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permissive
permissive 1 : based on or having permission [ occupancy] [a user of the vehicle] 2 : granting permission or discretion (as to the court) [a statute] 3 : not compulsory: as a : allowed or...
peremptory
peremptory [Late Latin peremptorius, from Latin, destructive, from perimere to take entirely, destroy] 1 : permitting no dispute, alternative, or delay ;specif : not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply [when...
passive
passive : not involving, deriving from, or requiring effort or active participation [imposed a duty not to interfere] ;specif : of, relating to, or being business activity in which the investor does not have immediate control...
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successive
successive 1 a : of or relating to succession [ rights] b : created by succession 2 : following in order : following each other without interruption [ bankruptcy filings] 3 : of, relating to, or...
trustworthy
trustworthy : worthy of confidence ;specif : being or deriving from a source worthy of belief or consideration for evidentiary purposes [a informant] trust·wor·thi·ness n
Reconstruction of business
Reconstruction of business, Reconstruction of business involves the idea of substantially the same persons carrying on substantially the same busi-ness, Textile Machinery Corporation Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1977 SC 1134 (1140):...
void
void 1 : of no force or effect under law [a marriage] 2 : voidable void·ness n vt : to make or declare void [ a contract]
Reasonable
Reasonable, has in law prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard to those circumstances of which the actor, called upon to act reasonably knows or ought to know, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Unique...
In jure non remota causa, sed proxima spectatur
In jure non remota causa, sed proxima spectatur [Lat.], In law the proximate, and not the remote, cause is to be regarded. --Bacon, max., reg. 1.--(In law, the proximate, and not the remote, cause is regarded.)...
Freedom of profession, occupation or business
Freedom of profession, occupation or business, the restriction should be 'reasonable' and the court has thecompetence the examine the reasonable-ness, Chintaman Rao v. State, AIR 1951 SC 118.
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