Movement - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: movementcivil rights movement
civil rights movement Historically, the term "Civil Rights Movement" has referred to efforts toward achieving true equality for African-Americans in all facets of society, but today the term "civil rights movement " is also used to describe the advancement of equality for all people regardless of race, sex, age, disability, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. ...
Movement
The act of moving in space change of place or posture motion as the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering the movement of a wheel or a machine...
Freedom of movement
Freedom of movement, is the fundamental right to move freely throughout the territory of India without any discriminatory barriers, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, 1950 SCR 88 [Constitution of India, Art. 19(1)(d)]Has three aspects (i) the right to move from any part of the country to any other part; (ii) the right to move out of the country; (iii) the right to return to the country from abroad, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 1, p. 262....
electric current
the movement of electrically charged particles atoms or ions through solids liquids gases or free space the term is usually used of relatively smooth movements of electric charge through conductors whether constant or variable Sudden movements of charge are usually referred to by other terms such as spark or lightning or discharge In metallic conductors the electric current is usually due to movement of electrons through the metal The current is measured as the rate of movement of charge per unit time and is counted in units of amperes As a formal definition the direction of movement of electric current is considered as the same as the direction of movement of positive charge or in a direction opposite to the movement of negative charge Electric current may move constantly in a single direction called direct current abbreviated DC or may move alternately in one direction and then the opposite direction called alternating current abbreviated AC...
Sale in the course of inter-State trade
Sale in the course of inter-State trade, a 'sale in the course of inter-State trade' in Article 286(2) of the Constitution includes a sale by a trader in one State to a consumer or user in another State. The ex-pression is not confined to sales between two traders only, State of Bombay v. United Motors (India) Ltd., AIR 1953 SC 252: (1953) SCR 1069.A sale which occasions movement of goods from one State to another is a sale in the course of inter-State trade, no matter in which State the property in the goods passes; (2) it is not necessary that the sale must precede the inter-State movement in order that the sale may be deemed to have occasioned such movement; and (3) it is also not necessary for a sale to be deemed to have taken place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce, that the covenant regarding inter-State movement must be specified in the contract itself. It would be enough if the movement was in pursuance of and in-cidental to the contract of sale, Union of India v. ...
VerbarMoto
Movement manner of movement particularly movement with increased rapidity used especially in the phrase con moto directing to a somewhat quicker movement as andante con moto a little more rapidly than andante etc...
Salary or wages
Salary or wages, means all remuneration (other than remuneration in respect of over-time work) capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to an employee in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment and includes dearness allowance (that is to say, all cash payments, by whatever name called, paid to an employee on account of a rise in the cost of living), but does not include--(i) any other allowance which the employee is for the time being entitled to;(ii) the value of any house accommodation or of supply of light, water, medical attendance or other amenity or of any service or of any concessional supply of foodgrains or other articles.(iii) any travelling concession;(iv) any bonus (including incentive, production and attendance bonus);(v) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund or for the benefit of the employee under any law for t...
cha cha
a modern ballroom dance from Latin America it uses two slow steps followed by three quick small steps with swaying movements of the hips and has many variations of movements based on that rhythm...
Escort
A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey one who conducts some one as an attendant a guard as of prisoners on a march also a body of persons attending as a mark of respect or honor applied to movements on land as convoy is to movements at sea...
immobilisation
The act or process of limiting movement or making incapable of movement as immobilization of the injured knee was necessary the storm caused complete immobilization of the rescue team...
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