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Voice-vote
Voice-vote, in Parliament of India, the question are generally decided by voice vote. The speaker puts a question and invites members in favour of it
Valuation
land. This has almost invariably to be undertaken whenever land is compulsorily acquired. The difficulties that surround this question were fully considered in the case of Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board, (1909) 1 KB
Domicile
be pronounced by the courts of the domicile of the parties, Inverclyde v. Inverclyde, 1931 P. 29. The question whether a person is or is not domiciled in a foreign country is to be determined in accordance
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Statement of fact
'believe to be false' or 'did not believe to be true' at the time of making it. A question of fact is one capable of being answered by way of demonstration - a question of opinion is
Stare decisis
stated in Halsbury's Laws of England, Second Edition*: Halsbury's Vol. XIX, p. 257, para. 557: Apart from any question as to the Courts being of co-ordinate jurisdiction, a decision which has been followed for a long period
Semper pr'sumitur pro negante
always in favour of the negative.) On an equal division of votes in the House of Lords the question passes in the negative [see Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl & F 634; Paquin v. Beauclerk (formerly
Restrictive trade practice
se be a restrictive trade practice. Every trade agreement restrains or binds persons or places or prices. The question is whether the restraint is such as regulates and thereby promotes competition or whether it is such as
Personally interested
interested, Jokhan Singh v. Marjad Koeri, AIR 1972 Pat 208: (1972) Cr LJ 788: (1977) BLJR 403. The question whether a Magistrate is 'personally interested' in a case within the meaning of s. 556, Criminal Procedure Code,
Referee
Referee, one to whom anything is referred; an arbitrator. Also, persons to whom are referred questions as to the locus standi of petitioners against private parliamentary Bills. Consult the works of Smethurst or Clifford
Reasonable and probable cause
existence is a defence to an action for false imprisonment. After the jury have found the facts, the question whether the facts show a reasonable and probable cause is a question of law, not fact, but the
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