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libel

publishing a libel see also single publication rule New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare defamation, slander NOTE: Although libel is defined under state case law or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court

cause

called also direct cause legal cause see also Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. in the Important Cases section compare remote cause in this entry re·mote cause : a cause that is followed by a superseding cause

Area

1930, s. 5, contains this definition: 'area' in relation to a building means the superficies of a horizontal section thereof made at the point of its greatest surface inclusive of the external walls and of such portions … for particular purposes, as a school board area, a parliamentary electoral area, a local government district (see Part viii of the Public Health Act, 1875), a Poor Law Union of parishes, as to which, see UNION; (3)

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Actual bodily harm

from venereal disease, had marital intercourse with his wife and thereby infected her, cannot be convicted under this section, R. v. Clarence, (1888) 22 QBD 23. The expression is also used in the Dangerous Performances Acts, 1879

Lawful purpose

as opposed to not forbidden, by law because that meaning best gives effect to the object to the section, Taikato v. Queen, (1996) 186 CLR 454

Materially affected

formula that has got to be specified but it is an essential requirement that is contemplated in this section, Durai Muthuswami v. N. Nachiappan, AIR 1973 SC 1419: (1973) 2 SCC 45: (1974) 1 SCR 40. These

Person employed

wholly or principally employed in connection with the business of the establishment, and includes a peon, T. Devadasan v. Gordon Woodroffe and Co. (P) Ltd., AIR 1972 SC 1479: (1972) 3 SCC 700: (1973) 1 SCR 213.

Possessed

enforcement of the act either on a grammatical view or even in view of the tenor of the section itself, Ramsewak v. Sheopujan, AIR 1959 Pat 75. Possessed, in a broad sense means the state of owning

Vesting instrument

trusts are (after 1925) to be declared by a separate instrument called the Trust Instrument (see that title). Sec. 5 of the Act provides that the principal vesting deed must state: (a) a description of the settled … Vesting instrument, a deed, order of Court, or assent, constituting the evidence under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925,

fair play and substantial justice

defendant's right to due process see also minimum contacts International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section NOTE: In International Shoe Co. v. Washington, the Supreme Court held that in order for a state court

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