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Prompt

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased this limit varying with different goods See Prompt note...

Mahr (dower), Mahr (dower) is neither dowry nor price for marriage: As explained in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman, but an effect of the contract imposed by law on the husband as a token of respect for its subject: the Woman'. Giving a correct appraisal of the concept of maher, the Privy Council once described it as 'an essential incident to the status of marriage'. On another occasion it explained that maher was a 'legal responsibility' of the husband. These judicial observations evidence a correct understanding of the Islamic legal concept of maher. Its substitute, a valid retirement, or by death, which by terminating the marriage, puts an end to all the contingencies to which it is exposed; and on the other hand the woman becomes entitled to it as soon as she has surrendered her person. Justice Mahmood has described the nature of mahr in Abdul Kadir Salima. According to him: Dower (mahr), under the M...

discount

discount : a reduction made from the gross amount or value of something: as a : a reduction made from a regular or list price or a proportionate deduction from a debt account usually made for prompt payment or for payment in cash b : a reduction made for interest in advancing money upon or purchasing a note not yet due c : a reduction in the price of a bond see also discount bond at bond d : the sale of securities that are issued below and redeemed at face value compare premium [dis-kant, dis-kant] vt 1 a : to make a deduction from usually for cash or prompt payment b : to sell or offer at a lowered price 2 : to lend money on after deducting a discount [banks negotiable instruments] 3 : to take into account (a future event or prospect) in making present calculations vi : to give or make discounts [dis-kant] adj 1 a : selling goods or services at a discount [a broker] b : offered or sold at a discount [ securities] 2 : reflecting a discount [the price] ...

Sentiment

A thought prompted by passion or feeling a state of mind in view of some subject feeling toward or respecting some person or thing disposition prompting to action or expression...

Loan, gratuitous

Loan, gratuitous, a class of bailment called commodatum in the Roman Law, and denominated by Sir William Jones a loan for use (pret a usage), to distinguish it from mutuum, a loan for consumption.The borrower has the right to use the thing during the time and for the purpose agreed upon by the parties. the loan is to be considered as strictly personal, unless from other circumstances a different intention may fairly be presumed. The borrower must take proper care of the thing borrowed, use it according to the lender's intention, and restore it at the proper time, and in a proper condition.The lender must suffer the borrower to use and enjoy the thing lent during the time of the loan, according to the original intention, without any molestation or impediment, under the peril of damages. He must reimburse the borrower the extraordinary expenses to which he has been put for the preservation of the thing lent. He is bound to give notice to the borrower of the defects of the thing lent; and...

Urgency, emergency

Urgency, emergency, 'urgency' relates to a situation demanding prompt action while 'Emergency' in-dicates a situation suddenly arising and prompt action, AIR 1959 Punj 540 (543). (Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 17)...

equity

equity pl: -ties [Latin aequitat- aequitas fairness, justice, from aequus equal, fair] 1 a : justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules [prompted by considerations of ] [comity between nations, and require it to be paid for "F. A. Magruder"] b : something that is equitable : an instance of equity [the inequities produced by the system are outnumbered by the equities] 2 a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of substantive and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statutory law [the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and , arising under this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see also chancery compare common law, law NOTE: The courts of equity arose in England from a need to provide relief for claims that did not conform to the writ system existing in the courts of law. Originally, the courts of equity exercised great ...

fresh

fresh 1 a : free of the detrimental effects of delay (as the fading of memories) b : characterized by promptness 2 : experienced, made, or received newly or anew [a resumed interrogation requiring Miranda warnings] ...

fresh complaint

fresh complaint : a report of a sexual offense by the victim to someone in a position of trust (as a police officer, parent, or friend) made with reasonable promptness ...

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