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Obvolute

Overlapping contorted convolute applied primarily in botany to two opposite leaves each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap...

Inconsistent

Inconsistent, 'inconsistent', according to Black's Legal Dictionary, means mutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the other so that both cannot stand, but the acceptance or establishment of the one implies the abrogation or abandonment of the other'. So we have to see whether mutual co-existence between s. 34 of the Bonus Act and s. 3(b) of the U.P. Act is impossible. If they relate to the same subject-matter, to the same situation, and both substantially overlap and are co-extensive and at the same time so contrary and repugnant in their terms and impact that one must perish wholly if the other were to prevail at all - then, only then, are they inconsistent, Basti Sugar Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of U.P., AIR 1979 SC 262 (269): (1979) 2 SCC 88: (1979) 1 SCR 590. [U.P. Industrial Disposes Act, 1947, s. 3(b)(c); Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, s. 34]According to Black's Legal Dictionary means 'mutually repugnant or contradictory, contrary, the one to the other so that both c...

intervention

intervention : the act or an instance of intervening ;specif : the act or procedure by which a third party becomes a party to a pending proceeding between other parties in order to protect his or her own interest in the subject matter of the suit compare impleader, interpleader, joinder NOTE: Intervention developed as a procedure in equity courts. There is some overlap between joinder and intervention because of the merger of law and equity in federal practice. intervention of right : intervention allowed in federal civil procedure when a statute grants an absolute right to intervene or when the applicant claims an interest in the subject of the proceeding that the applicant may be impeded from protecting by the disposition of the proceeding NOTE: Intervention of right will not be granted if the court considers that the applicant's interest is already adequately represented. permissive intervention : intervention allowed in federal civil procedure when a statute grants a condi...

lapping

lapping [gerund of lap to overlap] : the practice of misappropriating entrusted funds and then covering up the act by using other entrusted funds or funds subsequently received in a continuous process of concealment ...

Brigandine

A coast of armor for the body consisting of scales or plates sometimes overlapping each other generally of metal and sewed to linen or other material It was worn in the Middle Ages...

Butt joint

A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping See 1st Butt 8...

Cassowary

A large bird of the genus Casuarius found in the east Indies It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance consisting of plates overlapping each other and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs It is a shy bird and runs with great rapidity Other species inhabit New Guinea Australia etc...

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