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replacement cost : the cost of replacing property with property of like kind and equal quality or effectiveness ...
replacement
replacement 1 a : the act of replacing : the state of being replaced b : an insurer's option under a policy to replace or repair damaged property rather than pay the insured for the loss 2 : something that replaces ;specif : a new fixed asset or portion of an asset that takes the place of one discarded (as because of deterioration) ...
Replaceability
The quality state or degree of being replaceable...
substitution
substitution : the substituting of one person or thing for another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana : a disposition not in trust by which a donee, heir, or legatee is charged to hold property transferred and return it to a third person compare fidei commissum, vulgar substitution NOTE: Substitutions are prohibited. b : replacement of a party to an action with a successor or representative upon motion to the court when the party is unable to continue litigating (as because of death, incompetency, transfer of interest, or loss of the office for which the party was suing or being sued in an official capacity) c : the replacement of a new agreement or obligation for an old one see also novation sub·sti·tu·tion·al [-shə-nəl] n sub·sti·tu·tion·ary [-shə-nər-ē] adj ...
Infant milk substitute
Infant milk substitute, means any food being marketed or otherwise represented as a partial or total replacement for mother's milk, whether or not it is suitable for such replacement. [Infant Milk Substitutes, (English) Feeding Bottles and Infant Food (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2 (1) (g)]...
Repair
Repair, 'repair' may include replacement or even a renewal. All replacements or renewals need not necessarily be repairs covenant for repairs making lessee liable to execute all repairs except major repairs, tenant undertook substantial repairs, Sir Shadi Lal and Sons v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1988 SC 424: (1988) Supp SCC 42: (1988) 2 SCR 87.The ideal of 'repair' may include replacement or even a renewal. But the converse may not be true. All replacements or renewals need not necessarily by 'repairs', Shadi Lal v. CIT, AIR 1998 SC 424 (427): 1988 Supp SCC 42. [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 24(1)(i) (a) and s. 4(1)(i)(b)]Repair, indicates the restoration to a good and sound condition of a structure which has been decayed or damages, Jiya Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1981 All 72....
Structural alteration, addition or renewal
Structural alteration, addition or renewal, shall not be deemed to include any renewal or replacement of a petty nature, when the part or fitting used for replacement is not inferior in strength, efficiency of otherwise to the replaced part or fitting. [Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923), s. 2(g)]...
Judge
Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a judge but also every person who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, is confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive or who is one of a body of persons which body of persons is em-powered by law to give such a judgement (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 19)To secure the dignity and political independence of the judges of the Supreme Court, it is enacted by s. 5 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1875 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 12), repeating in effect a provision of the Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), that the judges of the Supreme Court (with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, who goes out with the Ministry) shall hold their o...
Settled land
Settled land. For the purposes of the (English) Settled Land Acts, 1882-1890, 'settled land' meant land, and any estate and interest therein, which was the subject of a settlement; and 'settlement' meant any instrument, or any number of instruments, under which any land, or any estate or interest in land, 'stands for the time being limited to or in trust for any persons by way of succession' (Settled Land Act, 1882, s. 2) (see infra for the statutory definitions in the Settled Land Act, 1925, which has repealed the S.L. Acts, 1882-1890). Where the settlement consists of more instruments than one it is commonly called a 'compound settlement,' though this term is not defined in the Acts themselves; as to compound settlements, see Re Du Cane & Nettlefold, (1898) 2 Ch 96; Re Munday & Roper, (1899) 1Ch 275; Re Lord Wimborne & Browne (1904) 1 Ch 537; Wolstenholme & Cherry, Conveyancing, etc., Acts.Prior to 1856 settled estates could not be sold or leased except under the authority of some po...
Improvement of land
Improvement of land. The (English) Improvement of Land Acts, 1864 and 1899 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 114, and 62 & 63 Vict. c. 46), enumerate a number of 'im-provements' such as the following: (1) Drainage; (2) Irrigation and Warping; (3) Embanking from the sea, etc.; (4) Inclosing, and redivision of fields; (5) Reclamation; (6) Making roads, tramways, railways, and canals; (7) Clearing; (8) Erection and improvement of cottage and farm buildings; (9) Planting for shelter; (10) Construction of mills, etc.; (11) Construction of landing-places; and allowed tenants for life to charge the cost of such improvements upon the fee of a settled estate with the sanction of the In closure Commissioners, after notice to persons in remainder, and certain specifications and surveys;-the sanction of the Commissioners to be given 'if they found (s. 25) that the improvements would effect a permanent increase of the yearly vale of the lands proposed to be improved.' The Acts have been amended by the (English) Ag...
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