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of legislative power and wherever the question of legislative competence is raised the test is whether the legislation, looked at as a whole, is substantially 'with respect to' the particular topic of legislation, Ujagar Prints v. Union

split custody

split custody A form of custody (generally not looked upon favorably) in which some or one of the parties' children is/are in the custody of one parent

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Obligation

in its entirely including the right of the one party, no less that the liability of the order, looked at from the point of view of the person entitled, an obligation is a right, is a duty

Whig

a Tory the Constitution, inasmuch as it was the Constitution, with an ultimate point beyond which he never looked, and from which he thought it altogether impossible to swerve: whereas a Whig deemed all forms of government

Voluntas in delicitis non exitus spectatur

Voluntas in delicitis non exitus spectatur (2 Inst. 57), in crimes, the will, and not the result, is looked to.

Vagueness of ground, irrelevant ground

Vagueness of ground, irrelevant ground, a distinction between grounds which are merely vague and those which are extraneous or irrelevant often tends to be over-looked. Particulars of vague grounds can be, as seen already, supplied even...

Transfer

Act. If the substance of the transaction by which properties are endowed in favour of a deity is looked into Court does not see why it cannot be called a gift, Kumar Pashupati Nath Mullah v. State

Sentence

the consequences to the convict of the fact thus ascertained. Any consequence which flows after conviction can be looked upon as sentence, Mohammad Shabir Maulamaiya v. State of Maharashtra, (1977) Mah LJ 338. Means the judgment that

Ratio decidendi

any doubt as regards any observations, reasons and principles, the other part of the judgment has to be looked into. By reading a line here and there from the judgment, one cannot find out of the entire

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