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Land certificate

of the land, as well as the name and address of the person receiving the entitlement, and is prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters it contains. Also termed land warrant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

Law List

dates of their entering the profession. The present 'Law List,' which has been published annually since 1801, is prima facie evidence that the persons therein named as solicitors or certificated conveyancers, are such, (English) Solicitors Act, 1850 (23

Lease

the owner, it is a licence; if under the document a party gets exclusive possession of the property, 'prima facie', he is considered to be a tenant, Associated Hotels of India Ltd. v. R.N. Kapoor, AIR 1959 SC

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Legacy

lesser sums to the same person, the Court, considering that he who has given more than once must, prima facie, be intended to mean more than one gift, awards to the legatee all the legacies. If, however, they

Overdue

of fact. (4) Except where an indorsement bears date after the maturity of the bill, every negotiation is prima facie deemed to have been effected before the bill was overdue.

Licence and lease

with the owner, it is a licence; under the document a party gets exclusive possession of the property, 'prima facie' he is considered to be a tenant, Associated Hotels of India Ltd. v. R.N. Kapoor, AIR 1959 SC

Lives

the lease is to last, the cestui que vie. By 18 & 19 Car. 2, there is a prima facie presumption of death after seven years; and by the Cestui que Vie Act,1707 (6 Anne, c. 72), an

Machinery

applied. [Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s. 2 (j)] The word 'machinery' when used in ordinary language prima facie, means some mechanical contrivances which, by themselves or in combination with one or more other mechanical contrivances, by

McDonnell Douglas test

complained of was taken for non-discriminatory reasons. Under this test, the plaintiff is first required to establish a prima facie case of discrimination, as by showing that the plaintiff is a member of a protected group and suffered

Means and/or includes

includes, Where an interpretation clause defines a word to mean a particular thing, the definition is explanatory and prima facie restrictive; and whenever an interpretation clause defines a term to include something, the definition is extensive, Central Inland

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