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Home Dictionary Name: pointsPreliminary point
Preliminary point, is not confined to such legal points only as may be pleaded in bar of a suit but comprehends all points or issues, whether of facts or law, determination of which has precluded the necessity for determining other points or issues which have, therefore, been left undetermined, Vassantimal Devaldas v. Hiromal Mohammal, AIR 1947 Sind 94: 1946 ILR Kar 380: 227 IC 633.Means a point, the decision of which is sufficient to dispose off the whole suit without the necessity of deciding other points involved in the case. It may be one of facts of law. It would include a point which relates to cause of action for the plaintiff or his 'locus standi' to bring to particular suit, Jit Kuarg Kehar Singh, AIR 1951 Pepsu 130.Preliminary point, refers to a point, the decision of which is sufficient to dispose of the whole suit without the necessity of deciding other points involved in the case, Jit Kaur v. Kehar Singh, AIR 1951 Pepsu 364....
First point leavy
First point leavy, The words 'first point levy' is no doubt a single-point levy. Even a last point levy in the same series of sales is a single-point levy which is distinguishable from a multi-point levy, Ashok Service Centre v. State of Orissa, AIR 1983 SC 394: (1983) 2 SCC 82: (1983) 2 SCR 363....
points
points a point is equal to one percent of the principal amount of your mortgage. For example, if you get a mortgage for $95,000, one point means you pay $950 to the lender. Lenders frequently charge points in both fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages in order to increase the yield on the mortgage and to cover loan closing costs. These points usually are collected at closing and may be paid by the borrower or the home seller, or may be split between them. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
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)....
point
point 1 : a particular detail, proposition, or issue of law ;specif : point of error 2 : any of various incremental units used in measuring, fixing, or calculating something: as a : a unit used in calculating a sentence by various factors (as aggravating or mitigating circumstances) b : a unit used in the pricing of securities and valuation of markets c : a charge to a borrower (as a mortgagor) that is equal to one percent of the principal and that is made at closing in point or on point : relevant to the legal issues at hand ...
New point
New point, the expression 'new point' means the point not argued before the High Court and absence of any decision on the point by the High Court, State of Orissa v. Durga Bharam Das, AIR 1966 SC 1547 (1555). (Constitution of India, Art. 133)...
Reserving points of law
Reserving points of law. It was long the practice for a judge at the assizes to reserve points of law for consideration by the full Court (for which he was sitting as Commissioner) at Westminster, and this practice, recognised by s. 34 of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, which conferred a right of appeal, was kept up by s. 46 of the Judicature Act, 1873, and R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 22, of the Rules of 1875. But s. 17 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 22A (now rescinded), substituted for this procedure the argument of the point on 'further consideration' before the judge himself, and now by R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 39, the judge shall, at or after trial, direct judgment to be entered as he shall think right, and no motion for judgment shall be necessary.As to the reserving points of law at sessions or assizes, see Crown Cases Act, 1848; Judicature Act, 1873, s. 47 [see now Jud. Act, 1925, s. 31 (1) (a)], and Judicature Act, 1875, s. 19 [see now (English...
discount point
discount point normally paid at closing and generally calculated to be equivalent to 1% of the total loan amount, discount points are paid to reduce the interest rate on a loan. In an ARM with an initial rate discount, the lender gives up a number of percentage points in interest to give you a lower rate and lower payments for part of the mortgage term (usually for one year or less). After the discount period, the ARM rate will probably go up depending on the index rate. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Point of order
Point of order, a point of order is primarily intended to determine the interpretation of the rules and regulations governing the meeting: it does not contemplate any discussion on any event. A claim that a candidate is subject to a disqualification cannot be decided without evidence, and discussion such an objection cannot, therefore, form the subject of a point of order, Surat Singh v. Kishori Lal, (1969) 2 SCC 487 (491). [D.M.C. Procedure and Conduct of Business Regulation, 1958, Rule 33]...
Libration point
any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other as the Earth moon system where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal and in opposite directions A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body...
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