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Calamus

The indian cane a plant of the Palm family It furnishes the common rattan See Rattan and Dragons blood...

Bejuco

Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liane in the Philippines esp any of various species of Calamus the cane or rattan palm...

Endogenous

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit instead of externally and having no distinction of pith wood and bark as the rattan the palm the cornstalk...

One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus mostly East Indian though some are African and Australian They are exceedingly tough and are used for walking sticks wickerwork chairs and seats of chairs cords and cordage and many other purposes...

Bias

Bias [adopted from Fr. biais, oblique]. The law will not suppose a possibility of bias in a judge, who is already sworn to administer impartial justice, and whose authority greatly depends upon that presumption and idea, 3 Bl. Com. 361. See R. v. Cork Justices, (1910) 2 Ir. R. 271.The word 'bias' in popular English parlance stands included within the attributes and broader purview of the word 'malice', which in common acceptation mean and imply 'spite' or 'ill-will'.Mere general statements will not be sufficient for the purposes of indication of ill-will. There must be cogent evidence available on record to come to the conclusion as to whether in fact there was existing a bias which resulted in the miscarriage of justice, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. v. Girja Shankar, AIR 2001 SC 24. [Constitution of India, Arts. 226, 14]Bias may be defined as a pre-conceived opinion or a pre-disposition or pre-determination to decide a case or an issue in a particular manner, so much so that such pr...

Plaintiff

Plaintiff [abbrev. pltf., or plff., fr. plaintif., Fr.], he who commences an action against another, who is called defendant.It includes:(i) any person from or through whom a plaintiff derives his right to sue. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (i) (i)](ii) any person whose estate is represented by the plaintiff as executor, administrator or other representative. [Limitation Act, 1963, (36 of 1963), s. 2]The word 'plaintiff' in order that the bar may be effective, include his assigns and legal representa-tives, Suraj Rattan v. Azamabad Tea Co. Ltd., AIR 1965 SC 295 (301). [Civil PC (1908), O. 9, R. 9]...

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