Oil Seeds - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Oil seeds, the conclusion that jeera, dhania, panmohuri, methi and postak are 'oilseeds' is correct. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary (7th Edition) edited by Arthur and Elizabeth Rose, from which the following informations regarding the seeds in question were available: Dhania (coriander seed); botanical name coriandrum sativum: Coriander oil is distilled from the coriander sativum a colourless or slightly yellowish liquid having aromatic odour. Jeera (cumin seed); Cumin oil is distilled from the cumin seed and is used for medicine, flavouring and perfumery. It is a colourless or yellowish, limpid liquid having characteristic odour of cumin. Postak (poppy seed); botanical name papover somni-ferum: Poppy oil is a very pale, golden yellow liquid with pleasant taste and odour extracted from the seeds and it is used as food oil, artist's colours, varnishes and lubrication. Methi (Fenugreek); botanical name trigonella Foenum-graecum (vide p. 164, Vol. 9 of the Encyclopedia Britannica). It ...
Edible oil seed
Edible oil seed, the phrase 'edible oil-seed' mean only an oil seed which is edible as an oil-seed. Cotton-seed, not being edible, falls outside theclass of 'edible oil-seed', Girdhar Mal v. Dev Raj, AIR 1963 SC 1587 (1590). [Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946, ss. 5, 3, 2]...
Stockholder
Stockholder, includes--(i) any State Government;(ii) any statutory functionary;(iii) voluntary agencies including foreign voluntary agencies, and(iv) any other person identified by the Authority:Which participate in any manner in activities related to disaster management. [Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(u)]The expression 'stockholder' has been defined in the Order as meaning 'every person who is in possession or control of 150 kilograms or more of ground-nut oil... (b) 15 quintals or more of ground-nut oil or cake... (c) 15 quintals or more of ground-nut seeds... and (d) 20 quintals of ground-nut shell. The explanation thereto provides that edible oil, edible oil seeds and oilcakes in transit shall be presumed to be under the control of the owner thereof, State of Karnataka v. Krishna Bhima Walvakar, AIR 1981 SC 1468: (1981) 3 SCC 301: (1981) 3 SCR 829....
Oil vanaspati
Oil vanaspati, vanaspati, is essentially an oil al-though it is a different kind of oil than that oil (be it rapeseed oil, cotton-seed oil, ground-nut oil, soya bean oil or any other oil) which forms its basic ingredient. Oil will remain oil if it retains its essential properties and merely because it has been subjected to certain processes would not convert it into a different substance. The word 'oil' is not defined in the Act and therefore, its dictionary meaning may well be pressed into service for interpreting the term 'oil mill'. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966 Edn.) the word 'oil' has different connotations in different situations but in the context of item 5 aforesaid the meaning to be given to would be: Any of various substances that typically are unctuous viscous combustible liquids or solids easily liquefiable on warming and are not miscible with water but are soluble in ether, naphtha, and often alcohol and other organic solvents, that leave ...
Castor oil
A mild cathartic oil expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis or Palma Christi When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid...
Poonga oil
A kind of oil used in India for lamps and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree Pongamia glabra...
Vanaspati and oil
Vanaspati and oil, Vanaspati, is essentially an oil although it is a different kind of oil than than oil (be it rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, ground-nut oil, soya-been oil or any other oil) which forms its basic ingredient. Oil will remain oil if it retains its essential properties and merely because it has been subjected to certain processes would not convert it into a different substance. In other words, although certain additions have been made to and opera-tions carried out on oil, it will still be classified as oil essential characteristics have undergone a change so that it would be a misnomer to call it oil as understood in ordinary parlance, Champaklal H. Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1980 SC 1889 (1891): (1980) 4 SCC 329. (Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Sch. II, Item 5)...
Seeds Adulteration Act, 1869
Seeds Adulteration Act, 1869 (English) (32 & 33 Vict. c. 112), amended as to meaning of 'dyeing' by the Adulteration of Seeds Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 17) (passed in consequence of Francis v. Maas, (1878) 3 QBD 341, where it was held no offence to make old seeds look like new). A thus amended the Act penalizes up to 5l. killing or dyeing seeds, the term 'to dye seeds' meaning 'to apply to seeds any process of colouring, dyeing, or sulphur smoking.' See also Seeds Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 54), requiring delivery to the purchaser of particulars specifying (inter alia) that the seeds sold have been tested as required by the Act....
Groundnut oil
Groundnut oil, the processing consists in the non-oily content of the raw oil being separated and removed, rendering the oily content of the oil 100 per cent. For this reason refined oil continues to be groundnut oil within the meaning of rules 5(1)(k) and 18(2) of the Madras General Sales Tax (Turnover and Assessment) Rules, 1939 notwith-standing that such oil does not possess the characteristic colour, or taste, odour, etc. of the raw groundnut oil, Tungabhadra Industries Ltd. v. Commercial Tax Officer, AIR 1961 SC 412: (1961) 2 SCR 14. [Madras General Sale Tax (Turnover and Assessment, Rules (1939), R. 18(2), s. (1) (k)]...
Hydrogenated groundnut oil
Hydrogenated groundnut oil, Hydrogenated oil continues to be 'groundnut oil' notwithstanding the processing which is merely for the purpose of rendering the oil more stable thus improving its keeping qualities for those who desire to consume groundnut oil, Tungabadhra Industries Ltd. v. CCE, AIR 1961 SC 412: (1961) 2 SCR 14....
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