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Acquittal

and s. 2(a) of the Act we are of opinion that when an accused is acquitted of a major charge but convicted under a minor charge, it is still an acquittal under the major charge which can

Appropriate government

the Constitution. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (e)] Means in relation to any major port the Central Government, and, in relation to any other port, the State Government. [Dock Workers (Safety, Health

Mayor

meyr, fr. the British miret, to keep, or fr. the Old English maier, power, not from the Latin major, although maire is the more probable derivation through the lingual corruption of 'major'] the annual chief magistrate of

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Owner consignee

sale or custody' of such goods. Both under the Bombay Port Trust Act as well as under the Major Port Trusts Acts, the expression 'owner' includes an 'agent for the custody of such goods', Sun Export Corporation

Impracticability

action is 'possible' but owing to certain practical difficulties or other reasons it is incapable of being performed, Major Radha Krishan v. Union of India, AIR 1996 SC 3091 (3093): (1996) 3 SCC 507. The meaning of

Inexpedient

expedient disadvantageous in the circumstances, inadvisable, impolitic (Webster's Third New International Dictionary) see also Union of India v. Major General Madan Lal Yadav (Retd.), (1996) 4 SCC 127: 1996 SCC (Cri) 592. Inexpedient, the dictionary meaning of

Force majeure

Dictionary, p. 657. The expression 'force majeure' is not a mere French version of the Latin expression 'vis major'. It is undoubtedly a term of wider import. Difficulties have arisen in the past as to what could

minor league

A league of professional sports teams less proficient than a major leagues Players in the minor leagues generally are paid less than those in the major leagues and their

internet

A large network3 of numerous computers connected through a number of major nodes of high speed computers having high speed communications channels between the major nodes and numerous minor nodes

Charless Wain

The group of seven stars commonly called the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major or Great Bear See Ursa major under Ursa

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