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condition
condition 1 : an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract ;also : a clause in the instrument describing the act or event and its effect concurrent condition : a condition that is to be fulfilled by one party at the same time that a mutual condition is to be fulfilled by another party condition implied in law : constructive condition in this entry condition precedent [-pri-sēd-nt, -pre-sə-dənt] : a condition that must be fulfilled before performance under a contract can become due, an estate can vest, or a right can become effective condition subsequent : a condition whose fulfillment defeats or modifies an estate or right already in effect or vested or discharges an already existing duty under a contract constructive condition : a condition created by operation of law called also condition implied in law compare express condition in this entry e...
Active-operations duty
Active-operations duty, in relation to Maritime Law, means a shipowner's obligation to provide safe working conditions, in the work areas controlled by the shipowner, for the Stevedore and Loughoremen who are loading or unloading the ship, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 33....
Condition in the statutory provision
Condition in the statutory provision, denotes a covenant or agreement which affects the right to redeem the goods on the one side, or the right to seize them on the other, but does not defeat or limit the operation of the bill, Stott v. Show and Lee Ltd., (1928) 2 KB 26 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(1), para 731, p. 338....
Co-operative society
Co-operative society, means a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies act, 1912, or under any other law for the time being in force in any State for the registration ofco-operative societies. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957(27 of 1957), s. 2 (ha)]Means a society registered or deemed to be registered under any law relating to co-operative societies for the time being in force in any State. [Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002), s. 3 (h)]Means a society registered or deemed to be registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, or any other law for the time being in force in any State relating to co-operating societies. [Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (21 of 1965), s. 2 (10)]The expression 'co-operative society' in cl. 2 of the scheme meant only a consumers co-operative society and no other, Sarkari Sasta Anaj Vikreta Sangh v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (1981) 4 SCC 471: AIR 1981 SC 2030 (2035). [Madhya Pradesh Foodstuffs Civil Supply Distribution Sche...
operant conditioning
A process for causing animals to behave in a specific manner by rewarding or punishing the animal each time it performs a certain act after a time the animal comes to associate the reward or punishment with the act and will increase or decrease the frequency of performing that act...
Lighting arrestor
Lighting arrestor, means a device which has the property of diverting to earth any electrical surge of excessively high amplitude applied to its terminals and is capable of interrupting follow current if present and restoring itself thereafter to its original operating conditions. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2 (1) (aa)]...
Co-operative year
Co-operative year, A co-operative year means the year commencing the first day of July and ending on June 30, of next following, Ziley Singh v. Registrar, Cane Co-operative Societies, (1972) 3 SCR 149: (1972) 1 SCC 719 (723): AIR 1972 SC 758. (U.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1965)In relation to any multi-State co-operative society or class of such societies, means the year ending on the 31st day of March of the year and where the accounts of such society or class of such societies are, with the previous sanction of the Central Registrar, balanced on any other day, the year ending on such day. [The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (37 of 2002), s. 3 (i)]...
Condition
Condition. An event upon which a right under contract or to property may arise, become altered, or cease. Condition has been used in connection with personal obligations to distinguish one kind of obligation from another in the same transaction and to limit property. In their primary meaning, conditions precedent are events, but for the happening of which, rights will not arise.A condition subsequent puts an end to a state of things which, but for its happening, would have continued. Dependent or collateral conditions depend upon their mutual fulfilment as in a contract for sale of land where, unless otherwise agreed, the payment of the purchase money is conditional upon the conveyance and vice versa.Conditions may be imposed by the parties, either expressly or by necessary implication arising our of the construction of the document or agreement, or they may be implied bylaw according to the nature of the transaction.A peculiarity of conditions precedent is that an illegal or impossibl...
Condition of service
Condition of service, includes transfer of the employees, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief v. Subhash Chandra Yadav, (1988) 2 SCC 351: AIR 1988 SC 876. [Cantonment Board Service Rules (1937) R. 5C]The expression 'conditions of service' is an expression of wide import. As pointed by the Supreme Court in Pradyat Kumar Bose v. Hon'ble the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, (1955) 2 SCR 1331, the dismissal of an official is a matter which falls within 'conditions of service' of public servants. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in North West Frontier Province v. Suraj Narain Anand, (1948) LR 75 IA 343, took the view that a right of dismissal is a condition of service within the meaning of the words under s. 243 of the Government of India Act, 1935. Lord Thankerton speaking for the Board observed therein: 'apart from consideration whether the context indicates a special significance to the expression 'conditions of service' their Lordships are unable in the absence of any su...
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