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Pending

Pending, For detailed discussion of the term 'pend-ing', see S.D. Saigal v. Vidya Vijan, AIR 1978 All 82.The word 'pending' will ordinarily mean that the matter is not concluded and the court which has cognizance of it can make an order on the matter in issue. The test is whether any proceedings can be taken in the cause before the court or tribunal where it is said to be pending. The answer is that until the case is concluded it is pending, Lt. Col. S.K. Kashyap v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1971 SC 1120 (1128): (1971) 2 SCC 126: (1971) 3 SCR 881. [Army Act, 1950, s. 126]A legal proceeding is 'pending' as soon as commenced and until it is concluded, i.e., so long as the Court having original cognizance of it can make an order on the matters in issue, or to be dealt with, therein, Asgarali Nasarali Singparewala v. State of Bombay, AIR 1957 SC 503 (509). [Criminal Law Amendment Act (46 of 1952), s. 10]Pending, in regard to suits or proceedings for ejectments mean pending before a decree wa...


Brought into the city

Brought into the city, To interpret the expression 'brought into the city' used in s. 126(1) of the Calicat Municipal Act, 1961 as meaning brought into the city for any purpose and without any limitations would, amount to attributing to the Legislature an intention to ignore the constitutional limitations. The expression 'brought into the city' in s. 126 was therefore rightly interpreted by the High Court as meaning brought into the Municipal limits for purposes of consumption, use or sale and not for any other purpose, Jothi Timber Mart v. Corporation of Calicat, AIR 1970 SC 264: (1969) 2 SCC 348 (351): (1970) 1 SCR 629....


Certiorari

Certiorari (to be more fully informed of), an original writ issuing out of the Crown side of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, addressed, in the king's name, to judges or officers of inferior Courts, commanding them to certify or to return the records of a cause depending before them, to the end that justice maybe done.Certiorari lies to remove into the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, which, superseding the King's bench, is the sovereign Court of justice in criminal causes, all indictments, coroners' inquisitions, summary convictions by magistrates, orders of removal of paupers, and of poor's rates, also orders made by commissioners of sewers and other commissioners, town councils, and railway companies, for the purpose of being examined and 'quashed,' if contrary to law. The writ may be granted either at the instance of the prosecutor or the defendant. A prosecutor was formerly entitled to a writ of certiorari as a matter of right, but a defendant c...


Code

Code, a collection or system of laws. The collection of laws and constitutions made by order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of 'The Code' by way of eminence. See CIVIL LAW.The Code Napoleon, or Civil Code of France, pro-ceeding from the French Revolution, and the administration of Napoleon while First Consul, effected great changes in the laws of that country. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800, this Code, after having passed both the tribunate and the legislative body, was promulgated in 1804 as the 'Code Civil des Francais.' When Napoleon became emperor, the name was changed to that of Code Napoleon, by which it is still often designated, though it is now styled by its original name of Code Civil. A Code de Procedure Civile, a Code de Commerce, Code d'Instruction Criminelle, and Code Penal were afterwards compiled and promulgated under Bonaparte's administration. To these was sub-sequently added a Code Forestier, or...


Surety

Surety, hostage, bondsman; one that gives security for another; one that is bound for another. A surety who discharges the liability of the principal debtor is entitled to an assignment of all the securities held by the creditor, and is entitled to contribution from his co-sureties, see Steel v. Dixon, (1881) 17 CD 825.Means the person by whom any security is provided, Wilson v. First Country Trust Ltd., (2001) LR 407 (QB) Consumer Credit Act, 1974 (C 39), s. 189(1).Surety, The person who gives the guarantee is called the surety. (Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 126)A person who is primarily liable for payment of another's debt or the performance of another's obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1455....


A.B

A.B. Able-bodied seaman, having served at sea for three years before the mast, (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57&58 Vict, e. 60), s. 126, as amended by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 148), s. 58. Any false statement or false representation for the purpose of obtaining a rating as A.B. renders the offender liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds. [(English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, s. 58(2)]...


Is

Is, means this word, although normally referring to the present, often has a future meaning, but is not synonymous with 'shall have been'. It may have, however, a past signification, as in the sense of 'has been', T.N. Electricity Board v. Sumathi, (2004) 4 SCC 539.Is, the word 'is', although normally referring to the present often has future meaning. It may also have a past signification as in sense of 'has been' (See Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.), F.S. Gandhi v. Commr. Of Wealth Tax, (1990) 3 SCC 624: AIR 1991 SC 1866 (1869).Is, Vijay Kumar Prasad v. State of Bihar, (2004) 5 SCC 196: AIR 2004 SC 2123. [Criminal PC, 1973, s. 126(i)(a)]...


Workmen's Compensation Act

Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...


Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give away, or dispose by will of it as he pleased, with these exceptions and modifications:-1) Her freehold estate became his to manage and take the profits of during the joint lives only. After his death, leaving her surviving, it passed to her absolutely; after her death, leaving him surviving, provided that it was an estate in possession and issue who could in her it had been born during the marriage, it passed to him as 'tenant by the curtesy (q.v.) of England,' during his life, and after his death to her heir-at-law.(2) Her leasehold estate, her personal estate in expectancy, and the debts owing to her and other 'choses in action,' became his absolutely if he did some act to appropriate or reduce them into possession during the marriage, or if he survived her. If ...


King's Bench

King's Bench. The Court of King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in person (though the judges determined the causes), the style of the Court still being coram ipso rege, or coram ipsa regina) was a Court of record, and the Supreme Court of Common Law in the kingdom, consisting of a chief justice and four puisne justices, who were by their office the sovereign conservators of the peace and supreme coroners of the land.This court, which was the remnant of the aula regia, was not, nor could be, from the very nature and constitution of it, fixed to any certain place, but might follow the King's person wherever he went, for which reason all process issuing out of this Court in the King's name was returnable 'ubicunque fuerimus in Anglia.' For some centuries, and until the opening of the Royal Courts, the court usually sat at Westminster, being an ancient palace of the Crown, but might remove with the King as he thought proper to command.The jurisdict...


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