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Undertaking

Undertaking, denotes 'any business or any work or project which one engages in or attempts as an enterprise analogous to business or trade, Secretary Madras Gymkhana Club Employees Union v. Manage-ment of Gymkhana Club, AIR 1968...

Ultra vires

Ultra vires [Lat.] (beyond the powers), said of a corporation or company when exceeding its authority. If the powers are given or acquired at common law or by custom or by charter, the corporation is a...

Ubavadai tenure; ulavadi; kani tenure

Ubavadai tenure; ulavadi; kani tenure, denotes land in which the grantee and his heirs were to have a hereditary right to cultivate, Mayanoi Chettiyar v. Chokkalingam Pillay, 31 IA 83: 27 Mad 291 (PC).

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Tribunal

Tribunal, includes, within its ambit, all adjudicating bodies, provided they are constituted by the State and are invested with judicial, as distinguished from purely administrative or executive functions, Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh, AIR...

Transport

Transport, carrier or transporting agent means a person who carries on the business of transporting goods on account of any other person into, or outside or within West Bengal. [West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003,...

Transferable

Transferable, ex facie, is not to be equated to 'transferred'. The word import a quality, a legal effect arising out of or inherent in the character and nature of shares themselves, Krishna Agency Ltd. v. Commissioner...

Trafficking

Trafficking, means carrying on a trade, buying or selling, with a sinister implication, AIR 1965 Mad 308 (310). (Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s. 47)

Thavani

Thavani, means credit period. It is a colourless expression meaning 'period' e.g. interest to be debited after 60 days' thavani. Proof aliunde is necessary for showing that it was used in a particular sense, KMPRNM Firm...

Site

Site, means the general locale upon which the house is built, Attendrooloo Chetty's Charities v. Sadhana Aushadhalaya, (1969) ILR 1 Mad 184.

Textiles

Textiles, rayan yarn and nylon yarn are made of fibres and came within the purview of 'textiles', Sirsilk Ltd. v. Textiles Committee, AIR 1989 SC 317 (331). [Textiles Committee Act, 1963, s. 2(g)] The word 'textiles'...

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