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reasonable accommodation : something done to accommodate a disabled person that does not jeopardize safety or pose an undue hardship for the party (as an employer) doing it ;also : something done to accommodate a religious need that does not create undue hardship for an employer ...
accommodate
accommodate -dat·ed -dat·ing 1 : to make a change or provision for [ a disability] see also reasonable accommodation 2 : to accept without compensation responsibility for a debt of (another person) in the event of nonpayment as a way of reassuring a reluctant creditor see also accommodation paper at paper accommodation party at party NOTE: To accommodate a debtor effectively, the party must sign the debt instrument, adding words describing limitations or conditions to the accommodation, if any. ac·com·mo·da·tion [ə-kÄ -mə-dā-shən] n ...
Innkeeper
Innkeeper, means a person who, for compensation, keeps open a public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers. A keeper of a boarding house is usually not considered an innkeeper, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 792.Innkeeper, proprietor of a common inn for the accommodation of travelers in general.All persons are deemed innkeepers who keep houses where a traveler is furnished, for profit, with everything which he has occasion for whilst on his way. They are bound to take in all travelers and wayfaring persons, and to entertain them for a reasonable time [see Lamond v. Richard, (1897) 1 QB 541] if they can accommodate them, at a reasonable charge, provided they behave themselves properly; and they have a lien upon the goods of their guests for board and lodging, but may not detain their persons or seize their clothing in actual wear. They are also liable for any loss of or injury to goods, money, and baggage of their guests; and responsible for the acts of their serva...
Cheap trains
Cheap trains. Early in the history of railways the companies were compelled by the (English) Railway Regulation Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85), sometimes called the Cheap Train Act, to run one train a day at a penny a mile fare; in respect of which trains (ss. 6, 7) termed 'parliamentary trains,' or 'Government trains,' the companies were exempt from the passenger duty otherwise charge-able. Disputes arising between the companies and the Government as to the extent of this exemption, the (English) Cheap Trains Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 34), abolished the duty altogether on all fares not exceeding one penny per mile and empowered he board of Trade to require any company to provide proper accommodation at such fares, and also reasonable accommodation for workmen going to and returning from their work. See Browne or Thebald on Railways....
Poor
Poor, means lacking material possession having little or no means to support oneself, needy, and impoverished. The expression refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and on their own cannot make arrangements for reasonable accommodation, Corporation Jabalpur v. Kishan Lal, AIR 1966 SC 207: (1966) 1 SCJ 566: (1966) SCD 179: (1965) 2 SCWR 1119: (1965) MPLJ 987: 1966 Jab LJ 1.The word 'poor' lexically means 'having little or no money, goods or other means of support' (Webster's Enyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary) or 'lacking financial or other means of subsistence' (Collins English Dictionary), Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477 (623)....
Poorer and working classes
Poorer and working classes, the expression 'poorer and working classes contemplated by sub-clause (c) of Clauses (A) of sub-s. (1) s. 277 refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and cannot on their own make arrangements for reasonable accommodation, Municipal Corporation of the City of Jabalpur v. Kishan Lal, AIR 1966 SC 207 (209). [City of Jabalpur Corporation Act, CP and Berar Act, 1948 (3 of 1950), s. 277(1)]...
americans with disabilities act (ada)
americans with disabilities act (ada) A federal law that protects employees from discrimination on the basis of disability, and imposes upon employers the requirement that they make "reasonable accommodations" for their employees' disabilities ...
Reasonable requirement
Reasonable requirement, belongs to the knowledge of the law and means reasonable not in the mindof the person requiring the accommodation but reasonable according to the actual facts, Damodar Sharma v. Nandram Deviram, AIR 1960 MP 345 (FB).Connotes something more than desire but less than absolute necessity, Petro-leum Worker's Union v. Mohammed & Co., AIR 1967 Mad 33: 1965 MP LJ 979: (1966) 17 STC 1: 1965 Jab LJ 1065.The words 'reasonable requirement' postulate that there must be an element of need as opposed to a mere desire or wish. The connotation of the term 'need' or 'requirement; should not be artificially extended nor its language so unduly stretched or strained so as to make it impossible or extremely difficult for the landlord to get a decree for eviction, Bega Begum v. Abdul Ahad Khan, AIR 1979 SC 272 (276). [J&K Houses and Shops Rent Control Act (34 of 1966), s. 11(1)(h)]What is reasonable requirement is a question of fact and it depends upon the circumstances of each case....
Arbitration
Arbitration, the determination of a matter in dispute by the judgment of one or more persons, called arbitrators, who in case of difference usually call in an 'umpire' to decide between them.Means a method of dispute resolution involving one or more neutral third parties who are usually agreed to by the disputing parties and whose decision is binding, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 100.Means any arbitration whether or not administered by permanent arbitral institution. [The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s. 2(a)]An arbitrator is a disinterested person, to whose judgment and decision matters in dispute are referred, Termes de la Ley.The civilians make a difference between arbiter and arbitrator, though both found their power in the compromise of the parties; the former being obliged to judge according to the customs of the law: whereas the latter is at liberty to use his own discretion, and accommodate the difference in that manner which appears most just and equitable.An ar...
Joint-tenancy
Joint-tenancy. This tenancy is created where the same interest in real or personal property is, by the act of the party, passed by the same matter of conveyance or claim in solido, and not as merchan-dise, or for purposes of speculation, to two or more persons in the same right, either simply, or by construction or operation of law jointly, with a jus accrescendi, that is, a gradual concentration of property from more to fewer, by the accession of the part of him or them that die to the survivors or survivor, till it passes to a single hand, and the joint-tenancy ceases.Anciently, joint-tenancy was favoured because it did not induce fractions of estates, and returning to early principles the (English) Land Legislation of 1925 has employed the tenure generally as the machinery by which legal estate may in such cases always be in some person, called the estate owner, who is competent to give a title to the whole estate without the concurrence of other parties. that legal estate has been ...
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