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Known sources of income

Known sources of income, the expression 'known sources of income' must have reference to sources known to the prosecution on a thorough investigation of the case. It was not, and it

Money

throughout the community, in the final discharge of debts and full payment for commodities; being accepted equally without reference to the character or credit of the person who offers it, and without the intention of the person

Money Bill

throughout the community, in the final discharge of debts and full payment for commodities; being accepted equally without reference to the character or credit of the person who offers it, and without the intention of the person

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Writing

in a visible form, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 20. Expression referring to 'writing' shall be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form. [General Clauses

Powers

which the said clause refers. The powers of the House of the Legislature of a State to which reference is made in Article 194(3) may, for instance, refer to the powers of the House to punish contempt

Wills

the time from which a will speaks, the twenty-fourth s. enacts 'that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it

Usage

prescription. 'Usage in its most extensive meaning, includes both custom and prescription, but in its narrower significance, it refers to a general habit, mode or course of procedure. A usage differ from a custom, in that it

Transfer

(P) Ltd., AIR 1996 SC 1579: (1996) 3 SCC 630. In India, the word 'transfer' is defined with reference to the word 'convey'. The word 'transfer' in English law in its narrower and more usual sense refers

Transaction

and com-pleted; a 'proceeding' either something which is now going on, or if ended, is still contemplated with reference to its progress on successive stages. A transaction in the ordinary sense of the words, means some business

Supreme Court of Judicature

1873 and 1875 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66), and (38 & 39 Vict. c. 77), are commonly referred to as 'The (English) Judicature Acts,' and are herein cited as '(English) Jud. Act, 1873,' and 'Jud. Act,

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