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Removal

v. S. Pratap Singh Kairon, AIR 1964 SC 295: (1964) 4 SCR 224. (ii) The word 'removal' contemplates shifting of a thing from one place to another. It contemplated physical movement of goods from one place to

Reliction

sudden recession of the sea from land. See DERELICT LANDS. A process by which a river or stream shifts its location, causing recession of water from its bank, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn

Presumption

final if it remains undisturbed later. Presumption in law of evidence is a rule indication the stage of shifting the burden of proof. From a certain fact or facts the court can draw an inference and that

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Partition, Deed of

parties according to his award. In Kent, where the land was of gavelkind tenure, they called these partitions shifting, from the Saxon, shiftan, to divide. For the present practice, see PARTITION.

Office

of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1971 MP 88 (91). [M.P. Panchayats Act, (7 of 1962), ss. 20, 21, 22] Shifting of activities from office purpose to godown purpose is a change of use of premises, Goa Urban Coop.

Mutual account

discharges thereof, are not enough to constitute mutual account. The account is not rendered 'mutual' by the mere shifting of the balance on same occasions.

McDonnell Douglas test

McDonnell Douglas test, employment law. The principal for applying a shifting burden of proof in employment-discrimination cases, essentially requiring the plaintiff to come forward with evidence of discrimination and

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

2), did not newly establish the remedy for unjust imprisonment by writ of habeas corpus, but, reciting the shifts of gaolers and others to avoid their yielding obedience to such writ 'contrary to their duty and the

Sharking

Petty rapine trick also seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices

By way of specific charge

or property capable of being ascertained and defined, a floating charge, on the other hand, is ambulatory and shifting in its nature, hovering over and so to speak floating with the property which it is intended to

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