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Person interested

not necessary that in order to be a person interested he or she must be related to the minor. Whether the particular person is interested or not has to be seen in the context of the nature

Justices

called justices, but the word is usually applied to petty magistrates who sit to administer summary justice in minor matters, and who are commonly called justices of the peace. They were first appointed in 1327 by 1

Patwari

Patwari, is a minor officer entrusted with the duty of maintaining the accounts and other relevant re-cords pertaining to the revenue business,

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Party

Party, a guardian instituting suit on behalf of a minor is not a 'party' within the meaning of section 195(1)(c) of Criminal Procedure Code against whom a complaint

Parchment

Parchment, skins of sheep dressed for writing [fr. pergamena, Lat.], so called because invented at Pergamus, in Asia Minor, by King Eumenes, when paper, which was in use in Egypt only, was prohibited by Ptolemy to be

Outlet

Outlet, means an opening constructed in main canal/branch canal/distributary/minor and reservoir or through lift irrigation management which passes water into a water course or directly on any land. [Rajasthan Farmers Participation in Management of Irrigation System...

Orphan

Orphan, a fatherless child or minor, or one deprived of both father and mother. The Lord Chancellor is the general guardian of all orphans

Negotiorum gestor

positive presumptions are made bylaw for the benefit of particular parties. thus, if a stranger enter upon a minor'' lands and take the profits, the law will, in many cases oblige him to account to them in

Minorities

Minorities, means 'groups held together by ties of common descent, language or religious faith and feeling different in these

Mining lease

of the Gujarat Rules defines 'quarry lease' as meaning 'a kind of mining lease in respect of a minor mineral granted under these rules'. Quarry leases are, therefore, included in the term 'mining leases', D.K. Trivedi and

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