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Annulment

Annulment, means the act of nullifying or making void. A judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that a marriage is void. Unlike a divorce, an annulment establishes that marital status never

Technical member

Technical member, means a member who is not a judicial member. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(1) (zd)]

Reference, Incorporation by

Reference, Incorporation by, of an earlier statute by a later one, judicially stigmatised in Knill v. Towse, (1889) 24 QBD 186, and Chislett v. Macbeth & Co., (1909) 2 KB … Knill v. Towse, (1889) 24 QBD 186, and Chislett v. Macbeth & Co., (1909) 2 KB 815. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

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Rectification

(235). (Companies Act, 1956, s. 155) A court's equitable correction of a contractual term that is misstated; the judicial alteration of a written contract to make it conform to true intention of parties when in its original

Peaceably

Peaceably, is not defined in any Act, it is a subject of some judicial pronouncement. The prescriptive right of an easement can be acquired only when the user is inter alia nec

Forgery, fraud

making and publishing of false writings to the prejudice of another man's right (Terms de la Ley) (Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Fifth Edition Vol. 2). In Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, Internatio-nal Education, 'Forgery' is defined as: 'The act of

Entertained

admitted tax, Lakshmiratan Engineering Works Ltd. v. Asst. Commissioner (Judicial), AIR 1968 SC 488 (493). [Uttar Pradesh Tax Act, 1948 (15 of 1948), s. 9, Proviso]

Contract of service and contract for service

orders in the work to be performed and as to its mode and manner of performance. (See: Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 5th Edn., p. 540, Indian Medical Assn. v. V.P. Shantha, (1985) 6 SCC 651 (674). (Consumer Protection … Dictionary, 5th Edn., p. 540, Indian Medical Assn. v. V.P. Shantha, (1985) 6 SCC 651 (674). (Consumer Protection Act, 1986)

Common serjeant

Common serjeant, a judicial officer of the Corporation of the City of London, appointed by the Crown [Loc. Gov. Act, 1888 (51

Breve

himself, or to the chancellors, judges, sheriffs, or other officers, Skene, de verb. 'Breve.' See WRIT; ORIGINAL WRIT; JUDICIAL WRIT. Breve income-tax act dicitur, quia rem de qua agitur, et intentionem patentis, paucis verbis breviter enarrat. 2

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