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The cable belonging to the sheet anchor...
balance sheet
balance sheet : a statement of financial condition at a given date ...
advance sheet
advance sheet : the published opinions of a court available in a temporary form (as in loose pages held in a binder) compare reporter ...
Sheeting
Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets It is sometimes made of double width...
Book
Book, the 'book' in common acceptation is a literary composition from which one may extend or advance his or her knowledge and learning, Commr. of Customs v. Parasrampuria Synthetics Ltd., (2001) 9 SCC 74 (82).--For the purposes of s. 15 of the Copyright Act,1911, dealing with the delivery of books to certain libraries, the expression 'book' includes every part or division of a book, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet of music, map, plan, chart or table separately published, but not a second or subsequent edition of a book unless such edition contains additions or alterations either in the letterpress, or in the maps, prints, or other engravings belonging thereto. By s. 15 a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom must be sent to the British Museum, and on written demand to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, the University Library, Cambridge, the Library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and subject to certain provisos the N...
Paper
Paper, includes vellum parchment or any other material or which an instrument may be written, Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1999, s. 2(xxvi).Paper. As to the paper on which proceedings in the Supreme Court must be printed, see PRINTING.It includes vellum, parchment or any other material on which an instrument may be written. [Indian Stamp Act, 1899, s. 2 (18)]The word 'paper' admittedly not having been defined either in the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 or the rules made thereunder, it has to be understood according to the aforesaid well-established canon of construction in the sense in which persons dealing in and using the article understand it. It is, therefore, necessary to know what is paper as commonly or generally understood. The said word which is derived from the name of reedy plant papyrus and grows abundantly along the Nile river in Egypt is explained in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (volume 2) (Third Edition) as: A substance composed of fibers interlaced into a compact web, made ...
Issued
Issued, the expression 'issued' is not used in the narrow sense of 'sent'. The dictionary meaning of the expression 'issued' takes in the entire process of sending the notice as well as the service thereof, Banarsi Debi v. Income Tax Officer, AIR 1964 SC 1742 (1745): (1964) 7 SCR 539.Issued, the word issued in the context of issue of a charge sheet merely means that the decision to initiate disciplinary proceedings is taken and translated into action by despatch of the charge-sheet leaving no doubt that the decision had been taken, Delhi Development Authority v. H.C. Khurana, AIR 1993 SC 1488 (1493)....
Investigation
Investigation, s. 4(1) of the Code of Criminal Proce-dure, 1898 defines 'investigation' as to include all the proceedings under that Code for the collection of evidence conducted by the police officer or other persons other than a Magistrate in this behalf. Under the Code 'investigation consists generally of the following steps: (i) proceeding to the spot; (ii) ascertainment of the facts and circumstances of the case; (iii) discovery and arrest of the suspected offender; (iv) collection of evidence relating to the commission of the offence which may consist of (a) the examination of various persons (including the accused) and the reduction of their statements into writing, if the officer thinks fit, (b) the search of places of seizure of things considered necessary for the investigation and to be produced at the trial; and (v) formation of the opinion as to whether on the material collected there is a case to place the accused before a Magistrate for trial and if so taking the necessar...
Issue (despatch)
Issue (despatch), the meaning of the word 'issued' has to be gathered from the context in which it is used. Meanings of the word 'issue' given in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary include: 'to give exit to; to send forth, or allow to pass out; to let out; ... to give or send out authoritatively or officially; to send forth or deal out formally or publicly; to emit, put into circulation'. The issue of a charge-sheet, therefore, means its dispatch to the government servant, and this act is complete the moment steps are taken for the purpose, by framing the charge-sheet and dispatching it to the government servant, the further fact of its actual service on the govern-ment servant not being a necessary part of its requirement, Delhi Development Authority v. H.C. Khurana, (1993) 3 SCC 196: AIR 1993 SC 1488 (1493)....
Sheetful
Enough to fill a sheet as much as a sheet can hold...
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