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gamble

gamble gam·bled gam·bling vi : to risk something of value for the chance of winning a prize vt : to risk (something) for the chance of winning a prize gam·bler [-blər] n

Premium

A reward or recompense a prize to be won by being before another or others in a competition reward or prize to be adjudged

Bumper draw of a lottery

means a special draw of lottery conducted on or during any festival or other special occasion wherein the prize money offered is greater than the prize money offered in the case of other ordinary draw of lotteries.

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Lottery

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance esp a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw

Money

Money, means current coin; metal stamped in pieces as a medium of exchange and measure of value. Hence, anything serving the same purpose as coin, late ME. In mod. use applied indifferently to coin and to...

Convoy

(English) Naval Discipline Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), and s. 46 of the (English) Naval Prize Act, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 25), by which the master of a ship deserting a convoy

Droits of admiralty

and (English) Droits of Admiralty must be distinguished from Droits of the Crown in time of war, see PRIZE. The Admiralty jurisdiction in the High Court, however, extends to trover property and ships recaptured from pirates, (English)

Elongatus

a process was issued, called a capias in withernam, to imprison the defendant himself, without bail or main prize, until he produced him.

Income

word of very wide import, Universal Radiators v. CIT, AIR 1993 SC 2254 (2256): (1993) 2 SCC 629. Prize money received by the participant in a Motor Rally is 'income' and is liable to tax, CIT v.

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

e.g., Canada, Ceylon, India, Irish Free State, Australia, Channel Islands, etc. (2) Ecclesiastical appeals. (3) All appeals in prize cases from all Admiralty Courts. (4) Appeals under s. 4 of the Copyright Act, 1911. (5) Appeals in

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