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Lie, in Collins English Dictionary, 1979 Edition, the word 'lie' has been defined in connection with suits and proceedings . At page 848 of the Dictionary while dealing with topic No. 9 under the definition of term 'lie' it is stated as under:for an action, claim appeal etc. to subsist; be maintainable or admissible, R. Rajagopal Reddy v. Padmini Chandrasekhran, AIR 1996 SC 238 (243): (1995) 2 SCC 630. [Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, s. 4(1)]It means 'to have foundation in the law; to be legally supportable, sustainable, or proper', (Black's Law Dictionary)....
lie
lie lay [lā] lain [lān] ly·ing : to be sustainable or capable of being maintained : have grounds under the law [holding that an action of battery would "Scott v. Bradford, 606 P.2d 554 (1979)"] [remedies for misrepresentation…will not for misstatements of opinion "W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton"] [appeals from the Tax Court to the…Circuit Court "D. Q. Posin"] lie in grant : to be transferable legally only by grant ...
lie detector
lie detector : an instrument for detecting physiological evidence of the tension that accompanies lying compare polygraph ...
lying
lying pres part of lie ...
Lying by
Lying by. A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may fairly be supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, may be prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by. See LACHES....
No appeal shall lie
No appeal shall lie, 'no appeal shall lie' in the proviso to s. 30(1) of The Income-tax Act, 1922 is not that no memorandum of appeal can be presented. All that it means is that the appeal will not be held to be properly filed until the tax has been paid. The tax must be paid within the period of limitation although the appeal had been filed before that, Commissioner of Income-tax v. Filmistan Ltd., AIR 1961 SC 1134 (1135): (1961) 3 SCR 893. [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 30 (1)] [s. 372, C.P.C.]...
lying in wait
lying in wait : holding oneself in a concealed position to watch and wait for a victim for the purpose of making an unexpected attack and murdering or inflicting bodily injury on the victim ...
low lying
having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level as low lying clouds...
Lying
of Lie to tell a falsehood...
Lying in
The state attending and consequent to childbirth confinement as a lying in hospital...