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Low lived

Characteristic of or like one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life mean dishonorable contemptible as low lived dishonesty...


Living separately

Living separately, the expression 'living separately', connotes to our mind not living like husband and wife. It has no reference to the place of living. The parties may live under the same roof by force of circumstances, and yet they may not be living as husband and wife. The parties may be living in different houses and yet they could live as husband and wife. What seems to be necessary is that they have no desire to perform marital obligations and with that mental attitude they have been living separately for a period of one year immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, AIR 1992 SC 1904 (1907): (1991) 2 SCC 25. [Hindu Marriage Act, (25 of 1955), s. 13B]...


low cut

having a neckline low enough to expose part of the breast of a womans garment as a low cut party dress...


Low necked

Cut low in the neck decollete low cut said of a womans dress...


low toned

relatively low in volume soft of sound as making low toned noises with their mouths that went as an undercurrent of sound Opposite of loud...


Low visibility rules

Low visibility rules, these are rules of law which are made inaccessible to the public. Generally these are obscure laws, with far reaching powers and which infringe fundamental rights and those which the state does not wish to publicize. 'Fundamental rights cease to be viable if laws calculated to constrict their sweep are withheld from public access; and the freedoms under Art. 19(1) cannot be restricted by hidden or 'low visibility rules' beyond discovery by fair search. ' [Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1721), para 93] - here reference is made to the Punjab Jail Manual which was not made available to prisoners and was priced so high that few could buy. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...


Short lived

Not living or lasting long being of short continuance as a short lived race of beings short lived pleasure short lived passion...


Lives

Lives, Estate for. A lease to A. during the life of another or the lives of others was a tenure of very long standing in England, chiefly in the west and north, or where the lease was granted by a corporation, and in Ireland. Now such a lease is either a lease for 90 years determinable by notice after any event determining the term under the original demise as provided by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 149, if the lease is at a rent or in consideration of a fine, or is a converted copyhold lease for life without right of perpetual renewal under Part V of the (English) L.P.Act, 1922. In all other cases it is an equitable interest and governed by the Settled Land Act,1925. The tenant under the lease was called a tenant pur autre [or auter] vie, and the person during whose life the lease is to last, the cestui que vie. By 18 & 19 Car. 2, there is a prima facie presumption of death after seven years; and by the Cestui que Vie Act,1707 (6 Anne, c. 72), an order may be made by t...


Long lived

Having a long life having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable lasting long as a long lived tree they are a long lived family long lived prejudices...


Child living

Child living. The rule extending the meaning of 'child living' to include for the purposes of the child's benefit a child en ventre sa mere does not apply to s. 21 of the Finance Act, 1920, which provides for certain claimant has a child living at the commencement of a financial year; Jackson v. Voss, 39 TLR 445....


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