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Prefer, means to bring before; to prosecute; to try; to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment, Black's Law Dictionary.Prefer, to apply, to move for; as 'to prefer for costs' is a phrase for 'to apply for costs.'...
prefer
prefer pre·ferred pre·fer·ring 1 : to give (a creditor or debt) priority or preference [any preferred charges such as child support or alimony "In re Smiley, 427 P.2d 179 (1967)"] 2 : to bring forward for determination ;esp : to bring (a charge) against someone [the various means by which a grand jury might charges "State v. Byrd, 399 S.E.2d 267 (1990)"] ...
Preference
Preference, means prior right, advantage, pre-cedence etc., Sher Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 200: (1984) 1 SCC 107.The expression 'preference' amongst others means prior right, advantage, precedence etc. It signifies that other things being equal, one will have preference over the others, Sher Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 200 (204): (1984) 1 SCC 107: (1984) 1 SCR 464. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s. 47(1H)]The 'preference' envisaged in the Rules, cannot mean, an absolute en bloc preference akin to reservation or separate and distinct method of selection for them alone. A mere rule of preference meant to give weightage to the additional qualification cannot be enforced as a rule of reservation or rule of complete precedence, Andra Pradesh Public Service Commission v. Y.V.V.R. Srinivasulu, (2003) 5 SCC 341 (348): AIR 2003 SC 3961.The expression 'preference' means an equitable apportionment of vacancies reserved for backward classes, Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 199...
preference
preference 1 : the right to prior payment of a debt [with over the creditors of the heirs or legatees "Louisiana Civil Code"] 2 : the transfer of an insolvent debtor's interest in property to a creditor for an earlier debt that gives the creditor more than the creditor would otherwise receive (as under a bankruptcy settlement) called also voidable preference compare antecedent debt at debt, fraudulent conveyance general assignment at assignment NOTE: Preferences can be voided by a bankruptcy trustee because they diminish the bankruptcy estate out of which other creditors will be paid. Preferences must be made during a period (as 90 days before the date of filing a bankruptcy petition) established by bankruptcy law in order to be voidable. Perfection or grant of a security interest during this period is also a preference. The bankruptcy law states exceptions under which payments to creditors are not voidable preferences. 3 : priority ...
Preferential or preference shares or stock
Preferential or preference shares or stock, shares or stock in a company having priority as to payment of dividends of a fixed amount, and, in some cases, of capital upon a winding-up, over the ordinary shares. The dividends are usually contingent upon the profits of each year or half-year. In some cases, however, the arrears of dividend form an accumu-lating debt by the ordinary to the preference shareholders, the preference being in that case described as a 'non-contingent' or a 'xumulative' preference. And see DEFERRED STOCK....
No appeal has been preferred
No appeal has been preferred, the words 'no appeal has been preferred in Order 47, Rule 1(a) would also mean a situation where special leave is not granted. Till then there is no appeal in the eye of law before the Superior Court. The review can be preferred in the High Court before special leave is granted, but not after it is granted. Once special leave is granted the jurisdiction to consider the validity of the High Court's order vests in the Supreme Court and the High Court cannot entertain in review thereafter, unless such a review application was preferred in the High Court before special leave was granted, Kunhayamned v. State of Kerala, (2000) 6 SCC 359: AIR 2000 SC 2587 (2600). (Constitution of India, Article 226)...
preference system
preference system The nine categories since fiscal year 1992 among which the family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant preference visas are distributed. The family-sponsored preferences are: 1) unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; 2) spouses, children, and unmarried sons and daughters of permanent resident aliens; 3) married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; 4) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens. The employment-based preferences are: 1) priority workers (persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers); 2) professionals with advanced degrees or aliens with exceptional ability; 3) skilled workers, professionals (without advanced degrees), and needed unskilled workers; 4) special immigrants; and 5) employment creation immigrants (investors). Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Undue preference
Undue preference, the improper preferring of one customer over another by a railway or canal com-pany, prohibited by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), s. 2. See RAILWAY AND CANAL COMMISSION.As to avoidance of preference of creditor within three months of bankruptcy of debtor, see FRADU-LENT PREFERENCES....
Preference
The act of Preferring or the state of being preferred the setting of one thing before another precedence higher estimation predilection choice also the power or opportunity of choosing as to give him his preference...
preferred share
preferred share : a share of preferred stock ...
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