Lea

lea See Local Educational Agency. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

Lea or ley

Lea or ley, a pasture, Co. Litt. 4 b....

leaflet : a usually folded printed sheet intended for free distribution vi -let·ed or: -let·ted -let·ing or: -let·ting : to hand out leaflets [invalidated an ordinance banning all leafleting "David Kairys"] vb leased leas·ing vt 1 : to grant by lease to another [s mopeds to tourists] 2 : to hold under a lease [a company leasing a fleet of cars for its executives] vi 1 : to be under a lease or subject to a lease [the vacation house s for $500 a week] 2 : to grant property by a lease [have leased to students in the past] ...

leaflet

leaflet : a usually folded printed sheet intended for free distribution vi -let·ed or: -let·ted -let·ing or: -let·ting : to hand out leaflets [invalidated an ordinance banning all leafleting "David Kairys"] vb leased leas·ing vt 1 : to grant by lease to another [s mopeds to tourists] 2 : to hold under a lease [a company leasing a fleet of cars for its executives] vi 1 : to be under a lease or subject to a lease [the vacation house s for $500 a week] 2 : to grant property by a lease [have leased to students in the past] ...

local educational agency

local educational agency School or school district. Also called LEA. This term is used for deciding tuition charges for secondary school students in F-1 visa status. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

release

release re·leased re·leas·ing 1 a : to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility [the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts] b : to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person : surrender 2 : to set free from confinement [was released on personal recognizance] n 1 a : discharge from an obligation or responsibility that bars a cause of action [did not effect a of the school for any negligence] b : the giving up or renunciation of a right or claim that bars a cause of action [was a of the remainder of the debt] NOTE: A release may in some situations require consideration in order to be valid. A release of one joint obligor sometimes is considered to release all the obligors. 2 : an act or instrument that effects a release [signed a issued by the insurer] called also release of all claims compare hold harmless 3 : the act or instance of freeing esp. from custody ...

Lea

A measure of yarn for linen 300 yards for cotton 120 yards a lay...

Penalty

Penalty, is a liability under the taxing statute, Khemka & Co. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1549.Penalty, is legal or official punishment such as a term of imprisonment, N.K. Jain v. C.K. Shah, AIR 1991 SC 1289. [Employees' Provident Fund Act, 1952, s. 14]Means recovery of an amount as a penal measure in civil proceedings, or an exaction which is not compensatory in character, Jagjit Cotton Textile Mills v. Chief Commercial Superintendent, N.R., (1998) 5 SCC 126.1. A sum agreed to be paid on non-performance of the condition of a bond. See BOND.2. A sum agreed to be paid on breach of an agreement or any stipulation of it. See LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, and NOMINE PEN'. The fact that the parties state expressly in their contract that the sum named is 'liquidated damages' will not prevent the Court from deciding that it is a penalty. 'The cases upon the subject of penalty or liquidated damages are very numerous. The result of them seems to be this, that what the Courts look at is the rea...

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