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Act of God

and irresistible act of nature, which could not, by any reasonable care, have been foreseen or resisted, see Nugent v. Smith, … SCC 91. Means an overwhelming, unpreventable event caused exclusively by forces of nature, such as an earthquake, flood, or tornado. The

cause

circumstances under which cause, good cause, just cause, probable cause, reasonable cause, or sufficient cause exists are determined on a case … N.E.99 (1928)"] 2 : to effect by command, authority, or force [the administrator shall an investigation to be made]

Intoxicating liquor

'to supply suitable refreshment (other than intoxicating liquor) at a reasonable price,' or because 'the holder of the licence has failed … cannot, according to any law for the time being in force, be legally sold without an excise licence'; two licences are

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Unlawful assembly

firm and courageous persons in the neighbourhood of such assembly reasonable grounds to apprehend a breach of the peace in consequence … the persons composing that assembly is: First.-To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, the Central or any State

use

hardship compare taking 2 : use of water for a reasonable or beneficial purpose consistent with the public interest [authorize the … [the owner was entitled to just compensation when he was forced to sacrifice all beneficial use of the property] see also

Magna Carta

is aforesaid, and she shall have in the meantime her reasonable estovers of the common; and for her dower shall be … be done to the contrary, it shall beheld of no force or effect.' Consult 2 Hallam's Middle Ages, p. 326; McKechnie's

Debt

in the case of an insolvent estate must be strictly reasonable and necessary only, the executor or administrator being personally liable … AC 365) according to the rules which may be in force for the time being under the law of bankruptcy with

Mistake

Geo. 5, c. 43)], and acting upon an honest and reasonable belief in the existence of facts, which, if true, would … was caused by a mistake as to any law in force in India; but a mistake as to a law in

sale

auction) must have been given notice or been able upon reasonable inquiry to have had notice that the seller will not … officer (as a court clerk) but not by court order forced sale : a sale of property ordered by a court

Bonded labour system

any of his lineal ascendants or descendants, or (v) by reason of his birth in any particular caste or community,- he … Bonded labour system, means the system of forced, or partly forced, labour under which a debtor enters, or

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