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Peaceably

is to say, without violence. Therefore it implies the dominant owner has neither been obliged to resort to physical force himself at any time during the period of enjoyment, nor had he been prevented by use of

Hereditaments

case, (1583) 3 Co Rep 1a at 2b; Shep Touch (8th Edn.) 91. 'Hereditament' includes land as a physical object, money which is liable to be invested in land and is treated in equity as land; heirlooms

Impotency

Impotency means a person is impotent if his physical or mental condition make consummation of marriage a practical impossibility. Impotency may arise on account of physical defect

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Lawful, Legal

the filed in which they operate. The one pertains to disputed in which possession may be coterminous with physical or de facto control, only, whereas the domain of other is control with some legal basis. The former

Manufacture

of productive industry in which the making of articles or material, often on a large scale, is by physical labour or mechanical power, Secretary, Madras Gymkhana ClubEmployees' Union v. Management of the Gymkhana Club, AIR 1968 SC

Metric system

the use of the metric system of weights and measures.' The Act of 1878, however, not authorizing the physical use of metric weights and measures, such physical use is expressly authorized by the (English) Weights and Measures

Motor Car

or under twenty-one a heavy motor car, and in order to obtain a driving licence he must be physically fit (i.e., not suffer from certain physical diseases or disabilities which might cause him to be a source

Obstruction

Obstruction, a wider meaning than mere physical obstruction. Any tangible or identifiable, obstruc-tion would also satisfy the requirement of s. 16 of the Telegraph Act,

Occupational therapy

in the evaluation diagnosis or treatment of a persons whose function is impaired due to acute and chronic physical illness or injury, psychological dysfunction, congenital or developmental dis-ability or the ageing process in order to achieve optimum

Possession follows title

Possession follows title, is a well-recognised one. It means that when a rightful owner is not in actual physical possession, he would, in the eye of the law, be deemed to be in possession. The benefit of

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