Interval - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: intervaladjustment interval
adjustment interval the time between the interest rate change and the monthly payment for an ARM. The interval is usually every one, three or five years depending on the index. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Lucid Interval
Lucid Interval. By a lucid interval is understood, in a legal sense, a temporary cessation of the insanity or a perfect restoration to reason. It differs entirely from a remission, in which there is a mere abatement of the symptoms. See per Lord Thurlow in Attroney-General v. Parnther, (1792) 3 Bro. C. C. 442; also Ray's Med. Jur. of Insan.; Beck's Med. Jur.; and Browne's Med. Jur. of Insan....
annuity
annuity pl: -ities [Medieval Latin annuitas, from Latin annuus yearly] 1 : an amount payable at regular intervals (as yearly or quarterly) for a certain or uncertain period 2 : the grant of or the right to receive an annuity [his will included annuities for several old friends] 3 : a contract (as with an insurance company) under which one or more persons receive annuities in return for prior fixed payments made by themselves or another (as an employer) annuity cer·tain pl: annuities certain : an annuity payable over a specified period even if the annuitant dies annuity due pl: annuities due : an immediate annuity in which the payment of the benefits is made at the beginning of each payment interval rather than at the end contingent annuity : an annuity whose starting or ending date depends on the occurrence of an event (as the death of the annuitant) whose date is uncertain con·ven·tion·al annuity : an annuity under which the annuitant receives a specified...
Deciduous
Falling off or subject to fall or be shed at a certain season or a certain stage or interval of growth as leaves except of evergreens in autumn or as parts of animals such as hair teeth antlers etc also shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons stages or intervals as deciduous trees the deciduous membrane...
Diesis
A small interval less than any in actual practice but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals...
Quinible
An interval of a fifth also a part sung with such intervals...
Regularly
Regularly, the word 'regularly' in clause (b) of s. 12(3) has a significance of its own. It enjoins a payment or tender characterised by reasonable punctuality, that is to say, one made at regular times or intervals. The regularity contemplated may not be a punctuality, of clock-like precision and exactitude, but it must reasonably conform with substantial proximity to the sequence of times or intervals at which the rent falls due, Mranalini B. Shah v. Bapalal Mohanlal Shah, AIR 1980 SC 954 (956): (1980) 4 SCC 251. [Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Contral Act, 1947, s. 12(3)(b)](ii) The word 'regularly' to mean payment of rent in a uniform and consistent manner without any breach or default. The legislature never contemplated that a single default could be condoned. This inference is fortified by the words 'without sufficient cause'. A correct interpretation of the plain language and the words and phrases used in cl. (ii) of s. 9(1) of the Act seems that the word 'regular' ...
Reprieve
Reprieve [fr. reprendre, Fr., to take back], the suspension of the execution of a criminal's sentence.It may take place (1) ex mandato regis, at the mere pleasure of the Crown.Or (2) ex arbitrio judicis, either before or after judgment; as, where the judge is not satisfied with the verdict, or the indictment is insufficient, or any favourable circumstances appear in the criminal's character, in order to give time to apply to the Crown for either an absolute or conditional pardon.Or (3) ex necessitate legis; as where a woman is capitally convicted and pleads her pregnancy. See JURY FMATRONS.Or (4) if the criminal become non compos, 4 Steph. Com.Temporary postponement of execution of a criminal sentence, esp. a death sentence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1305.Reprieve, is derived from reprendre, to keep back, and signifies the withdrawing of the sentence for an interval of time, and operates in delay of execution, A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law 757, 2nd Edn., 1826.Mean...
Soon before
Soon before, the expression 'soon before' is a relative term which requires to be construed in the context of specific circumstances of each case and no hard-and-fast rule of any universal application can be laid down by fixing any time-limit, Vidhya Devi v. State of Haryana, (2004) 9 SCC 476 (480). [Indian Penal Code, s. 304B; Evidence Act, 1872, s. 113B]Soon before, is a relative term which is required to be considered under specific circumstances of each case and no straight-jacket formula can be laid down by fixing any time-limit. This expression is pregnant with the idea of proximity test. The term 'soon before' is not synonymous with the term 'immediately before' and is opposite of the expression 'soon after' as used and understood in s. 114, Illustration (a) of the Evidence Act. These words would imply that the interval should not be too long between the time of making the statement and the death, Kans Raj v. State of Punjab, AIR 2000 SC 2324 (2332): (2000) 5 SCC 207. [Penal Cod...
alimony
alimony [Latin alimonia sustenance, from alere to nourish] 1 : an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce compare child support alimony in gross : lump sum alimony in this entry alimony pen·den·te li·te [-pen-den-tē-lī-tē, -pen-den-tā-lē-tā] : alimony granted pending a suit for divorce or separation that includes a reasonable allowance for the prosecution of the suit called also temporary alimony lump sum alimony : alimony awarded after divorce that is a specific vested amount not subject to change called also alimony in gross per·ma·nent alimony : alimony awarded after divorce which consists of payments at regular intervals that may change in amount or terminate (as upon the payee's remarriage) tem·po·rary alimony : alimony pendente lite in this entry 2 : means of living, support, or maintenance [fathers and mothers owe to their illegitimate children ...
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