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Existence or extent of a legal right
131 the competition is between the legal right of the plaintiff and the defendant. But primarily, and almost invariably, the plaintiff has to establish his legal right in order to succeed in the suit. As against the
Fraud
down a definition completely comprehending fraud, and no rule can, from the very nature of the subject, be invariable. fraud is infinite: 'Crescit in orbe dolus'; and were the Courts to prescribe the limits of their equitable
Hotchpot
such shares as the parents may appoint, and in default of any appointment among the children equally, almost invariably contains what is called a 'hotchpots clause,' i.e., a direction that no child who has received any share
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Immediately
D] Immediately, in its strict sense excludes any intervening time but from earliest judicial decision it has almost invariably meant the same as forthwith, namely with speedy and prompt action and as quickly as is reasonably possible,
Means and includes
the other hand, indicate 'an exhaustive explanation of the meaning which, for the purposes of the Act, must invariably be attached to these words or expressions', P. Kasilingam v. P.S.G. College of Technology, AIR 1995 SC 1395
Shall
places in the provision must be given the same meaning at all places. However, this is not an invariable rule and even though the word 'shall' is ordinarily mandatory but in the context or if the intention
Pardanashin lady
[Code of Civil Procedure, 1989, s. 132] A lady who conducts herself male member by filing and complaints invarious courts and prosecuted them in a 'manly' manner and also meeting the petition writers, the lawyers coming to
Promotion
392: 1994 SCC (L&S) 113: (1994) 37 ATC 886. In all services, whether public or private there is invariably a hierarchy of posts comprising of higher posts and lower posts. Promotion, as understood under the Service Law
Saving clause
Saving clause, is inserted in a Bill which seeks to repeal a previous enactment. This clause is placed invariably at the end of the Bill, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 494. Means a clause
Deemed
SCC 784: AIR 1972 SC 2350: (1972) 3 SCR 548. The use of the word 'deemed' does not invariably and necessarily implies an introduction of a legal fiction but it has to be read and understood in
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