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good bet·ter best 1 : commercially sound or reliable [a risk] 2 a : valid or effectual under the law b : free of defects 3 a : characterized by honesty and fairness b : conforming to a standard of virtue [shall hold their offices during behavior "U.S. Constitution art. III"] ;also : characterized by or relating to good behavior n 1 : advancement of prosperity and well-being [for the of the community] 2 : an item of tangible movable personal property having value but usually excluding money, securities, and negotiable instruments usually used in pl. : as a pl : all things under section 2-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money that is to be paid, investment securities, and choses in action b pl : all things under section 9-104 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time that a security interest in them attaches or that are fixtures but excluding money, documents,...
power
power 1 : capability of acting or of producing an effect [parties of unequal bargaining ] 2 a : authority or capacity to act that is delegated by law or constitution often used in pl. commerce power often cap C&P : the power delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution to regulate commerce esp. among the states see also commerce clause concurrent power : a power that is held simultaneously by more than one entity ;specif : a power delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution that is also held by the states enu·mer·at·ed powers [i-nü-mə-rā-təd-, -nyü-] : the powers specifically named and delegated to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.S. Constitution compare reserved powers in this entry executive power : the power delegated to the executive of a government ;specif : any or all of the powers delegated to the president under Article II of the U.S...
Renewal
Renewal, Black's Dictionary, Sixth Edn., defines the word 'renewal' at p. 1299 thus: 'The act of renewing or reviving. A revival or rehabilitation of an expiring subject; that which is made a new or re-established. The substitution of a new right or obligation for another of the same nature. A change of something old to something new. To grant or obtain extension of.' In P. Ramanatha Aiyar's 'The Law Lexicon' (Reprint Edn. 1987), the word 're-newal' is defined at p. 1107 to mean 'a change of something old for something new'. The renewal of a 'licence' means 'a new licence granted by way of renewal'. The renewal of a negotiable bill or note is regarded simply as a prolongation of the original contract. The office of a 'renewal', as it is termed, of a life policy, is to prevent discontinuance or forfeiture. In Provash Chandra Dalui v. Biswanath Banerjee, 1989 Supp (1) SCC 487: (SCC at p. 496) in para 14, this Court drew the distinction between the meaning of the words extension and renew...
Motor vehicles adapted
Motor vehicles adapted, the definition of motor vehicle in item 34 reveals that the striking ingredient thereof is that it should have been 'adapted or the use upon roads.' Merely because the areas on which such heavy movers traverse might sometimes include roads also is not enough to hold that they were adapted for use upon roads. Such use of the heavy mover on the road may only be ancillary or incidental to the main use of it. Emphasis in the definition must be on the words 'use upon road' as those words would denote the principal or dominant use and not where it may move incidentally, Goodyear India Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 2038 (2040): (1997) 5 SCC 752. [Central Excise and Salt Act (1 of 1944) Schedule I, item 34 (3A)]...
Obtain
Obtain, 'obtain' means to secure or gain (some-thing) as the result of request or effort (Shorter Oxford Dictionary). In case of obtainment the initiative vests in the person who receives and in that context a demand or request from him will be a primary requisite for an offence u/s. 5(1)(d) of the Act unlike an offence u/s. 161 IPC; C.K. Damodaran Nair v. Govt. of India, AIR 1997 SC 551 (554): (1997) 9 SCC 477....
Offence
Offence, crime; act of wickedness. It is used as a genus, comprehending every crime and misde-meanour, or as a species, signifying a crime not indictable, but punishable summarily, or by the forfeiture of a penalty.There are certain acts which are heinous sins and odious in the public eye and are punishable in the Ecclesiastical Courts, but not being punishable at Common Law, and the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts being held to be prosalute anim' and not to entail any temporal injury, they cannot be classed with ordinary Common Law and statutory offences; and it is no slander to impute them unless special damage follows.Other offences are divided into three classes, viz.:-(1) Treasons; (2) Felonies; and (3) Misdemeanours. See several titles.Consult Russell on Crimes; Archbolds' or Roscoe's Criminal Evidence.It means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force and includes any act in respect of which a complaint may be made under s. 20 of the Cat...
Plastic
Plastic, the term 'plastic', is a commercial classifica-tion which covers various kinds of natural or synthetic materials which can be shaped by heat during their fabrication either by moulding or by extrusion and which will retain that shape during use. Rubber or synthetic material which is used for the manufacture or fibres and yarn, or for the manufacture of photographic film and cellophane, is not commercially considered as plastic, Chemicals and Fibres of India v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 558 (560): (1997) 2 SCC 664. [Central Excise and Sale Act, 1944, s. 15A (as it stood prior to 28-2-1964)]...
Proceeding
Proceeding, includes administrative proceeding, Nathibai v. Maheshwari Samaj Ramola Trust, AIR 1997 MP 19.It includes execution proceedings also, Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 22.Proceeding, is a term of wide amplitude. It means a prescribed course of action for enforcing or protecting a legal right and further embracing the requisite steps to be taken whether procedural or substantive. Also means forms in which relief is sought before courts of law or before other bodies or authorities determining rights and liabilities and in which actions are brought and defended and the manner of conducting them and the mode of deciding them. All these happenings or events before a labour court or industrial tribunal or any other authority on whom jurisdiction is conferred by law to dispose of contentious matters are understated by the term 'proceeding', Workmen of Bali Singh Bhagwan Singh v. Management, 1968 ILR 2 Punj 371: 1969 Lab IC 581: AIR 1969 Punj 147; K.J. Lingan and A.V. Mahayalam v. Jt. ...
Prostitution
Prostitution, the word 'prostitution' mean an act of promiscuous sexual intercourse for hire or offer or agreement to perform an act of sexual intercourse or any unlawful sexual act for hire, Gaurav Jain v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 3021 (3033): (1997) 8 SCC 114. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, s. 2(f)]...
Vacancy and post
Vacancy and post, the 'vacancy' and 'post' are usually used interchangeably, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research v. K.L. Narasimhan, (1997) 6 SCC 283: AIR 1997 SC 3687 (3695)....
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