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Joint authors, means 'Two or more authors who collaborate in producing a copyrightable work, each author intending to merge his or her respective contributions into a single work, and each being able to exploit the work as desired while remaining accountable for a prorata share of the profits to the co-author or co-authors, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 842....
Copyright
Copyright, an incorporeal right, being the exclusive privilege of printing, reprinting, selling, and publishing is own original work which the statute law first gave to an author in 1709, by 8 Anne, c. 19, for the term of fourteen years. Whether the right exited at Common Law is a long-vexed and still undetermined question. See Jeffries v. Boosey, (1854) 4 HLC 815. There is no copyright in an illegal or immoral publication, Southey v. Sherwood, (1817) 2 Mer 435; Stockdale v. Onwhyn, (1826) 5 B&C 173.The law of copyright now depends mainly on the (English) Copyright Act,1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46) (July 1, 1912), and 'no person shall be entitled to copyright or any similar right in any literary dramatic, musical, or artistic work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or of any other statutory enactment for the time being in force' (s. 31).By sub-s. 2 of s. 1 of this Act 'copyright' is thus defined:--For the purposes of ...
Work of joint authorship
Work of joint authorship, means a work produced by the collaboration of two or more authors in which the contribution of one author is not distinct from the contribution of the other author or authors. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(z)...
Intoxicating liquor
Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain alcohol. Liquor should not only cover alcoholic liquor which is generally used for beverage purposes wand produce intoxication but would also include liquids containing alcohol, State of U.P. v. Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 614: (1980) 2 SCR 531: (1980) 2 SCC 441. [Constitution of India, List II, 7th Sch., Entry 8]See also Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1990) 1 SCC 109.Intoxicating liquors. The sale of intoxicating liquors by retail in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which repealed (see Sched. VII.) the whole or part of thirteen earlier Acts. The effect of this statute is shortly as follows:-1. Grant of Licence.--Defining 'intoxicating liquor' as meaning 'spirits, wine, beer, porter, cider, perry, and sweets, and any fermented, di...
co author
to to be an author of together with another author or authors to author jointly with others...
Member
Member, is defined as 'member' in relation to an occupational pension scheme, means any active, deferred or pensioner member, Bus Employees Pension Trustees Ltd. v. Harrod, (1999) 3 WLR 1244.Member, means a member of the Authority. [Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(l)]Member, means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson. [The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004, s. 2(e)]Member, means a member of the council. [Maharashtra State Council for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Act, 2002, s. 2(e)]Member, means a person elected at an election to fill seats in a Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad or Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(12)]Member, means a person joining in the application for the registration of a multi-State Co-operative society and includes a person admitted to membership after such registration in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the rules a...
Local Government
Local Government. That part of the government of the country which, by delegation from the Imperial Government, is conducted the bodies appointed or elected to conduct it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts, county boroughs, and counties. See these titles respectively, and COUNTY COUNCIL; DISTRICT COUNCIL; PARISH COUNCIL; and BOROUGH COUNCIL.Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41). The Act established county councils throughout England and Wales, and has been amended and extended by many other Acts.Transfer of Imperial Powers to County Councils.--The (English) Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 15), though permissive only, extended general, tentative, unsued and almost unknown powers of decentralization which had previously been entrusted to the Local Government Board by the (English) Local Government Act, 1888. The (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 7...
Designated authority
Designated authority, shall mean such officer of the Central Government not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government, or such officer of the State Government not below the rank of Secretary to the Government, as the case may be, as may be specified by the Central Government or, as the case may be, the State Government, by a notification published in the Official Gazette. [Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2000 (15 of 2000), s. 2 (b)]If a authority has been designated by a statute enjoining him to perform statutory duties indisputably it is he who has to do the same, A. Sudhakar v. Postmaster General Hydrabad, (2006) 4 SCC 348....
Public
Public, includes a section of the public. The word 'public', includes in its ordinary acceptation, any section of the public, Venkataraman Devani v. State of Mysore, AIR 1958 SC 255: (1958) SCR 895: (1985) SCJ 382: (1958) 1 Andh WR (SC) 109: (1958) 1 Mad LJ 109 (SC).Is a term of uncertain import, used with many different shades of meaning; public policy, public rights of way, public property, public authority, public nuisance, public house, public school, public company, Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. C 61.Public, is ordinarily used with reference to a joint body of citizens. It means that it is shared in or participated in or enjoyed by people at large, Otherwise, it is common to all the people, Azam Khan v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1972) 2 Andh WR 288: (1972) Mad LJ (Cr) 674.The word 'public' includes any class of the public or any community. [Penal Code, 1860, s. 12]...
Public officer
Public officer, means a person falling under any of the following descriptions, namely:-(a) every Judge;(b) every member of an All India Service;(c) every commissioned or gazetted officer in the military naval or air forces of the Union while serving under the Government.(d) Every officer of a court of justice whose duty it is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge of dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order, in the Court, and every person especially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties.(e) Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement;(f) Every officer of the Government whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to bring offenders to justice, or to protect the public h...
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