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Public stores. By the (English) Public Stores Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 25), various provisions are made for the protection of public stores and the punishment of persons improperly obtaining the same or obliterating the marks thereon, and see Army and Air Force Acts....
Marine-store dealers
Marine-store dealers. See (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58Vict. c. 60), ss. 533-540, re-enacting (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104), ss. 480-483; by which any dealer in 'anchors, cables, sails, old junk, old iron, or other marine stores of any kind, must have his name, with the words ' dealer in marine stores,' painted on all his warehouses and places of deposit, must not purchase marine stores from any person apparently under sixteen, must enter in a book all such marine stores as he may become possessed of, and may not cut up cables, etc., without obtaining a ' permit ' from a justice of the peace, which permit must be advertised before the dealer proceeds to act thereon.' A person as so defined is, by the (English) Children Act, 1933 (see CHILDREN), prohibited by s. 9 from purchasing 'old metal' from a person under 16. See also (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, s. 86. See METALS, DEALERS IN OLD....
Broad-arrow
Broad-arrow, use as a Government mark, is thought to have had a Celtic origin; and the so-called arrow may be the ' or ', the broad a of the Druids. This letter was typical of superiority either in rank and authority, intellect, or holiness; and is believed to have stood also for king or prince. Public stores are marked with the Broad Arrow. See (English) Public Stores Act, 1875....
Metals, dealers in old
Metals, dealers in old, defined as any person dealing in, buying, and selling old metal, scrap metal, broken metal, or partly manufactured metal goods, or defaced or old metal goods, and whether such person deals in such Articles only, or together with second-hand goods or marine stores, and the term 'old metals' means the said Articles. See (English) Old Metal Dealers Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c.110), relating to their trade requiring registration, and giving powers of visitation and search to the police; s. 13 of the (English) Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112), by which any dealer in old metals who purchases any lead, copper, brass, tin, pewter, or German-silver in any quantity at one time less than 112 lb. in the case of lead, or than 56 lb. in the case of the other metals above mentioned, is guilty of an offence against the Act, and liable to a penalty not exceeding 5l. See also (English) Public Stores Act, 1875, ss. 9, 10, and 11 and Public Health Amendment Act,...
Store
Store, the expression 'store' means storing for the sale, Giridhari Ballani v. Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1966 Cal 634 (636). [Prevention of Food Adultera-tion Act, 1954, ss. 7, 16(1)(a)]1. A place where goods are deposited to be pur-chased or sold 2. To keep goods in safe keeping for future delivery in an unchanged condition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1432....
Re store
To store again as the goods taken out were re stored...
Military stores
Military stores, The expression 'military stores' used in Schedule II is comprehensive enough to cover articles essential for military use inclusive of trailers/water tankers supplies of which are accumulated in the depot for being drawn upon whenever needed, Cantonment Board v. Mahindra Owen Ltd., AIR 1986 SC 1114 (1117): (1986) Supp SCC 301....
Department store
A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments...
Bill of store
Bill of store, in the Customs, is a certified extract from the official records that certain imported goods, which would otherwise be liable to duty, are merely British goods which have been exported and are being returned to this country, Ibid. s. 63....
To store
To store, petroleum means to keep it in any one place, but does not include any detention happening during the ordinary course of transport. [Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934), s. 2 (f)]...
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