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Effective representation

detenu to explain his case to the detaining authority in his representation. If the words 'effective representa-tion' are interpreted in an artificial or fanciful manner, then it would defeat the very object not only of Article 22(5)

Crown

authority of this present Parliament be united and annexed to the imperial crown of this realm. By the Interpretation Act (see that title), s. 30, 'in this Act and in everyother Act, whether passed before or after

Data concerning health

Data concerning health, in Article 8(1) of the Directive was to be given a wide interpretation so as to include information on all aspects, both physical and mental, of the health of an individual,

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Day

they are as follows: Dies Solis. D. Lun',D. Martis, D. Mercurii, D. Jovis, D. Veneris,D. Saturni. See (English) Interpretation Act,1889, s. 36; and, further, HOLIDAY; FRACTION OF A DAY. It means a period of twenty-four hours beginning

Declared

the process, while the former expresses result. Inter-pretation, ascertainment and evolution are parts of the process, while that interpreted, ascertained or evolved is declared as law, Golak Nath v. State of Punjab, AIR 1967 SC 1643 (1669):

Demurrage

for discharging or receiving the cargo, and so many more for overtime or demurrage days, such limitation is interpreted as an express stipulation on the part of the freighter that the vessel shall in no event be

Descent

of the two chief methods of acquiring an estate in lands before 1926. It is defined in the interpretation clause of the Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), as 'the title to inherit

Heurematic Law

Heurematic Law [fr., Gk.]. The art or science of so interpreting rules of law as to accord with justice. See Law Times Newspaper, 2nd April, 1910, p. 487.

Distance

after 1st January, 1890, distance is to be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 34.

Divinatio, non interpretatio est, que omnino recedit a litera

Divinatio, non interpretatio est, que omnino recedit a litera [Lat.], It is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter

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