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Terminal charges

warehousing, loading, unloading, cartage to or from station, etc. The special Act of each company, in prescribing a maximum rate, usually excepts from such rate 'a reasonable sum,' for, e.g., 'loading, covering, and unloading of goods at

Public Order Act, 1936

and extent. A person who commits an offence under s. 2 is liable on summary conviction to a maximum of 6 months' imprisonment or a fine up to 100l. or both; and on conviction on indictment to

Sentence of a Court

Person Act, 1861 (but see next title), and treason) the extent of the sentence is within a given maximum left to the discretion of the Court, such few maximum sentences as previously were enjoined having been abolished

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Firearms

50), makes the use or attempted use of firearms or imitation firearms to avoid arrest punishable with a maximum of fourteen years penal servitude, and also for being in possession of such firearms or imitation firearms when

qualifying ratios

by lenders to determine how much money a homebuyer is qualified to borrow. Lending guidelines typically include a maximum housing expense to income ratio and a maximum monthly expense to income ratio. Source: U.S. Department of Housing

uim

uim Shorthand for "underinsured motorist," or those fellow motorists whose automobile insurance maximum is insufficient to cover a specific loss. UIM pays you, or those people covered under your policy, for

Birds

& 44 Vict. c. 35) contains a list of specially protected birds, for shooting or taking which the maximum penalty is one pound, whereas the maximum penalty in the case of other wild birds is five shillings

Liquidated damages

damages sustained by the breach be more or less, in contradistinction to a penalty; which is only the maximum amount agreed to be paid, and is intended to be reducible in proportion to the actual damage sustained.

Indeterminate sentencing

practice of not imposing a definite term of confinement, but instead prescribing a range for the minimum and maximum term, leaving the precise term to be fixed in some other way, usu. based on the prisoner's conduct

Family

of such woman. The legislature on a correct perspective has enlarged the definition of a family to the maximum possible extent, and provides for as many as nine members, Sasanka Sekhar Maity v. Union of India, AIR

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