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Security
but includes personal securities for money, Chetumal v. Noorbhoy, AIR 1928 Sind 89: 107 IC 213. Security, it may range from a mere personal bond or promissory note or guarantee, or even a mere pledge of something … which guarantees the certainty of some specific thing, as, payment or performance, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 930.
Compensation
and may extend to physical mental or even emotional suffering, insult or injury or loss, Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Balbir Singh, (2004) 5 SCC 65 (75): AIR 2004 SC 2141. --Making things equivalent, satisfying or making amends, … Compensation, according to dictionary it means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may constitute actual loss or expected loss and may extend to physical mental or even emotional suffering, insult or … property taken for a public use, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 216. In India compensation at not less than market value
Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect
either to conduct involving moral turpitude or to a veterinary surgeon's conduct in pursuit of his profession, but may extand to conduct which, although reprehensible in anyone, is, in the case of a professional man, so much … Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect, is not limited either to conduct involving moral turpitude or to a veterinary surgeon's conduct in pursuit of his profession, but may extand to conduct which, although reprehensible in anyone, is, … propriety, morals and requirements of Law, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 114. The standard of conduct the members of Parliament are
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Just
the latin word Justus. It has various meanings and its meaning is often governed by the context. 'Just' may apply in nearly all of its senses, either to ethics or law, denoting something which is morally right … and reasonableness, and non arbitrary. If it is not so it cannot be just (See Helen C. Rebello v. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, AIR 1998 SC 3191), Divisional Controller KSTRC v. Mahadeva Shetty, AIR 2003 SC … as conforming to the requirements of right or of positive law, in Anderson's Law Dictionary as probable, reason-able, Kinney's Law Dictionary defines 'Just' as fair,
Repeal
1 QB 654, and other cases cited in Mew's Digest, vol. 19, p. 842, tit. 'Statute.' A repeal may be brought about by repugnant legislation, without even any reference to the Act intended to be repealed, for … of one written law by another, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 879. Means to withdraw officially or formally, Webster American Dictionary, … contrarias abrogant. By s. 11 of the Inter-pretation Act, 1889, re-enacting s. 5 of Lord Brougham's Act (13 Vict. c. 21), where an Act passed after 1850 repeals a repealing enactment, it does not revive any enactment
Tax
intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another, such as the excise or customs. Taxes may be laid on any one of the three sources of income (rent, profits, or wages); or a uniform … burden for the support of Government, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 1006. Tax, is a compulsory payment of a percentage of … the State. Taxes are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one that is demanded from the very persons who are intended or desired to pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one
Petition
the debtor, or the debtor himself, filing a petition in the Court of Bankruptcy, praying that the debtor may be adjudged bankrupt. See ACT OF BANKRUPTCY. Petition to wind up a company. A winding up of a … superior for the exercise of his authority,A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 620. … R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LII., rr. 16 et seq.) are used for getting money out of Court, and a variety of other mattes, but many matters in which a petition was formerly necessary are now disposed of on
Martial law
force by force in the case of insurrection, invasion or riot, 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 … and the government by military tribunals, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 663. Martial law, refers to military rule in domestic areas … of persons in the maintenance or restoration of order in any area where martial law was in force, validate any sentence passed, punishment inflicted, forfeiture ordered or any other act done under martial law, Commentary on the
Debt
(whether by personal representatives or by the Court, Re Cockell, 1932 AC 365) according to the rules which may be in force for the time being under the law of bankruptcy with respect to the assets of … certain and express agree-ment or contract, A. Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 315 Means liability which is alleged as due from any … executor or administrator being personally liable for any excessive expenditure. What is a strictly reasonable and necessary sum varies with the circumstances of each particular estate, and the price of the requisite Articles at the particular place.
Discretion
necessary to make a sound, fair and just determination and a knowledge of the facts upon which discretion may properly operate. When it is said that something it to be done according to the rules of reason … distinguished from a ministerial or administrative official, in adjudicating on matters brought before him, Aero Traders Pvt. Ltd. v. Ravinder Kumar Suri, AIR 2005 SC 15. --The word 'discretion' connotes necessarily an act of a judicial character, … of what is right or proper, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 362. Discretion, standing single and unsupported by circumstances signifies exercise
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