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obvious : easily seen, discovered, or understood ;specif : readily apparent to a person of ordinary skill in a particular art considering the scope and content of the prior art see also patent NOTE: An invention that is found to be obvious cannot be patented. ob·vi·ous·ness n ...
Obvious error
Obvious error, obvious error must be suchwhich can be amended without affecting thedecision, Visakapatnam Municipal Corporation v. K. Satyanarayana, (1955) 2 SCC 385 (386). [Arbitration Act, 1940, s. 15(b)]...
Under is obvious
Under is obvious, cannot be taken to have same meaning as the word 'of' which may bring in the notion of ownership. Indeed the concept of under can be relevant only when there are two entities one of which may be under the others. A department of the government and can only loosely be termed as under the government. Consequently, the mere fact that the State Bank of India and the nationalized banks are different entities as corporate bodies for certain purposes cannot by itself be a circumstance from which it may be deduced that they cannot be establishments under the Central Government, Bank of India v. Stalin, (1988) 1 Ker LT 759....
error
error : an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done [procedural s] ;esp : a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case [to compel to conclusion that a manifest has been done "Moses v. Burgin, 445 F.2d 369 (1971)"] often used without an article [had been to give the jury special interrogatories "K. A. Cohen"]; see also assignment of error, clearly erroneous NOTE: Generally a party must object to an error at trial in order to raise it as an issue on appeal. clear error : an error made by a judge in his or her findings of fact which is such that it leaves the reviewing court with the firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made NOTE: A clear error may or may not warrant reversal. fundamental error : plain error in this entry used esp. in criminal cases harmless error : an error that does not affect a substantial right or change the outcome of a trial a...
Legal proceedings
Legal proceedings, do not in their ordinary sense at first suggest the commencement of an arbitration. To refer to a person as having commenced legal proceedings does not obviously suggest that an arbitration has been commenced, even although its purpose is to obtain an award as to the relevant legal rights of the parties. Legal proceedings in the ordinary sense of the phrase more obviously refers to proceedings in a court of law, ICL Shipping Ltd. v. Chin Thai Steel Enterprise Co. Ltd. (QBD), (2004) 1 WLR 2254.Means any civil or criminal proceeding or enquiry in which evidence is, or may be given; includes an arbitration, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 1439.Means steps or measures adopted in the prosecution or defence of an action, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 816....
easement
easement [Anglo-French esement, literally, benefit, convenience, from Old French aisement, from aisier to ease, assist] : an interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment (as the right to cross the land or have a view continue unobstructed over it) see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate compare license, profit, right of way, servitude affirmative easement : an easement entitling a person to do something affecting the land of another that would constitute trespass or a nuisance if not for the easement compare negative easement in this entry apparent easement : an easement whose existence is detectable by its outward appearance (as by the presence of a water pipe) ap·pur·te·nant easement [ə-pərt-n-ənt-] : easement appurtenant in this entry common easement : an easement in which the owner of the land burdened by the easement retains the privilege of sharing the benefits of the easeme...
gross
gross [Middle English, immediately obvious, from Middle French gros thick, coarse, from Latin grossus] 1 : flagrant or extreme esp. in badness or offensiveness : of very blameworthy character [a violation of the rules of ethics] [a abuse of trust] 2 : consisting of an overall total exclusive of deductions [ annual earnings] compare net gross·ly adv gross·ness n n : overall total exclusive of deductions in gross 1 : as a lump sum see also lump sum alimony at alimony 2 : independently existing, belonging to a person, and not attached to land see also easement in gross at easement vt : to earn or bring in (an overall total) exclusive of deductions (as for taxes or expenses) ...
loiter
loiter : to remain in or hang around an area for no obvious purpose ;specif : to linger aimlessly for the purpose of committing a crime [a statute forbidding any person from ing on school grounds] ...
manifest
manifest 1 : capable of being readily perceived by the senses and esp. by sight [a injury] 2 : capable of being easily understood or recognized : clearly evident, obvious, and indisputable [vacating an arbitrator's award because of the arbitrator's disregard of the law] man·i·fest·ly adv vt : to make evident or certain by showing or displaying [ing the intent to make a gift] man·i·fes·ta·tion [ma-nə-fə-stā-shən, -fe-stā-] n n : a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (as a ship or plane) ...
manifest injustice
manifest injustice : an outcome in a case that is plainly and obviously unjust [acceptance of an involuntary guilty plea constitutes manifest injustice] ...
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