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Electricity

the fundamental particles of which matter is composed called also electric charge and being of two types designated positive and negative the property of electric charge on a particle or physical body creates a force field which

Desertion

physical act of departure by one spouse does not necessarily make that spouse the deserting party. The legal position has been admirably summarized in paras 453 and 454 at pp. 241 to 243 of Halsbury's Laws of

Kept

'cause to stay or remain in a place', 'to detain', 'to stay or continue in a specified condition, position, etc.'. In association with the use of the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness.

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Material alteration

Material alteration, A material alteration is one which varies the rights, liabilities, or legal position of the parties as ascertained by the deed in its original state, or otherwise varies the legal effect

Possibility on a possibility

See SER-VICE. As to the meaning of 'service by post' in an Act of Parliament, see SERVICE. The position or a job, State of Assam v. Ranga Muhammad, AIR 1967 SC 903. Post is an employment, but

Potior est conditio defendantis

Potior est conditio defendantis.-(The defendant has the better position.) Where both parties have been concerned in an illegal transaction, the Court will not help the plaintiff against

Rank

Rank, refers to a position, especially an official one, within a social organization, of high social order or other standing status, S.C. Advocate-on-Record

Resignation

legal art having legal connotations which describe certain legal results. It is characteristically, the voluntary surrender of a position by the person on resigning, made freely and not under duress and the word is generally defined as

Shebaitship

with all its temporal affairs and to manage its property. As regards the administration of the debutter, his position is analogous to that of a trustee; yet, he is not precisely in the position of a trustee

Status

Status. The legal position or condition of a person. in Roman law this term indicated the position of a persona. A full

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