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Air force law

Air force law, means the law enacted by this Act and the rules made thereunder and includes the usages of the service. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4

Alibi

exception (special or general envisaged in the Indian Penal Code or any other law. It is only a rule of evidence recognized in s. 11 of the Evidence Act that facts which are inconsistent with the fact

Allotment rate

Allotment rate, the 'allotment rate' which must mean and did mean 'the allotment price' meaning thereby the price of the allotment or price of the allotted quantity which shall be exclusive of all taxes, cesses and...

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Alteration of share capital

not be added to the name of the company unless the Court so orders (ss. 55-60). As a rule in all these cases the alteration must be notified to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies (s. 5),

Ambiguity

the missing name; but see Watcham v. A.G. of East Africa, 1919 AC 533 (Powell on Evidence). The rule is expressed accordingly in the two following Latin maxims: Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur; nam quod ex facto

Ampere

force exerted by gravity in Calcutta on the counter balancing iridio-platinum weight of the said instrument. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, s. 2 (1) (c)]

Animals

of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and s. 16 of the Local Government Act, 1888, for the Good Rule and Government of the Administrative County of London, has provided that no person shall keep any noisy animal

Any other sufficient reason

Any other sufficient reason, means a reason sufficient on grounds at least analogous to those specified in the rule, Lily Thomas v. Union of India, (2000) 6 SCC 2243; Chajju Ram v. Neki, AIR 1922 PC 112:

Articles, Marriage

(1710) 3 Br PC (Tomk. Ed) 31, and Blandford v. Marlborough, (1743) 2 Atk. 542, and therefore the rule in Shelley's Case (now abolished in regard to instruments coming into operation after 1925, see Law of Property

Any purpose

meaning, Janak Lal v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1989 SC 2225 (2226): (1989) 4 SCC 121. [Mineral Concession, Rules (1960) R. 59]

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