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Penalty

imprisonment, N.K. Jain v. C.K. Shah, AIR 1991 SC 1289. [Employees' Provident Fund Act, 1952, s. 14] Means recovery of an amount as a penal measure in civil proceedings, or an exaction which is not compensatory in

Court-leet

jurisdiction; and not only to present, but also to punish all trivial misdemeanours, as all trivial debts were recover-able in the court-baron and county court, Steph. Com., Book VI., Ch. xiv. The lord was compellable to hold

Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)

would have lain at the suit of the deceased had he not succumbed to his injuries. The damages recoverable are strictly on the basis of compensation [e.g., funeral expenses not recoverable, Clark v. London General Omnibus Co.,

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Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat

Therefore, first, money paid with full knowledge of the facts, but through ignorance of the law, is not recoverable if there be nothing against conscience in retaining it; and, secondly, money paid in ignor-ance of the facts

Person of unsound mind

of the Masters in Lunacy. The cost of maintenance in a criminal lunatic asylum is a Crown debt recoverable against the lunatic's estate, In re J., (1909) 1 Ch 574.

Interest

25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 3(1): 'In any proceedings tried in any court of record for the recovery of any debt or damages, the court may, if it thinks fit, order that there shall be included

Larceny (Advertisement) Act, 1870 (English)

is imposed on any person publishing an advertisement for the return of stolen goods 'without questions being asked,' recoverable by anyone suing for it. This leading to vexatious actions by common informers against the publishers of newspapers,

Neota

Neota, is not a legal but a social obligation and is therefore not recoverable by means of a suit, AIR 1993 Lah 317(1).

Payable

J.K. Synthetics Ltd. v. Commercial Taxes Officer, AIR 1994 SC 2393. Means what should be paid and legally recoverable, New Delhi Municipal Committee v. Kalu Ram, AIR 1976 SC 1637: (1976) 3 SCC 407. [Public Premises (Eviction

Penal statute

in Dunning v. Swetman, (1909) 1 KB 776. The penalties or forfeitures under these statutes are generally made recoverable by the Crown, or the party aggrieved, or a common informer, as the case may be. See 4

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