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Divorce

ground of desertion. See DESERTION. The word 'divorce' is not defined in the Criminal Procedure Code and may legitimately be regarded as having been used in clause (b) above extracted in the dictionary sense. WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW

Collective responsibility

laid down by it in the Cabinet meeting. 'Collective responsibility' has two meanings: the first meaning which can legitimately be ascribed to it is that all members of a government are unanimous in support of its policies

Bairns, part

if his wife survives, and a half if she does not, due to his children, Scots Law. See LEGITIM and REASONABLE PARTS.

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Any property

Off course, the property must be heritable property in respect to which alone the question of succession may legitimately arise, Angurbala Mullick v. Debabrata Mullick, AIR 1951 SC 293 (297): 1951 SCR 1125. [Hindu Woman's Right to

Age

marriage solemnized or contracted before the passing of the Act or in Scotland any right or capacity of legitimation per subsequens matrimonium. There is no age in law at which a man is presumed to be too

Mulierly

In the manner or condition of a mulier in wedlock legitimately

marital portion

of a spouse who has died rich in comparison to the surviving spouse compare disposable portion, falcidian portion, legitime

heir

deprived of his or her lawful portion of the decedent's estate by disinherison without just cause see also legitime heir ab in·tes·ta·to [-ab-in-tes-tā-tō, -Ä b-in-tes-tÄ -tō] pl: heirs ab intestato in the civil law of Louisiana :

bargainable

bargainable : subject to bargaining ;esp : legitimately subject to collective bargaining [a issue]

Wrongful occupation

interpreted to mean only in breach of any of the terms and conditions of the contract and can legitimately take in its sweep unlawful occupation, Raptakos Brett & Co. Ltd. v. Ganesh Property, AIR 1998 SC 3092.

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