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Personal luggage
Personal luggage, personal luggage has been de-fined as whatever a passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience, either with reference to his immediate necessities or for his personal needs at the end of...
Perspicua vera non sunt probanda
Perspicua vera non sunt probanda. Co. Litt. 16, (Evident truths need not be proved.)
Place of residence
Place of residence, the expression 'place of resi-dence' connotes a place where a person has his dwelling house, which need not necessarily be permanent or exclusive. A person may have more places of residence than one...
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Poor
Poor, means lacking material possession having little or no means to support oneself, needy, and impoverished. The expression refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and on their own cannot make arrangements for...
Notice of dishonour
Notice of dishonour. The 49th section of the Bills of Exchange Act,1882, contains fifteen rules as to notice of dishonour, of which the more important are these:- The notice must be given by or on behalf...
Poor laws
Poor laws. By the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601, (43 Eliz. c. 2), frequently called 'The Act of Elizabeth,' overseers of the poor were annually appointed in every parish; the churchwardens of every parish being also...
Poorer and working classes
Poorer and working classes, the expression 'poorer and working classes contemplated by sub-clause (c) of Clauses (A) of sub-s. (1) s. 277 refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and cannot on their...
Premises
Premises (pr'missa), in logic, propositions antecedently supposed or proved. In a deed the 'premises' are all the parts preceding the habendum. The word properly applies to what has been previously described or mentioned, and is used...
Presumption
Presumption, a supposition, opinion, or belief pre-viously formed, Wood's Inst. 599. Presumptions have been said to be either: (1) juris et de jure (irrebuttable); or (2) juris (rebuttable); or (3) hominis vel judicis (rebuttable, of fact)....
Prior or previous
Prior or previous, may be implied if the contextual situation or the object and design of the legislation demands it, Graphite India Ltd. v. Durgapur Projects Ltd., (1999) 7 SCC 645. The word 'prior' or 'previous'...
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