Section 252 Of The Old Code - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: section 252 of the old codeProperty
Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252.Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802.Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels of India v. Jodha Mal Kuthiala, AIR 1950 Punj 201.Every movable property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70.In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in the sale of goods it may be used as a synonym for ownership and lesser rights in goods, Dictionary of Commercial Law by A.H. Hudson, (1983, Edn.).In Entry 42, List III (Constitution of India) includes the power to legislate for acquisition of an un...
Section
Section, means section of the Act or Regulation in which the word occurs. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(54)]The word 'section' denotes one of the those portions of a Chapter of this Code which are distinguished by prefixed numeral figures. [Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 50]Section shall means a section of the Act or Regulation in which the word occurs. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(54)]...
Party
Party, a guardian instituting suit on behalf of a minor is not a 'party' within the meaning of section 195(1)(c) of Criminal Procedure Code against whom a complaint can be directed to be issued by an order under section 476 of Cr. P.C., 1898, for using a false document in support of the suit claims, though it would, however, be open to the court to proceed against him under section 193 of Indian Penal Code; Rayalla Ramappa (in re:), AIR 1944 Mad 528; Magna Leasing Ltd. v. NEPC MICON Ltd., AIR 1998 Cal 94.The expression 'party' occurring in s. 439(5), Criminal Procedure Code., includes not only private parties, but also the State if it happens to be the party as in police cases. State v K. Lachman Murty, AIR 1958 Ori 204....
code
code [Old French, from Medieval Latin codex, from Latin caudex codex tree trunk, set of wood writing tablets, book] 1 : a systematic compilation or revision of law or legal principles that is arranged esp. by subject: as a : one that contains the law of a specific jurisdiction or topic promulgated by legislative authority [U.S. Code] [Code of Massachusetts Regulations] [building ] see also Important Laws in the back matter compare case law, digest, statute b : one that serves as a model for legislation but is not itself a law [Model Penal Code] 2 : a set of rules or regulations that is promulgated by a body (as a professional organization) and that regulates its industrial or professional practices [ABA Code of Professional Responsibility] ...
Lawful guardian
Lawful guardian, the words 'lawful guardian' in section 361 of the Penal Code are wider than the expression 'legal guardian'. That word would mean that wherever the relationship of a guardian and a ward is established by means which are lawful and legitimate that relationship is intended to be included, State v. Ramji Vithal Chaudhari, AIR 1958 Bom 381 (384).The words 'lawful guardian' in this section include any person lawfully entrusted with the care or custody of such minor or other person, Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 361 Expl.Lawful increase means an increase in rent permitted under the provisions of this Act. [Delhi Rent Act, 1995 (33 of 1995), s. 2(f)]...
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, the words 'notwithstandi-ng anything contained in the CrPC' found at the beginning of s. 5A(1) merely carve out a limited exemption from the provisions of the CrPC insofar as they limit the class of persons who are competent to investigate into offences mentioned in the section and to arrest without a warrant. It does not mean that the whole of the CrPC, including schedule II thereof, is made inapplicable, Union of India v. Maj. I.C. Lala, AIR 1973 SC 2204: (1973) 2 SCC 72: (1973) 3 SCR 818. [Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, s. 5A (1)]...
Acquittal
Acquittal, The legal certification usually by jury verdict that an accused person is not guilty of the charged offence. [fr. acquitter, Fr.; quietus, Lat., to free, acquit, or discharged], a deliverance and setting free of a person from the suspicion or guilt of an offence; also to be free from entries and molestations by a superior lord, for services issuing out of lands, Cowel. Acquittal is of two kinds--(1) Acquittal in deed, as when a person is cleared by verdict; and (2) Acquittal in law, as if two be indicted for a felony, the one as principal and the other as accessory, and the jury acquit the principal, by law the accessory is also acquitted, 2 Inst. 384.Means the legal certification, usually by jury verdict, that an accused person is not guilty of the charged offence, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24.If person is acquitted and ordered to be discharged it is illegal any longer to detain him, and the duty of seeing that he is at once discharged is upon the governor of the p...
section 1983
section 1983 : the section of title 42 of the U.S. Code that makes a person liable for depriving another of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the U.S. Constitution and laws while acting under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of a state ...
bankruptcy code
bankruptcy code The informal name for title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. sections 101 -1330), the federal bankruptcy law. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
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...
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