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Taxes on lands and buildings

lands and buildings' should be construed as taxes on land and taxes on buildings and there is no reason for restricting the amplitude of the language used in the Entry, Assistant Commissioner of Urban Land Tax v. … on land and taxes on buildings and there is no reason for restricting the amplitude of the language used in the Entry, Assistant Commissioner of Urban Land Tax v. Buckingham and Carnatic Co. Ltd., AIR 1970 SC

Tobacco

sell cigarettes to a person apparently under 16, or other forms of tobacco, unless the seller had no reason to believe that such tobacco was for the use of that person. There is also power for certain

Unclaimed property

his own use is doubtful. The practice of the Metropolitan Police Authorities appears to be that after a reasonable time and efforts to find the owner, the property will be returned to the finder, subject to conditions

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Upon or on

done to which it relates, or simultaneously with the act done, or after the act done, according as reason and good sense requires and after taking into consideration the context in which this word is used, R. … as reason and good sense requires and after taking into consideration the context in which this word is used, R. v. Arkwright, 18 LJ QB 28.

Continuity of work

using effectively such labour, materials and equipment as are needed in order to complete the works in a reasonable time, Franks & Collingwood (a firm) v. Gates, (1983) 1 Con LR 21 (25).

cooling time

following provocation compare heat of passion NOTE: If a court finds that the cooling time was sufficient or reasonable, a defendant may not use provocation to reduce a murder charge to involuntary manslaughter.

Clear and unambiguous

and unambiguous, if the language of the statute is clear and unambiguous, and if two interpretations are not reasonably possible, it would be wrong to discard the plain meaning of the words used in order to meet … two interpretations are not reasonably possible, it would be wrong to discard the plain meaning of the words used in order to meet a possible injustice, CIT, Madras v. T.V. Sundaram Iyenger (P.) Ltd., AIR 1976 SC

quantum meruit

absence of an express contract when they were accepted and used by the defendant under circumstances which gave reasonable notice that the plaintiff expected to be paid for them compare unjust enrichment … party for services or materials provided despite the absence of an express contract when they were accepted and used by the defendant under circumstances which gave reasonable notice that the plaintiff expected to be paid for them

a fortiori

a fortiori [New Latin, from the stronger (argument)] : all the more certainly : with greater reason : with still more convincing force used in drawing a conclusion that is thought to be even more … the stronger (argument)] : all the more certainly : with greater reason : with still more convincing force used in drawing a conclusion that is thought to be even more certain than another [the evident purpose of

cool

to lose passion : become calm sometimes used with off or down [the time elapsing…is such that a reasonable man thus provoked would have ed "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] … cool : to lose passion : become calm sometimes used with off or down [the time elapsing…is such that a reasonable man thus provoked would have ed "W.

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