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Interpretation of Statute

to its plain language and neither should anything be added nor subtracted unless there are adequate grounds to justify the inference that the legislature clearly so intended, Assessing Authority-Cum-Excise and Taxation Officer v. East India Cotton Mfg.

Maintenance

neighbour, out of charity and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common interest will justify a person or persons jointly subscribing to pay the expenses of a suit, even when it is carried

Maleki

Maleki, the word 'malek' or 'maleki' is often used in a sense which certainly cannot on investigation justify the suggestion of an absolute owner or ownership in law. In the present case the term was held

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Habitually

together similar repeated acts. Repeated, persistent and similar, but not isolated, individual and dissimilar acts are necessary to justify an inference of habit, Vijay Narain Singh v. State of Bihar, 1984 3 SCC 14: AIR 1984 SC

Or

detaining authority was not definite regarding the ground of detention therefore, would not introduce an infirmity as might justify the quashing of the order, Firoj Farukee v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 2141: (1973) 3

Scandal

fraud and immorality, and the pleadings will not be open to the objection of scandal, if the facts justify the charge, Manual of Equity Pleading and Practice, Eugene A. Jones, 1916, p. 50.

Perambulation

parishioners, by going round them once a year, in or about Ascension week; and the parishioners may well justify going over any man's land in their perambulation, according to usage, and it is said may abate all

Use of dictionaries

rule relying upon the ordinary dictionary meaning which, in the absence of some overriding or special reasons to justify a departure, must prevail, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Officer-in-Charge, AIR 1977 SC 113 (177): (1976) 3 SCC

Uncore prist

[Law french 'still ready']. A plea by which a party alleges readiness to pay or perform what is justify demanded, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1527.

Right of private defence

conceded to a person who stage-manages a situation wherein the right can be used as a shield to justify an act of aggression, State of U.P. v. Ram Swarup, AIR 1974 SC 1570 (1574): (1974) 4 SCC

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