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Home Dictionary Name: receipt Page: 4 Page 4 of about 146 results (0.002 seconds)On whose behalf
On whose behalf, the words 'on whose behalf' in the deposit receipt, in the context, must mean, 'in whose favour' and that the receipt was in full compliance with s. 117 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, Om Prabha Jain v. Gian Chand, AIR 1959 SC 837 (841): (1959) Supp 2 SCR 516. (Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 117)...
Shipping note
A document used in shipping goods by sea In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel requesting him to receive on board specified goods and a receipt for the mate to sign on receiving whose signature it is called the mates receipt and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading...
Consignor
Consignor, means the person, named in a railway receipt as consignor, by whom or on whose behalf goods covered by the railway receipt are entrusted to a railway administration for carriage. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (10)](ii) means the person, named in the multimodal transport contract s consignor, by whom or on whose behalf the goods covered by such contract are entrusted to a multimodal transport operator for multimodal transportation. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (e)]Consignor, an intention to exclude from considera-tion any person who under domestic law would be a party to the contract through or in addition to a person named as consignor in the air wayball, Western Digital Corpn. v. Biritish Airways Plc (CA), (2003) 3 WLR 1855....
Cancellation
Cancellation, any manner of obliteration and defacement, as of an adhesive stamp in the manner prescribed by s. 8 of the (English) Stamp Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 91), which enacts that-(1) Mode of Cancellation. An instrument, the duty upon which is required or permitted by law [see ss. 22, 34, 49(2), 52(3), 64, 69(3), 78(1), 79(2), 80(2), 85(1), 90, 99, 101(2), 110(1), and 111(2)], to be denoted by an adhesive stamp, is not to be deemed duly stamped with an adhesive stamp, unless the person required by law to cancel the adhesive stamp cancels the same by writing on or across the stamp his name or initials, or the name or initials of his firm, together with the true date of his so writing, or otherwise effectively cancels the stamp and renders the same incapable of being used for any other instrument, or for any postal purpose, or unless it is otherwise proved that the stamp appearing on the instrument was affixed thereto at the proper time.(2) Plurality of Stamps. Where two or more ...
Acquintance
Acquintance, means a document by which one is discharged from a debt or other obligation, a receipt or release indications payment in full, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24.Acquittance is a discharge in writing of a sum of money or duty which ought to be paid or done; as where a man is bound to pay money on a bond, rent reserved upon a lease, etc., and the party to whom it is due, on receipt thereof, gives a writing under his hand witnessing that he is paid, this will be such a discharge in Law that he cannot demand and recover the sum or duty again, if the acquittance be produced, Termes de la Ley. As to forgery of an acquittance. [see (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27), s. 2(2) (a), s. 18 (1)]...
Legacy duty
Legacy duty, a tax paid to Government on legacies and shares of residue, rising from 1 to 10 per cent. in proportion of the distance of relationship between the testator or intestate and legatee. The personal representative is liable to pay the duty. He must show a receipt signed by the legate giving certain particulars, including the amount or value of the legacy and the duty payable thereon. Duty is then paid and the receipt is stamped. If the duty is not paid by the personal representative the legatee is chargeable. The principal Acts relating to the legacy duty are the (English) Legacy Duty Act, 1796 (36 Geo. 3, c. 52); the (English) Stamp Act, 1815 (55 Geo. 3, c. 184); the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 12), ss. 41-43; and the (English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, pt. Iii. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties.' Consult Hanson or Norman on Death Duties....
Book of account
Book of account, It involves either addition or subtraction or both of these operations of arithmetic. A book which contains successive entries of items may be a good memorandum book; but until those entries are totalled or balanced, or both, as the case may be, there is no reckoning and no account. In the making of totals and striking of balances from time to time lies the chief safeguard under which books of account have been distinguished from other private records as capable of containing substantive evidence on which reliance may be placed', CBI v. V.C. Shukla, (1998) 3 SCC 410: AIR 1998 SC 1406: 1998 Cr LJ 1905 (SC).-All companies registered under the (English) Companies Act,1929, are by s. 122 obliged to keep books of account of (a) all receipts and expenses with matters relating thereto; (b) all sales and purchases; and (c) the assets and liabilities of the company: these books are to be open to inspection by the directors-heavy penalties for non-compliance are imposed. The aud...
Barrister, or Barrastor
Barrister, or Barrastor, a counsellor or advocate learned in the law, admitted to plead at the bar, and there to take upon himself the protection and defence of clients. He is termed jurisconsultus and licentiatus in jure. As to the mode and qualification for obtaining the degree of a barrister, see INNS OF COURT; and consult Marchant on Barristers; Warren's Law Studies; Forsyth's Hortenisus; and Chitty on Contracts; also Mew's Digest, tit. 'Barrister.'It shall mean a barrister of England or Ireland, or a member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), S. 3 (4)]Fees.--A barrister can maintain no action for his fees, which are given not as a salary or hire, but as a mere honorarium or gratuity, and even an express promise by a client to pay money to counsel for his advocacy is not binding, see Re Le Brasseur & Oakley, (1896) 2 Ch 487; Kennedy v. Broun, (1863) 13 CBN S 677, where the whole law on the subject of counsel's fees is elaborately discus...
Receiptor
One who receipts specifically Law one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff...
Permitted currency
Permitted currency, means a foreign currency which is freely convertible. [Foreign Exchange Manage-ment (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regula-tions, 2000, Reg. 2 (v)]...
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