (ii) a Hindu undivided family, or (ii) an association of persons or a body of individuals consisting, in either case, only or husband and wife governed by the system of community of property in force in the State of Goa and union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Danan and Din by whom, or on whose behalf investment in made. [Equity Linked Savings Scheme, 2005, s. 2(b)]--includes deemed assessee. Income Tax Officer v. Delhi Development Authority (2002) 1 SCC 695: AIR 2002 SC 264 (267). [Income Tax Act (43 of 1961) s. 2 (7)]Means a person by whom wealth-tax or any other sum of money is payable under this Act, and includes--(i) every person in respect of whom any proceeding under this Act has been taken for the determination of wealth-tax payable by him or by any other person or the amount of refund due to him or such other person. (ii) very person who is deemed to be an assessee under this Act. (iii) every person who is deemed to be an assess...
Class or classes of cases
Class or classes of cases, relate to group or groups of individuals, who by the nature of their activities fall under one particular group or groups by their common or similar objective or objectives, Sambhu Nath Sarkar v. State of West Bengal, (1973) 1 SCC 856: (1974) 1 SCR 1: AIR 1973 SC 1425....
Scienter
Scienter [Lat.] (knowingly, wilfully). In an action of deceit, the scienter must be averred and proved. In case of injury to cattle and sheep by dogs, the proof of scienter of ferociousness, necessary at Common Law [see Cox v. Burbidge, (1863) 13 CBNS 430], is dispensed with by the Dogs Act, 1906, as amended by the Dogs Amendment Act, 1928. See DOG. In the case of animals naturally dangerous, it is immaterial whether the owner knew the individual beast to be mischievous. See ANIMALS.Means knowledge of the nature of one's act or omission or of the nature of one's act or omission or of the nature of something in one's possession that is often a necessary element of an offense, Wall Dist. v. Newport News, 323 SE 2d 75 (1984)....
Maximum marginal rate
Maximum marginal rate, means the rate of wealth-tax applicable in relation to the highest slab of wealth in the case of an individual as specified in part I of Schedule I. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2 (lc)]...
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