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County Courts

if in an action of contract which could have been commenced in a County Court the plaintiff recover less than 40l. (tort 10l.), he shall notbe entitled to any costs,and if he recover 40l. or more, but

Inheritance

of the more remote male paternal ancestor and her heirs shall be preferred to the mother of a less remote male paternal ancestor and her heirs; and in the admission of female maternal ancestors, the mother of

Circumstantial evidence

inferred from circumstances, which either necessarily or usually attend such facts. It is obvious that a presumption is more or less likely to be true according as it is more or less probable that the circumstances would not have … It is obvious that a presumption is more or less likely to be true according as it is more or less probable that the circumstances would not have exited unless the fact which is inferred from them had also

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Office

SC 694 (702). [Constitution of India, Art. 191(1)(a)] A position or place to which certain duties are attached more or less of a public character. A sort of permanent position held by successive incumbents may be with or without … is of indefinite context. A position or place to which certain duties are attached, especially one if a more or less public character (per Lord Wright in McMillan v. Guest, 1942 AC 561; P.V. Narsimha Rao v. State, AIR

Costs

the provisions of sub-s. (3) and sub-s. (4) of this s.:-- (a) if the plaintiff recovers a sum less-- (i) in the case of an action founded on contract, than forty pounds; or (ii) in the case

Period of not less than

Matched in: Term Period of not less than

Divorce

v. Mohd. Ibrahim, (1981) 2 SCC 509: AIR 1981 SC 1243: (1981) 2 SCR 910. Divorce is nothing more or less another name for dissolution of marriage, whether the same results from act of parties or is a consequence

Free-board, or freebord

unbuilt upon. Cowel (Law Dict.) has the following: 'Free-board, Francbordus, in some places they claim as a Free-bord, more or less ground beyond or without the fence. In Mon. Angl. 2 par. Fol. 241, it is said to contain

Salary

way of recompense for his labour. 'Salary' is remuneration paid to an employee whose period of engagement is more or less permanent in character though remuneration for the day's work is not ordinarily termed 'salary', Mohmedalli v. Union of … Genuji Kolhe, (1975) 1 SCC 252. Salary, is remuneration paid to an employee whose period of engagement is more or less permanent in character, for other than manual or relatively unskilled labour, Bahadur Prasad v. State of Bihar, (1989)

Residence

SCR 608. [Karnataka Medical Colleges (Election for Admission) Rules, 1970, R. 3] In its ordinary sense 'residence' is more or less of a permanent character. The expression 'resides' means to make an abode for a considerable time; to dwell

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