Precious - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: preciousPrecious
Of great price costly as a precious stone...
Preciously
In a precious manner expensively extremely dearly Also used ironically...
Preciousness
The quality or state of being precious costliness dearness...
Jewellery
Jewellery, the terms 'jewel' and 'jewellery', refer to articles of value used for adornment, especially those made from gold, silver or precious stones. The terms are, therefore wide enough to cover not merely precious stones or articles of adornment made with the use of precious stones, but also other articles of value made from gold, silver, platinum or precious metals. Ordinarily speaking, when a person talks about jewellery, the includes orna-ments which are made of gold, silver or any other precious metal also irrespective of whether these articles have precious stones embedded in them or not, CWT v. Binapani Chakravarty, AIR 1995 SC 1380 (1382): (1995) Supp 2 SCC 262. [Wealth Tax Act (27 of 1957), s. 5(1) (viii)]...
Troy weight
Troy weight [pondus Troj', Lat.], a weight of twelve Troy ounces to the pound, having its name from Troyes, a city in Aube, France.Under the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 49), s. 20, precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals), and gold and silver lace and precious stones may be sold by the ounce Troy of 480 grains (see Third Sch.); and all other articles must be sold by avoirdupois weight of 437.5 grains to the ounce avoirdupois, the metric equivalents for the respective ounces being 31.103496 grams (Troy), and 28.34954 grams (avoirdupois). The pound Troy does not seem to be referred to by statute. Drugs may be sold by apothecaries weight....
Lapidary
An artificer who cuts polishes and engraves precious stones hence a dealer in precious stones...
Preciosity
Preciousness something precious...
Semiprecious
Somewhat precious as semiprecious stones or metals Used mostly of gemstones used in jewelry such as amethyst garnet or iolite which are sufficiently rare to have commercial value but are not considered as precious as are the diamond emerald and ruby...
invest
invest [Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe, from in- in + vestis garment] 1 : to install in an office or position 2 a : to furnish with or formally grant power or authority b : to grant someone control or authority over : vest vb [Italian investire to clothe, invest money, from Latin, to clothe] vt 1 : to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return 2 : to make use of for future benefits or advantages vi : to commit funds or purchase something of intrinsic value for future gain : make an investment often used with in [ing in precious metals] in·ves·tor n ...
bdellium
An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible Gen ii 12 and Num xi 7 variously taken to be a gum a precious stone or pearls or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia...
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