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Rules of reason

of reason, the 'rule of reason' normally requires an ascertainment of the facts or features peculiar to the particular business; its condition before and after the restraint was imposed; the nature of the restraint and its effect,

Usage

law'. Usage has been referred to a course of dealing; or a mode of conducting transactions of a particular kind. It cannot be understood as referring to any entitle-ment of a person to hold a particular office,

Special Act of Parliament

Commonly called Local, Personal or Private Acts. See LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS. That which applies only to a particular kind of persons or things, as a particular railway to be constructed, or otherwise dealing with a particular

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Shelley's case, Rule in

certainly contradicts the meaning of the assurance, and the intent of the parties. two estates are created, a particular estate in the ancestor, and a remainder in his heirs. In the absence of the rule, the heir

Negligence

of a duty, which the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or perform in the particular circumstance of each case. A very convenient classification has been formulated corresponding to the degree of negligence entailing

Reside

or for a considerable time, to have one's settled or usual abode, to live in or at a particular place, Oxford Dictionary. Means dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have one's settled or usual abode;

Cy-pres

of construction is, that where a testator hs two objects,one primary or general and the other secondary or particular, which are incompatible, the particular must be sacrificed in order that effect may be given to the general

allowance for bad debts

it on a periodic basis (usually monthly) as an expense of the company. When you decide that a particular account is not collectable, you tap the allowance for bad debts account to pay for the bad debt.

Public prosecutor

1962 Punj 177. Public purpose, has to be construed according to the spirit of the time in which particular legislation is enacted, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252. Public purpose, include the purpose

bequest

act of bequeathing ;also : something bequeathed : legacy de·mon·stra·tive bequest [di-mÄ n-strə-tiv-] : a bequest of a particular amount of money or property to be distributed first from one source in the estate and then from

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