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instrument

instrument 1 : a means or implement by which something is achieved, performed, or furthered [an of crime] 2 : a document (as a deed, will, bond, note, certificate of deposit, insurance policy, warrant, or writ) evidencing rights or duties esp. of one party to another under the law [no person is liable on an unless his signature appears thereon "Uniform Commercial Code"] [an indictment is a form of charging ] ;specif : negotiable instrument ...

Sanad, deed and other instrument

Sanad, deed and other instrument, the words 'deed' and 'other instrument' must be read 'ejusdem generis' with 'sanad' and so must be confined to a document of title like a sanad in which one party crates or confers a zamindari estate on another. The words must be read disjunctively and be interpreted according to their ordinary meaning. For example, a document by an intermediary acknowledging the overlordship of another would, fall within the definition, Bishambhar Singh v. State of Orissa, AIR 1954 SC 139 (145). [Orissa Estates Abolition Act (10 of 1952), s. 2(h)]...

Makes any order admitting any instrument in evidence

Makes any order admitting any instrument in evidence, the order is an order about the sufficiency or insufficiency of the stamp with reference to a document which has been admitted in evidence. No formal or specific order admitting the document in evidence, H.H. Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan v. Dr. Saran Behari Mathur, AIR 1960 All 359....

instrumented

Having instruments attached for the purpose of measuring conditions while under observation said of a person under medical observation or a machine whose performance is being tested...

Instrumentally

By means of an instrument or agency as means to an end...

Instrumentalism

The view that the sanction of truth is its utility or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument...

trust instrument

trust instrument : a document (as a formal declaration of trust or trust agreement) embodying the creation and provision of a trust ...

negotiable instruments

negotiable instruments A written document signed by the maker that includes an unconditional promise to pay a sum of money. Source: FindLaw ...

res ipsa loquitur

res ipsa loquitur Latin, the thing speaks for itself] : a doctrine or rule of evidence in tort law that permits an inference or presumption that a defendant was negligent in an accident injuring the plaintiff on the basis of circumstantial evidence if the accident was of a kind that does not ordinarily occur in the absence of negligence [a plaintiff who establishes the elements of res ipsa loquitur can withstand a motion for summary judgment and reach the jury without direct proof of negligence "Cox v. May Dept. Store Co., 903 P.2d 1119 (1995)"] NOTE: For res ipsa loquitur to apply, the accident in question must not be due to any voluntary action or contribution by the plaintiff. The doctrine has traditionally required that a defendant have exclusive control over the instrumentality of an injury, but now it is commonly applied when multiple defendants have joint or sometimes successive control (as by the manufacturer and retailer of a defective product). In addition to the control ...

endorsement

endorsement also in·dorse·ment n 1 : the act or process of endorsing 2 : an inscription (as a signature or notation) on a document or instrument ;esp : an inscription usually on the back of a negotiable instrument that transfers or guarantees the instrument blank endorsement : an endorsement (as a signature) of a negotiable instrument that does not name a transferee and that makes the instrument payable to bearer called also endorsement in blank qualified endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as “without recourse”) that limit or qualify the endorser's liability restrictive endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as “for deposit only”) that limit the further negotiation of the instrument NOTE: A restrictive endorsement does not prevent further negotiation of the instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code. spe·cial endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with wo...

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