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Inland instrument

Inland instrument, A promissory note, bill of ex-change or cheque drawn or made in British [India] and made payable in, or drawn upon any person resident in British [India] shall be deemed to be an inland instrument, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 11....

Constituted under an instrument of partnership

Constituted under an instrument of partnership, the words 'constituted under an instrument of partnership' include not only firms which have been created by an Instrument of Partnership but also those which may have been created by word of mouth but have been subsequently clothed in legal form by reducing the terms and conditions of the partnership to writing, R.C. Mitter v. C.I.T, AIR 1959 SC 868 (873): 1959 Supp (2) SCR 641. (Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 26A...

negotiable instrument

negotiable instrument : a transferable instrument (as a note, check, or draft) containing an unconditional promise or order to pay to a holder or to the order of a holder upon issue, possession, demand, or at a specified time [was determined to be a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument] see also bearer, holder in due course ...

Heirs and children used in same instrument

Heirs and children used in same instrument, means where said words are used in same instrument in speaking of the same persons, the word heirs to be construed to mean 'children'. Such usage being treated as sufficient evidence of intention to use the word 'heirs' in sense of 'children', Beuj Berry Apartment Pvt. Ltd. v. Shobha, (2006) 9 JT 404: (2006) 10 SCALE 596: (2006) 8 SLT 241....

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)]...

Instruments of partition

Instruments of partition, means any instrument whereby co-owners of any property divide or agree to divide such property in severalty, and includes also a final order for effecting a partition passed by any revenue-authority or any Civil Court and an award by an arbitrator directing a partition. [Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899), s. 2(15)]...

Instrument payable on demand

Instrument payable on demand, means a promissory note or bill of exchange in which no time for payment is specified, and a cheque, are payable on demand (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, s. 19)....

Instrumentality

The quality or condition of being instrumental that which is instrumental anything used as a means medium agency...

Deed and other instruments

Deed and other instruments, a document by an intermediary acknowledging the overlordship of another would, fall within the definition. An 'intermediary' neither 'includes' a zamindar nor 'means' a zamindar, but means a zamindar within the meaning of (1) the wajib-ul-arz- (2) any sanad (3) any deed or (4) any other instrument, Biswambhar Singh v. State of Orissa, AIR 1954 SC 139 (145): 1954 SCR 842. [Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 (1 of 1952), s. 2(h)]...

Community instrument

Community instrument, means any instrument issued by a community institution, European Communities Act, 1972, sub.-s. 1(2) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 631, p. 373....

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