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Shall

always of great relevance and in the absence of anything contrary in the context indicating that a permissive interpretation is permissible, the statute ought to be construed as peremptory, G.C. Patel v. Agricultural Produce Market Committee, (1975)

Victimisation

(1999) 6 SCC 275. The word 'victimisation' in the context of industrial disputes is capable of two different interpretations: It connotes a person who became the victim of the employer's wrath by reason of his trade union

Statutory exposition

Statutory exposition. When the language of a statute is ambiguous, and any subsequent enactment involves a particular interpretation o the former Act, it is said to contain a statutory exposition of the former Act. 1. The

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Regulation

rule or order prescribed for management or governance. As a matter of fact the regulation has to be interpreted in the context in which it is used and not dehors the context, and thus regulation also includes

Procedure established by law

expression 'procedure established by law' in the context of deprivation of life and liberty under Article 21 was interpreted in Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, (1978) 2 SCR 621: (1978) 1 SCC 248 and the interpretation

Held

own. ' In The Dictionary of English Law by Earl Jowitt (1959 Edition), the word 'hold' has been interpreted as meaning 'to have as tenant'. In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (Fourth Edition), the distinction between holding and occupation

Latimer

Latimer [fr. latinier, Fr., form of atiner], an interpreter, according to Coke (2 Inst. 515). It is suggested that it should be latiner, because he who understood

External aids

dictionary meaning of a word cannot be looked at where that word has been statutorily defined or judicially interpreted but where there is no such definition or interpretation, the court may take the aid of dictionaries to

stricti juris

stricti juris [Latin] : according to or determined by strict interpretation of the law [the rights of a guarantor are stricti juris "Sitzer v. Lang, 243 S.E.2d 95 (1978)"]

practical construction

practical construction 1 : the interpretation of the terms of a contract as shown by the performance of the parties that may be used

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