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Belonging to the post office or mail service as postal arrangements postal authorities...
Postal articles
Postal articles, the expression includes a letter, postcard, newspaper, book, pattern or sample packet, parcel and every article or thing transmissible by post. [Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898), s. 2 (i)]...
Postal Convention
Postal Convention, a treaty made at Berne in October, 1874, for the regulation of rates of postage and matters connected with the Post Office, between England and various other countries. See 38 & 39 Vict. c. 22, now repealed by the (English) Post Office Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 48). See now (English) Post Office Acts, 1908-1935, and 45 & 46 Vict. c. 74, ss. 14 and 15....
Currency
Currency, coin; bank notes, or other paper money issued by authority, and which re continully passing as and for coin. See the (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 18), repealing 56 Geo. 3, c. 68, and other enactments; and COIN and TENDER.It includes all currency notes, postal notes, postal orders, money orders, cheques, drafts, travellers cheques, letters of credit, bills of exchange and promissory notes, credit cards or such other similar instruments, as may be notified by the Reserve Bank. [Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), s. 2 (h)]...
Inland
Inland, demesne land; that which was let to tenants being denominated outland (utland), Domesday.The expression used in relation to a postal article, means:(i) posted in India and addressed to any place in India or to any place for which a post office is established by the Central Government beyond the limits of India; or(ii) posted at any post office established by the Central Government beyond the limits of India and addressed to any place for which any such post office is established or to any place in India: Provided that the expression 'inland' shall not apply to any class of postal articles which may be specified in this behalf by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, when posted in or at or addressed to any places of post offices which may be described in such notification. [Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898), s. 2(b)(i)(ii)]...
Mail [fr. malle, Fr., a trunk], a bag of letters carried by the post, or the vehicle which carries the letters. As to theft, embezzlement by Post Office officer, or receiving mail bag, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), ss. 12, 18, 33 and (English) Post Office Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 48), ss. 50, 52, 55. Also, armour.Mail, 1. One or more items that have been properly addressed, stamped with postage, and deported for delivery in the postal system. 2. An official system for delivering such items; the postal system. 3. One or more written or oral messages sent electronically (e.g., through e-mail or voicemail), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963...
Post office
Post office, the expression 'post office' includes every house, building, room, carriage or place used for the purposes of the Post Office, and every letter-box provided by the Post Office for the reception of postal articles. [(Indian) Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898), s. 2(h)]The Government service of the carriage of letters, first established in 1643. Regulated by statutes 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 33; 1 & 2 Vict. cc. 97, 98; 3 & 4 Vict. c. 96 (the Post Office (Duties) Act, 1840, which established penny postage), and many other Acts, which are consolidated by the Post Office Act, 1908, as amended by subsequent Acts. Besides its monopoly in respect of letters, telegraphs and wireless telegraphy (q.v.) and telephones (q.v.), it carries on the business of a carrier of parcels, a savings bank, life assurance, the transmission of money by postal orders and money orders, and pays old age pensions. See also (English) Post Office and Telegraph Act, 1920; (English) Post Office (Parcels) Act, 192...
fraud
fraud [Latin fraud- fraus] 1 a : any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage ;specif : a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with knowledge of its falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity and with the intent to deceive another and that is reasonably relied on by the other who is injured thereby b : the affirmative defense of having acted in response to a fraud 2 : the crime or tort of committing fraud [convicted of securities ] see also misrepresentation NOTE: A tort action based on fraud is also referred to as an action of deceit. actual fraud : fraud committed with the actual intent to deceive and thereby injure another called also fraud in fact compare constructive fraud in this entry collateral fraud : extrinsic fraud in this entry constructive fraud : conduct that is considered fraud under the law despite the absence of an intent to...
matter
matter 1 : a subject of consideration, disagreement, or litigation: as a : a legal case, dispute, or issue [a within the court's jurisdiction] often used in titles of legal proceedings [ of Doe] see also in re b : one or more facts, claims, or rights examined, disputed, asserted, proven, or determined by legal process matter in controversy 1 : matter called also matter in dispute 2 : the monetary amount involved in a case matter in issue : a matter that is in dispute as part or all of a legal issue matter of fact : a matter primarily involving proof or evidence rather than a question of law matter of form : a matter concerning form or details often of a relatively inessential nature rather than substance [a petition invalid because of a matter of form] matter of law : a matter involving or consisting of the application of law [entitled to judgment as a matter of law "National Law Journal"] matter of record : a matter (as a fact) entered on the record of a court or other o...
Dak
Post mail also the mail or postal arrangements spelt also dawk and dauk...
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