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Trade marks

42 of 1905). The effect of registration in Part B of the Register is that the registration affords prima facie evidence only that the registered proprietor has the exclusive right to use the trademark but that it is

Suspecting

cannot prove' suspicion arises at or near the starting point of an investigation of which the obtaining of prima facie proof is the end' Per Lord Devlin, in Hussein v. Cheng Fook Kam, 1970 AC 942.

Statement

SCR 310. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 157) In its dictionary meaning is the act of stating or reciting, 'Prima facie' a statement cannot take in an omission. A statement cannot include that which is not stated. But very

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Passport

serves diverse purposes; it is a 'request for protection', it is a document of identity, it is a prima facie evidence of nationality, in modern times it not only controls exit from the State to which one belongs,

Inchoate

paper,' delivered by the signer in order that it may be converted into a bill, 'operates as a prima facie authority to fill it up as a complete bill for any amount the stamp will cover, using the

Sanction and direction

For a sanction, all that is necessary for one to be satisfied about is the existence of a prima facie case. In the case of a direction, a further element that the accused deserves to be prosecuted is

Residence

fact of living in a given place for sometime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1310. Residence must prima facie have an element of continuity or regularity in residence and would not mean an intermittent stay such as

Relations

Relations, a general word meaning, prima facie, next-of-kin of any degree or, collquially, kindred of all degrees.

Receipt

Receipt, an acknowledgment in writing of having received a sum of money, which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment, Skaife v. Jackson, (1824) 3 B&C 421. The act of receiving something;

Reasonableness of award

the individual and the times and the circumstances in which he thinks. The word 'reasonable' has in law prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard to those circumstances of which the actor, called upon to act reasonably, knows

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