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Suit, a following. It is used in divers senses:-(1) An action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a Court, etc. See Jud. Act, 1873, s. 100. By Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, suit includes action.(2) Suit of Court, an attendance which a tenant owes to his lord's Court.(3) Suit Covenant, where one has covenanted to do suit and service in his lord's Court.(4) Suit Custom, where service is owed time out of mind.(5) Suithold, a tenure in consideration of certain services to the superior lord.(6) The following one in chase, as fresh suit, Cowel.The word 'suit' does not include an appeal or an application. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (l)]The word 'suit' will include appellate proceedings, Nachiappa Chettiar v. Subramaniam Chettiar, AIR 1960 SC 307: (1960) 2 SCR 209.The word 'suit' includes an appeal from the judgment in the suit. The only difference between a suit and an appeal is that an appeal only reviews and corrects...
Terminal
Terminal, means the place where the cargo and passengers change from one mode to other mode of transportation [National Waterway, Safety of Navigation and Shipping Regulations, 2002, R. 2(r)]Means the point at which motion or action ends; goal; end; finishing point; sometimes that from which it starts; starting paint; and end; extremity; the point at which something comes to an end, Central India Spinning and Weaving Mfg. Co. Ltd. v. Municipal Committee, Wardha, AIR 1958 SC 341; Man Mohan Tuli v. M.C. Delhi, AIR 1981 SC 991: 1981 (2) SCC 467....
Window cleaning
Window cleaning. In urban districts, by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875, incorporating s. 28 and other sections of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847:-Every occupier of any house or other building or other person who orders or permits any person in his service to stand on the sill of any window in order to clean paint, or perform any other operation on the outside of such window, or upon any house or other building . . . unless such window be in the sunk or basement story.Is, if the offence be in any street and to the obstruction, annoyance or danger of the residents, liable to fine up to forty shillings or to imprison-ment up to fourteen days, and any constable of the district is directed to take him into custody without warrant and forthwith convey him before a justice of the peace if the offence shall have been committed within his view.As to requirements in buildings in the Metropolis, see London Building Acts, and see LIGHT....
Mispaint
To paint ill or wrongly...
oilcloth
Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint and used for marking garments covering tables shelves floors etc...
Miniate
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion also to decorate with letters or the like painted red as the page of a manuscript...
drop cloth
a sheet of material used to cover objects or surfaces while painting a ceiling or wall of a house so as to protect objects from being marred by drops of paint splashed inadvertantly in the painting process Originally such drop cloths were made of cloth but more recently paper or plastic have also commonly been used...
counterfeit
counterfeit [Middle French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire to imitate, draw, paint, from contre- counter- + faire to make] : made in imitation of a genuine article (as a document) without authorization and esp. with intent to deceive or defraud vt : to make an imitation of without authorization and esp. with intent to deceive or defraud [whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or s any deed "U.S. Code"] coun·ter·feit·er n n : something counterfeit [all s of any coins or obligations "U.S. Code"] compare forgery ...
disclosures
disclosures the release of relevant information about a property that may influence the final sale, especially if it represents defects or problems. "Full disclosure" usually refers to the responsibility of the seller to voluntarily provide all known information about the property. Some disclosures may be required by law, such as the federal requirement to warn of potential lead-based paint hazards in pre-1978 housing. A seller found to have knowingly lied about a defect may face legal penalties. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Mary Carter agreement
Mary Carter agreement [from Booth v. Mary Carter Paint Co., 202 So. 2d 8 (1967), Florida appeals court case that popularized the agreement] : a secret agreement between a plaintiff and one or more but not all codefendants which limits the liability of the defendants by giving them an interest in the recovery awarded to the plaintiff NOTE: In a Mary Carter agreement, the participating defendants agree to remain as parties to the lawsuit and guarantee payment to the plaintiff of a settled amount if no recovery is awarded against the other defendants. The plaintiff agrees to offset their liability by, or sometimes even to pay them from, a recovery awarded from the other defendants. Some states allow the admission of Mary Carter agreements into evidence. In other states they are illegal. ...
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