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Libel

the character of another, and is published without lawful justification or excuse, is a libel whatever the intention may have been', O'Brien v. Clement, (1846) 15 M & W 435, per Parke, B. A statement in a

Court of record

is undoubtedly a superior court which is itself competent to determine the scope of its jurisdiction, M.M. Thomas v. State of Kerala, (2000) 1 SCC 666. In relation to any matter, means the court to which proceedings … court of record envelops all such powers whose acts and proceedings are to be enrolled in a perpetual memorial and testimony. A court of record is undoubtedly a superior court which is itself competent to determine the

Occupation

in the sense of employing one's time. It is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its scope and significance. It is described as a generic and very comprehensive term, … sense of employing one's time. It is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its scope and significance. It is described as a generic and very comprehensive term, which includes

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Interlocutory order

an intermediate order. It is made between the commencement of an action and the entry of the judgment, V.C. Shukla v. C.B.I., AIR 1980 SC 962 (976). (Order XXXIX, Rule 6, CPC, 1908) The term 'interlocutory order' … Interlocutory order, it has to be construed in con-tradiction to or in contrast with final order. It means not a final order, but an intermediate order. It is made between the commencement of an action and

Consultation

Juris Secundum (Volume 16A, Edn. 1956, page 1242) also says that the word 'consult' is frequently defined as meaning 'to discuss something together, or to deliberate'. By giving an opportunity to consultation or deliberation the purpose thereof … Consultation, in Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition, 1960, Volume 9, page 3) to 'consult' is defined as 'to discuss something together, to deliberate'. Corpus Juris Secundum (Volume

Any

or 'all'. Its generality may be restricted by the context;' (Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edn.), Shri Balaganesna Metals v. M. N. Shanmugham Chetty, (1987) 2 SCC 707 (718): AIR 1987 SC 1668. [T. N. Buildings (Lease and … Any, the word 'any' has the following meaning: some; one of many; and indefinite number. One indiscriminately or whatever kind or quantity. Word 'any' has a

Landlord

guardian or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent, Raval and Co. v. K.G. Ramachandran, AIR 1974 SC 818: (1974) 1 SCC 424: (1974) 2 SCR 629. Mean a person who … etc., Co. Litt. 57. See Foa or Woodfall on Landlord and Tenant, and also the (English) Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 70. Includes the person who is

Property

chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802. Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels

Debt owed

a liability to pay in praesenti or in futuro an ascertainable sum of money, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Her Highness Vijyaba Dowger Maharani Saheb of Bhavnagar Palace, (1979) 2 SCC 213: AIR 1979 SC 982: (1979) … Debt owed, a debt owed within the meaning of s. 2(m) of the Wealth-tax Act can be defined as a liability to pay in praesenti or

Repeal

Act, 1875, by s. 313, and Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, by s. 102, and see R. v. Minister of Health, Ex p. Villiers, (1936) 2 KB 29. Abrogation of an existing law by legislative act, Black's

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