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Injury, any damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property, for which an action lies at law.Injury has been defined in s. 44 of the Penal Code as denoting 'any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body mind, reputation or property, S. Harnam Singh v. State (Delhi Admn), AIR 1976 SC 2140 (2145): (1976) 2 SCC 819. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 44)The word 'injury' denotes any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body, mind, reputation or propery. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 44)Injury, Black's Law Dictionary contains the definition for the word 'Injury' (at p. 706 in the 5th Edn.) as 'any wrong or damage done to another either to his person, rights reputation or property'. The alternative meaning given therein is: 'The invasion of any legally protected interest of another'.Injury as 'any harm whatever, illegally caused to any person in body, mind, reputation or property'. [See Indian Penal Code, 1860] word 'Injury' in s. 23 of the Contract Act shou...
Passing off
Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person usually dealing with one to accept the other if offered to him, it is enough, National Match Works v. S.T. Karuppanna Nadar, AIR 1979 Mad 157.An infringement action is available where there is violation of specific property right acquired under and recognised by the statute. In a passing-off action, however, the plaintiff's right is independent of such a statutory right to a trade mark and is against the conduct of the defendant which leads to or is intended or calculated to lead to deception. Passing-off is said to be a species of unfair trade competition or of actionable unfair trading by which one person, through deception, attempts to obtain an economic benefit of the reputation which another has established for himself in a particular trade or business. The action is regarded as an action for deceit. The tort of passing-off inv...
libel
libel [Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words ;specif : a false published statement that injures an individual's reputation (as in business) or otherwise exposes him or her to public contempt b : the publication of such a libel c : the crime or tort of publishing a libel see also single publication rule New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare defamation, slander NOTE: Although libel is defined under state case law or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court has enumerated some First Amendment protections that apply to matters of public concern. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Court held that in order to recover damages a public person (as a celebrity or politician) who alleges libel (as by a newspaper) has to prove that “the statement was made with ‘actual malice’ &...
Cheating
Cheating, Cheating is defined as whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally induces the person so deceived to do or omit to do anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so deceived, and which act or omission causes or is likely to cause damage or harm to that, person in body mind, reputation or property, is said to 'cheat' in s. 415 of the IPC and the ingredients for the offence are:(i) there should be fraudulent or dishonest inducement of a person by deceiving him;(ii) (a) the person so induced should be intentionally induced to deliver any property to any person or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or(b) the person so induced should be intentionally induced to do or to omit to do anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so deceived; and(iii) In cases covered by the second part of ...
testimony
testimony pl: -nies [Latin testimonium, from testis witness] : evidence furnished by a witness under oath or affirmation and either orally or in an affidavit or deposition former testimony : testimony that a witness gives at a different proceeding (as another hearing or a deposition) NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804, former testimony is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule when the declarant is unavailable and if a predecessor in interest in a civil proceeding or the party against whom the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony. negative testimony : testimony concerning what did not happen ;esp : testimony concerning what one did not perceive [negative testimony that the witness did not hear a train whistle] NOTE: Negative testimony is sometimes accorded the same weight as positive testimony when the witness was in a position to perceive something and was eagerly attentive. opinion testimony : testimony relaying o...
damage
damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or injury for which another is liable see also additur, cover, mitigate, remittitur compare declaratory judgment at judgment, injunction specific performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount of damages to be awarded to the prevailing party. More than one type of damages may be awarded for a single injury. actual damages : damages deemed to compensate the injured party for losses sustained as a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare special damages in this entry ex·em·pla·ry damages [ig-zem-plə-r...
Trade libel
Trade libel, means a false statement that disparages the quality or reputation of another's product or business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500.Trade libel. See LIBEL.A false statement that disparages the quality or reputation of another's product or business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500....
Manor
Manor [fr. manerium, Lat.; manoir, Fr., habitation, or manendo, of abiding there, because the lord usually resided there], an estate in fee-simple in a tract of land granted by the sovereign to a subject (usually of power and consequence) in consideration of certain services to be performed. The tenementales were granted out; the dominicales (whence the ter demesne) were reserved to the lord; the barren lands which remained formed the 'wastes'; the whole fee was termed a lordship or barony; and the Court appendant to the manor the Court baron. Every manor (with some doubtful and unimportant exceptions) is of a date prior to the statute of Quia Emptores (18 Edw. 1, c. 1).'A manor,' says Mr. Joshua Williams, 'was made by the owner of an estate in fee carving out other estates in fee to be held by other freeholders as his tenants. A manor consists of demesnes and services: of demesnes, that is, of lands of which the freeholder, now become lord of a manor, is seised in his demesne as of fe...
Self defensive
Defending or tending to defend ones own person property or reputation...
Argument
Argument, in reasoning, Locke observes that men ordinarily use four sorts of arguments. The first is to allege the opinions of men, whose parts and learning, eminency, power, or some other cause, have gained a name, and settled their reputation in the common esteem, with some kind of authority; this may be called argumentum ad verecundiam. The second is to require the adversary to admit what they allege as a proof, or to require a better; this he calls argumentum ad ignorantiam. The third is to press a man with consequences drawn from his own principles, concessions, or actions; this is known by the name of argumentum ad hominem. The fourth the using proofs drawn from any of the foundations of knowledge or probability; this he calls argumentum ad judicium, and he observes that it is the only one of all the four that brings true instruction with it, and advances us in our way to knowledge.Means a statement that attempts to persuade, especially, the remarks of counsel in analysing and po...
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