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Power

which the said clause refers, and there can be no doubt that the said words can have no reference to the effect of dissolution, Purushottam Nambudri v. State of Kerala, AIR 1962 SC 694. [See also Constitution

Trial

Kumar v. State, 1977 CLR J&K 37 (41): 1977 FAJ 526. Trial, is used in the sense of reference to a stage after the inquiry, State of Bihar v. Ram Naresh Pandey, AIR 1957 SC 589: 1957

Perry

a drink made from the juice of pears fermented. The (English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, provides that any reference to cider shall include a reference to perry.

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Heirloom

the (English) S.L. Act, 1925. By s. 130(3), (English) L.P. Act, heirlooms inter alia may be entailed by reference to corresponding settlements of land whenever created. Personal chattels settled upon entail without reference to land may be

Natural gas

Natural gas, as a mineral in the form of a vapour, (Ballantine's Law Dictionary, 3rd Edn., 1969) (Special Reference No. 1 of 2001. In re (2004) 4 SCC 489.Natural gas, is defined as a naturally occurring mixture

Discretion

Discretion, the word 'discretion' connotes necessarily an act of a judicial character, as used with reference to discretion exercised judicially, it implies the absence of a hard and fast rule, and it require an

Governor

18 and 42, provides that in all Acts passed after that year the word 'Governor' when used with reference to Canada shall mean the Governor-General or the person having his powers for the time being, and with

Extra-territorial operations

of acts or events which take place inside the State but have operation outside, and secondly, laws with reference to the nationals of a State in respect of their acts outside, that in its former sense, the

Income

return coming in with some sort of regularity, or expected regularity, from definite sources must be read with reference to the peculiar facts of that case. Money received 'under consequential loss policies, were income within the meaning

Intoxicating liquor

are constituted the compensation authority (s. 2); but quarter sessions can exercise such power only (1) on a reference from the licensing justices (s. 19), and (2) on payment of compensation to the dispossessed licensees (s. 20).

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