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Metropolitan Police

power of a Metropolitan Police Constable to make arrests, see Archbold's Crim. Pleading and Practice and Stone's Justices' Manual.

Merger

reversion must be vested in the same person in the same right with no vested estate intervening, Megarry's Manual of the Law of Real Property, 8th Edn. Merger, means that where a lesser and a greater estate

Martial law

and to take such exceptional measures as may be necessary for the purpose of restoring peace and order: Manual of Military Law, pp. 3, 4. Martial law was prohibited by the Petition of Right Act of Charles

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Mainovre

Mainovre, 1. A trespass committed by hand. 2. Manual labour. Also spelled mainoeuvre, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 964.

Petty Sessions

e.g., Public Health, Housing, Road Traffic, etc. As to the duties of justices, see JUSTICES, and Stone's Justices' Manual.

Workmen

capacity, Ananda Bazar Patrika (P) Ltd. v. The Workmen, (1970) 3 SCC 248. Those earning their livelihood by manual labour. Workmen's Dwellings.-See HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES. As to facilities for small dwellings not exceeding a rateable

Possession

its legal senses do not always coincide with the popular sense. It may not always be synonymous with manual detention or physical retention of the goods or moneys, C.I.T. v. Tarsem Kumar, AIR 1986 SC 1477: (1986)

Summary jurisdiction

and Criminal Justice Act, 1925; see also HUSBAND AND WIFE. see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices' and Stone's Justices Manual; and also SESSIONS OF THE PEACE.

Workshop

bottle-washing works, and any premises named in Part II. of the 6th Schedule, not being a 'factory' where manual labour is used for gain, or for making, repairing, or adapting for sale any article, in premises to

Latrine

receptacle therein for collection of human excreta and the fittings and apparatus, if any, connected therewith. [Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 (46 of 1993), s. 2(i)]

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