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Ad medium filum vi' (aqu')

lands usque ad medium filum vi', or aqu'; and accordingly where in a conveyance of land it is said to be bounded by a highway or a river, half of the road or half of the bed

Out of

A mere road accident, while an employee is on his way to his place of employment cannot be said to have its origin in his employment in the factory, Regional Director Francis De Costa v. Francis De

Ill health

work adversely or comes in the way of his normal and effective functioning can be covered by the said phrase. The phrase has also to be construed from the point of view of the consumers of the … or eyesight which is bound to interfere with their normal working as drivers, Anand Bihari v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corpn, AIR 1991 SC 1003 (1007): (1991) 1 SCC 731.

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Person

article with him and a narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance is found from it, it cannot be said that if was found from his 'person', Baldev Singh Case, (1999) 6 SCC 172: 1999 SCC (Cri) 1080: … 'respectable and responsible person' within the meaning of a covenant against assignment in a lease, Willmott v. London Road Car Co., (1910) 2 Ch 525. A corporation is not a person for the purpose of suing the

Public prosecutor

SCC 288: (1987) 1 SCR 702. The King, in whose name criminal are prosecuted, because all offences are said to be against the King's peace, his Crown and dignity. By the (English) Prosecution of Offences Act, 1879, … alleged to have been committed within his district. Public purpose, acquisition of land for connecting two temples by road is considered to be a public purpose, Bajirao T. Kote v. State of Maharashtra, 1995 (2) SCC 442.

Building

v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v. Gregory, (1833) 5 B. & Ad. At p. 561, not to include … the meaning of s. 3, but a small tool-shed is not (ibid.). Building is defined in the (English) Roads Improvement Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 68), s. 11, as including 'any erection of whatsoever

Public Order Act, 1936

member of the public even in the absence of a legal right, can actually find access to the said place, the place become a public place, Chuttan v. State, (1954) All LJ 457. Includes any place or … public place for purpose of the offence of public nuisance, R v. Wallard, 14 QBD 63. Means a road, street way, or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of

Copyhold

described as a base tenure founded upon immemorial custom and usage; its origin is undiscoverable, but it is said to be the ancient villeinage modified and changed by the commutation of base services into specified rents, either … enfranchised owner may disturb or remove the soil so far as is necessary for the purpose of making roads or drains or erecting buildings or obtaining water, (English) L.P. Act, 1922, 12th Sched., s. 5. Notwithstanding enfranchisement

Colourable legislation

it as to appear to be within its competence when it knows it is not, it can be said that the legislation so enacted is colourable legislation, Ashok Kumar v. Union of India, (1991) 3 SCC 498 … v. State, (1954) SCR 1: AIR 1953 SC 375. See also Gullapalli Nageswara Rao v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, AIR 1959 SC 308: (1959) Supp 1 SCR 319. It is only when a legislature which

Way

navigable river is not, by presumption of law, in the owners of the adjoining lands. Ferries may be said to be common highways, as they are a common passage over rivers. They differ, however in some measure, … Way [fr. w'g, Sax.; weigh, Dut.; vig or wig, M. Goth.], road made for passengers. 1. A passage or pat 2. A right to travel over another's property, Black's Law

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