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Muslim law

Muslim law, the concept of Muslim Law is based upon the edifice of Shariat, Muslim Law as traditionally interpreted and applied in India permits more than one marriage during the subsistence of one and another though capacity

Namely

stated as 'A difference, in grammatical sense, in strictness exists between the words namely and including. Namely imports interpretation i.e. indicates what is included in the previous term; but including imports addition i.e. indicates something not included,

Nashtamsha

properties was not governed by the ordinary Hindu law, but by Wat Hukum No. 26 and on the interpretation placed by the Courts in that State, there will be 'Nashtamsha' when a person dies without leaving behind

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National insurance

and Miscellaneous. Part IX., X., and XI. apply the Act of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Part XII. Interpretation, Surveys and Repeal. Similarly, Part II. of the Act of 1911 was repealed, and replaced, after detailed amendment,

Oath

Oaths Act, 1888 (see ante), now allows an affirmation in all places and for all purposes. The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, by s. 3 enacts that in every Act passed after 1850-- The expression 'oath' and 'affidavit'

Offensive trade

it in any legal enactment and it is not, therefore, possible to say that this word must be interpreted in that particular technical sense. Resort to the dictionary meaning of the word the setting up of a

Oil vanaspati

is not defined in the Act and therefore, its dictionary meaning may well be pressed into service for interpreting the term 'oil mill'. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966 Edn.) the word 'oil' has different

Omnis interpretatio si fieri potest ita fienda est in instrumentis, ut omnes contrarietates, amoveantur

Omnis interpretatio si fieri potest ita fienda est in instrumentis, ut omnes contrarietates, amoveantur [Lat.], every interpretation, if it can

Optima legum interpres est consuetudo

Optima legum interpres est consuetudo [Lat.], custom is the best interpreter of the law

Optima statuti interpreatrix est (omnibus particulis ejusdem inspectis) ipsum statutum

Optima statuti interpreatrix est (omnibus particulis ejusdem inspectis) ipsum statutum [Lat.], the best interpreter of a statute is (all the separate parts being considered) the statute itself.

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