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Labourers, Statute of

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Business

and intent of the Act in which it occurs. The term 'business' means an affair requiring attention and labour as the chief concern; mercantile pursuits, that one does for livelihood, occupation, employment, Kesavan Nair v. C.K. Babu … (1967) 19 STC 1, though extensively used in taxing statues, is a word of indefinite import. In taxing statutes, it is used in the sense of an occupation, or profession which occupies the time, attention and labour

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Hard labour

with or without hard labour, notwithstanding that the offence is an offence at common law, or that the statute under which the sentence is passed does not authorize the imposition of hard labour or requires the imposi-tion … Hard labour, a punishment said to have been intro-duced by 5 Anne, c. 6. By the (English) Criminal Justice Administration

Shall

Shall, a word of slippery semantics in a rule is not decisive and the context of the statute, the purpose of the prescription, the public injury in the event of neglect of the rule and the … the State Government, the State Industrial Court or a District Industrial Court may also refuse to take action, Labour Commissioner v. Burhanpur Tapti Mills Ltd., AIR 1964 SC 1687: (1964) 7 SCR 484. (v) The use of

labor organization

and grievances ;esp : labor union NOTE: Designation by the court as a labor organization subject to applicable statutes can confer a variety of liabilities and protections, esp. in regard to antitrust issues, unfair labor and management

Penal Servitude

more than two years, whereas penal servitude may be imposed for any period (within the limits of the statute governing the punishment for the particular offence) being not less than three years, and that the work done … 1853, has superseded transportation (see that title) beyond the seas; but is in all respects as to hard labour, etc., similar to it. It ranges in duration from three years to the life of the convict. The

Obsolete

Statutes, 2nd Edn., vol. i. p. 378, published in 1888; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming'), by which labourers and others are forbidden to play cards or other specified games 'out of Christmas,' but allowed to play … stocks (see STOCKS), the provision of the Gaming Act of Henry VIII. (33 Hen. 8, c. 9) (Revised Statutes, 2nd Edn., vol. i. p. 378, published in 1888; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Games and Gaming'), by which labourers

strike

and means of forcing compliance with demands NOTE: This form of strike has been illegal according to both statute and case law since the early 1940s. sym·pa·thy strike : a strike by workers not involved in a

Seducing to leave service

Seducing to leave service, an injury for which a master may have an action on the case. See LABOURERS, STATUTE OF.

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