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Pointsman

A man who has charge of railroad points or switches

Possession is nine points of the law

a descent from the grantor of the estate, perfect except in one link of the chain, and the man in possession be a perfect stranger, the latter shall keep the estate; and so, also, if the claimant … Possession is nine points of the law. This adage is not to be taken to be true to the full extent, so

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Passage

The act of passing transit from one place to another movement from point to point a going by over across or through as the passage of a man or a carriage

Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium

Sm. L.C., 1, in which the extent of a sheriff's power to break doors was discussed, and five points resolved, the first being that every man's house 'is to him as his castle,' so that he is

Scots law

Scots law is mainly derived from the Civil Law, and differs in many points from the English, as by assuring a man's widow and children two-thirds of his personal property (see LEGITIM),

Housing of the working classes

be entered in the rent-book under penalty of a fine not exceeding forty shillings. It may also be pointed out that for the special purposes of ss. 38 and 137 of the Act of 1936, the 11th … special purposes of ss. 38 and 137 of the Act of 1936, the 11th Schedule defines a working man's dwelling as wholly or partly occupied by a person belonging to the working classes, and 'working class 'includes

Negligence

of Maharashtra v. Kanchanmala Vijaysing Shirke, AIR 1995 SC 2499: (1995) 5 SCC 659. (iii) To emphasis the point, it may be reiterated that in such cases, the event or accident must be of a kind which … a fellow servant with others, acting in the execution of his master's business. See MASTER AND SERVANT. A manufacturer is liable for negligence in the making or preparation of his wares for sale and use by the

Terminus, terminal and terminal tax

Terminus, terminal and terminal tax, the word 'terminus' according to Oxford Dictionary means a point situated at or forming the end or extremity of somethings situated at the end of a line of … the Corporation or the State which is the final destination of the goods sent from any other area, Man Mohan Tuli v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi, AIR 1981 SC 991 (994): (1981) 2 SCC 467: (1981) 2

Terminal

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; … 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.

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