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Paper Book

Paper Book, the issues in law, etc., upon special pleadings, formerly made up by the clerk of the papers, who was an officer for that purpose, but latterly by the plaintiff's attorney or agent. See Jac. Law Dict.; 3 Bl. Com. 317.Any party who enters an action for trial must deliver to the officer of the court two copies of the whole of the pleadings, one for the use of the judge at the trial [(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI., r. 30]....


Book

Book, the 'book' in common acceptation is a literary composition from which one may extend or advance his or her knowledge and learning, Commr. of Customs v. Parasrampuria Synthetics Ltd., (2001) 9 SCC 74 (82).--For the purposes of s. 15 of the Copyright Act,1911, dealing with the delivery of books to certain libraries, the expression 'book' includes every part or division of a book, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet of music, map, plan, chart or table separately published, but not a second or subsequent edition of a book unless such edition contains additions or alterations either in the letterpress, or in the maps, prints, or other engravings belonging thereto. By s. 15 a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom must be sent to the British Museum, and on written demand to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, the University Library, Cambridge, the Library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and subject to certain provisos the N...


Books and Papers and Books or Papers

Books and Papers and Books or Papers, include accounts, deeds, writings and documents, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), 4th Edn., Para 1213, p. 949....


Paper

Paper, includes vellum parchment or any other material or which an instrument may be written, Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1999, s. 2(xxvi).Paper. As to the paper on which proceedings in the Supreme Court must be printed, see PRINTING.It includes vellum, parchment or any other material on which an instrument may be written. [Indian Stamp Act, 1899, s. 2 (18)]The word 'paper' admittedly not having been defined either in the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 or the rules made thereunder, it has to be understood according to the aforesaid well-established canon of construction in the sense in which persons dealing in and using the article understand it. It is, therefore, necessary to know what is paper as commonly or generally understood. The said word which is derived from the name of reedy plant papyrus and grows abundantly along the Nile river in Egypt is explained in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (volume 2) (Third Edition) as: A substance composed of fibers interlaced into a compact web, made ...


Points

Points, in the paper books were the chief grounds or heads of argument on which each party relied, on an argument in the special paper. See PAPER BOOK.Points, including the substantial promontories of Pendennis Point, Castle Point and Penarrow Point, Wilson v. First Counry Trust Ltd., (2001) LR 407 (QB)....


Aircraft papers

Aircraft papers, 'aircraft papers' includes all books, passes charter parties, bills of lading, customs receipts, manifests, certificates, licences, lists, tickets, notes, letters and other documents and writings delivered up or found on board a captured aircraft. [Naval and Aircraft Prize Act (59 of 1971), s. 2(b)]...


Ship's papers

Ship's papers, documents required for the manifes-tation of the property of the ship and cargo, etc. See a list of them in Form No. 17, Appx. K, of the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883.They are of two sorts: (1) those required by the law of a particular country, as the certificate of registry, licence, charter-party, bills of lading and of health, required by the law of England to be onboard all British ships; (2) those required by the law of nations to be onboard neutral ships, to vindicate their title to that character; they are the passport, sea-brief, or sea-letter, proofs of property, the muster-roll, or role d'equipage; the charter-party, the bills of lading and invoices, the log-book or ship's journal, and the bill of health, 1 Marshall on Insur., c. 9, s. 6....


Blue Book

Blue Book, means a compilation of session laws; a volume formerly published to give parallel citation tables for a volume in the National Reporter system; A Government publication such as a Royal Commission Report, issued in blue paper covers, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 165....


paper

paper 1 : a piece of paper containing a written statement: as a : a formal written composition or document often intended for publication [the Federalist s] b : a document containing a statement of legal status, identity, authority, or ownership often used in pl. whether applying to one or more items [naturalization s] [this policy, including the endorsements and the attached s "Mutual of Omaha"] c : a document (as an answer, motion, or brief) prepared in furtherance of a legal action [all s after the complaint required to be served upon a party shall be filed with the court "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 5(d)"] 2 : a document providing evidence of a financial obligation ;esp : commercial paper in this entry accommodation paper : commercial paper used by one party to accommodate another party bearer paper : commercial paper that is freely negotiable by the holder and is made payable to bearer compare order paper in this entry chattel paper : paper that sets out bot...


Ammonia paper and ferro paper

Ammonia paper and ferro paper, ammonia paper and ferro paper cannot be regarded as paper in the popular sense of that term. Paper is used for printing or writing or for packing. Ammonia paper and ferro paper are not employed for any of the purposes and subjected to any of the processes for which a paper, as commonly understood, is generally used, CST v. Macneill and Barry Ltd., (1986) 1 SCC 23 (25): AIR 1986 SC 386. (U. P. Sales Tax Act, 1948, s. 3)...


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