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Chiffon

Any merely ornamental adjunct of a womans dress as a bunch of ribbon lace etc

Adequate consideration

in Tulsidas Kilachand v. CIT shows that the words 'adequate consideration' were held to denote consideration other than mere love and affection which, in the case of a wife, may be presumed. When the law insists that

Kept

of the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness. It is something different from a mere state of transit or a course of journey through the State. It is something more than a mere

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Possession

with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152. Possession, does not imply mere acts of the user, or of occupation alone, but the occupation must be with the intention of exercising

Reasonable

v. P. Mangamma, AIR 2003 SC 1706. A reasonable and bona fide requirement is something in between a mere desire or wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need

Reasonable doubt

'well founded actual doubt arising out of the evidence existing after consideration of all the evidenced. 'Hence a mere whim or a surmise or suspicion furnishes an insufficient foundation upon which to raise a reasonable doubt, and

Goodwill

earn income in excess of the an come that would be expected from the business veined as a mere collec-tion of assets, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 703. The advantage or benefit which is acquired by

Deposit

opportunity for reflection or choice, and thence it is called miserabile depositum; (2) voluntary, which arises from the mere consent and agreement of the parties. the Common Law has made no such division. There is another class

Misconduct

character; forbidden act, a transgression of established and definite rule of action or code of conduct but not mere error of judgment, carelessness or negligence in performance of the duty; the act complained of bears for bidden

Contractor

Contractor, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for any establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the employment of building workers or who supplies building workers

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