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Covenant

Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done or shall be done, or stiuplates for the truth of certain facts. He who thus promises is called the covenantor; and he to whom it is made the covenantee. A covenant being part of a deed is subject to the general rules for the construction of such instruents; as, first, to be always taken most strongly against the covenanter and most in favour of the covenantee; secondly, to be taken according to the intent of the parties; thirdly, to be construed ut res magis valeat quam pereat; fourthy, when no time is limited for its performance, that it be performed in a reasonable time.Covenants are personal obligations; formerly the did not bind theheirs of the covenanter unless the heirs were named and inthat case only to the extent of the lands descended, but if made ...


Goodwill

Goodwill, may be the whole advantage belonging to the firm, its reputation as also connection thereof. It, thus, means that every affirmative advantage as contrasted with negative advantage that has been acquired in carrying on the business whether connected with the premises of business or its name or style, everything connected with or carrying the benefit of the business, Ramnik Vallabhdas Madhwani v. Taraben Pravinlal Madhwani, (2004) 1 SCC 407: AIR 2004 SC 1084 (Partnership Act, 1932, s. 55).A business's reputation, patronage, and other intan-gible assets that are considered when apprising the business, esp. for purchase; The ability to earn income in excess of the an come that would be expected from the business veined as a mere collec-tion of assets, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 703.The advantage or benefit which is acquired by a business, beyond the mere value of the capital, stock, funds, or property employed therein, incon-sequence of the general public patronage and ...


Right of private defence

Right of private defence, the right of private defence of person and property is recognised in all free, civilised, democratic societies within certain reasonable limits. Those limits are dictated by two considerations: (1) that the same right is claimed by all other members of the society and (2) that it is the State which generally undertakes the responsibility for the maintenance of law and order. The citizens, as a general rule, are neither expected to run away of safety when faced with grave and imminent danger to their person or property as a result of unlawful aggression, nor are they expected, by use of force, to right the wrongs done to them or to punish the wrongdoer for commission of offences. The right of private defence serves a social purpose and as observed by the Supreme Court more than once there is nothing more degrading to the human spirit than to run away in face of peril. But this right is basically preventive and not punitive, Gottipulla Venkata Siva Subbrayanam v...


Express train

Formerly a railroad train run expressly for the occasion a special train now a train run at express or special speed and making few stops...


Scamper

To run with speed to run or move in a quick hurried manner to hasten away...


proprietary

proprietary pl: -tar·ies 1 : something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor or maker ;specif : a drug (as a patent medicine) that is protected by secrecy, patent, or copyright against free competition as to name, product, composition, or process of manufacture 2 : a business secretly owned by and run as a cover for an intelligence operation adj 1 a : held as property of a private owner b : of, relating to, or characteristic of a proprietor [ rights] 2 : used, made, or marketed by one having the exclusive legal right [a process] 3 : privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization [a insurer] [a clinic] 4 : of or relating to the acts of a municipality which profit or benefit the municipality and for which it is answerable in negligence ...


For the purpose of the business

For the purpose of the business, the expression 'for the purpose of the business' is essentially wider than the expression 'for the purpose of earning profits.' It covers not only the running of the business or its administration but also measures for the preservation of the business and protection of its assets and property. It may legitimately comprehend many other acts incidental to the carrying on of the business, CIT v. Birla Cotton SPG & WVG Mills Ltd., (1971) 3 SCC 344: AIR 1972 SC 19 (21). [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 10(2) (xv)]For the purpose of the business, The expression 'for the purpose of the business' is wider in scope than the expression 'for the purpose of earning profits'. Its range is wide: it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationaliza-tion of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measure for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coer...


sentence

sentence [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1 : a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a crime 2 : the punishment that one convicted of a crime is ordered to receive concurrent sentence : a sentence that runs at the same time as another consecutive sentence : a sentence that runs before or after another cumulative sentence : consecutive sentence in this entry ;also : the combination of two or more consecutive sentences death sentence : a sentence condemning the convicted defendant to death de·ter·mi·nate sentence [di-tər-mə-nət-] : a sentence for a fixed rather than indeterminate length of time general sentence : a sentence that does not allocate the punishment imposed for the individual counts on which the defendant was convicted NOTE: General sentences are impermissible. in·de·ter·mi·nate s...


Discharge

Discharge, to relieve of a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title.A rule nisi is discharged when the Court decides that it shall not be made absolute, i.e., that the party who obtained the rule nisi should take nothing, and the suit remain in statu quo. See RULE.In a warrant case instituted otherwise than on a police report, 'discharge' or 'acquittal' of accused are distinct concepts applicable to different stages of the proceedings in Court. The legal effect and incidents of 'discharge' and 'acquittal' are also different. An order of discharge in a warrant case instituted on complaint, can be made only after the process has been issued and before the charge is framed. S. 253(1) shows that as a general rule there can be no order of discharge unless the evidence of all the prosecution witnesses has been taken and the Magistrate considers for reasons to be recorded, in the light of the...


Pedrail

A device intended to replace the wheel of a self propelled vehicle for use on rough roads and to approximate to the smoothness in running of a wheel on a metal track The tread consists of a number of rubber shod feet which are connected by ball and socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes Each spoke has attached to it a small roller which in its turn runs under a short pivoted rail controlled by a powerful set of springs This arrangement permits the feet to accomodate themselves to obstacles even such as steps or stairs The pedrail was invented by one B J Diplock of London Eng...



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