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Refreshment House

Refreshment House, a house, etc., 'kept open for public refreshment, resort, and entertainment between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.' (24 & 25 Vict.c. 91, s. 8), to keep which an Inland Revenue licence only is required, unless wine, etc., be sold therein, in which case a licence from the justices of the peace is required also. See also (English) Refreshment Houses Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 27), and 39 & 40 Vict. c. 16, s. 4, as to wine licences and subsequent (English) Licensing Acts, and 10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24, s. 1, as to the certificates of justices. See PUBLIC-HOUSE CLOSING ACT; Chit. Stat., tit. 'Refreshment House....


Refreshful

Full of power to refresh refreshing...


Refreshment

The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed restoration of strength spirit vigor or liveliness relief after suffering new life or animation after depression...


Refresher

Refresher. A further or additional fee allowed to counsel when a case heard on viva voce evidence lasts longer than one day. The allowance of refreshers is regulated by Ord. LXV., r. 27 (48)....


Refreshment

Refreshment, would include ordinary refreshment which has nothing to do with alcohol or liquor or spirit or any drug which intoxicates, Sheikh Mohammed Soleman v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1965 Cal 312....


present recollection refreshed

present recollection refreshed : a rule of evidence allowing the use of a writing to jog the memory of a witness and enable the witness to testify about things newly remembered called also present recollection revived compare past recollection recorded ...


Refresh

To make fresh again to restore strength spirit animation or the like to to relieve from fatigue or depression to reinvigorate to enliven anew to reanimate as sleep refreshes the body and the mind...


Refresher

One who or that which refreshes...


Entertainment

Entertainment, In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 916) the word 'entertainment' has been defined thus:Entertainment ..... for a public or special occasion ...... is an entertainment in the sense of a gathering of persons for entertainment.Entertainment (Small Lotteries and Gaming Act, 1956) c. 45, s. 4(1) included a tombola drive alone without accompanying festivities.The monologue or patter of a comedian, even if delivered at an entertainment provided by an institution whose activities are parly educational, was held to be a variety 'entertainment' within the meaning of the section.Similarly in Words and Phrases, Judicially Defined (Vol. 2, pp. 206- 207) the word entertainment has been defined thus:Entertainment is something connected with the enjoyment of refreshment-rooms, tables, and the like. It is something beyond refreshment; it is the accommodation provided, whether that includes a musical or other amusement or not.Similarly in Words and Phrases (Permanent Ed...


Intoxicating liquor

Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain alcohol. Liquor should not only cover alcoholic liquor which is generally used for beverage purposes wand produce intoxication but would also include liquids containing alcohol, State of U.P. v. Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 614: (1980) 2 SCR 531: (1980) 2 SCC 441. [Constitution of India, List II, 7th Sch., Entry 8]See also Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1990) 1 SCC 109.Intoxicating liquors. The sale of intoxicating liquors by retail in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which repealed (see Sched. VII.) the whole or part of thirteen earlier Acts. The effect of this statute is shortly as follows:-1. Grant of Licence.--Defining 'intoxicating liquor' as meaning 'spirits, wine, beer, porter, cider, perry, and sweets, and any fermented, di...


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