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Signed copy, in Webster's New World Dictionary, the word 'sign' means 'to write one's name on, as in acknowledging authorship, authorising action etc.' Signing means writing one's name on some document or paper. A document was also a signed copy because it bore the signature of the umpire, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1967 SC 526 (527): (1967) 1 SCR 843. [Arbitration Act, 1940, s. 14(2)]...
Time requisite for obtaining copy of the decree
Time requisite for obtaining copy of the decree, the expression 'time requisite for obtaining copy of decree' includes the time taken by the court to prepare the decree before an application for the copy of decree is made, State of Bihar v. Md. Ismail, AIR 1966 Pat 1 (6). (Limitation Act, 1963, s. 12)The expression 'time requisite' in the phrase in question, means all the time counted from the date of the pronouncement of the judgment (the same being under Or. 20, r. 7, CPC, 1908 the date of the decree) which would be properly required for getting a copy of the decree, including the time which must ex necessities elapse in the circumstances of the particular case, before a decree is drawn up and signed, Lala Balmukand v. Lajwanti, AIR 1975 SC 1089: (1975) 1 SCC 725: (1975) Supp SCR 44....
Copy
Copy [copia, Lat.], the transcript or double of an original writing; as the copy of a patent charter, deed, etc. As to when copies certified or examined are admissible in evidence, see Taylor on Evidence, ss. 1323 et seq.'Copy' means a copy which it substantially the same as the original variation if any from the original should not be vital in nature or should not be such that can possibly mislead a reasonable person in meeting to allegation. If the copy differs in martial particulars from the original the same cannot be cured after the period of limitation, Chandrakant Uttam Chodankar v. Dayanand Raju Mandrakar, (2005) 2 SCC 188.The word 'copy' in s. 419 means, a certified copy', State of Uttar Pradesh v. C. Tobit, AIR 1958 SC 414: 1958 SCR 1275. (Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 419)--The word 'copy' in sub-s. (3) of s. 81 does not mean an absolutely exact copy, but means that the copy shall be so true that nobody can by any possibility misunderstand it, Murarka Redhey Shyam Ram Ku...
Copy, true copy
Copy, true copy, The expression 'copy' in s. 81(3) of the Act, means a copy which is substantially so and which does not contain any material or substantial variation of a vital natureas could possibly mislead a reasonable person to understand and meet the charges/allegations made against him in the election petition. Indeed a copy which differs in material particulars from the original cannot be treated as a true copy of the original within the meaning of s. 81 (3) of the Act and the vital defect cannot be permitted to be cured after the expiry of the period of limitation, T.M. Jacob v. C. Poulose, (1999) 4 SCC 274: AIR 1999 SC 1359 (1369). [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 81(3)]See also Chandrakant Uttam Chodankar v. Dayanand, (2005) 2 SCC 188....
True copy
True copy, a 'true copy' means a copy which is wholly and substantially the same as the original. Where therefore, there are insignificant or minimal mistakes, the court may not take notice thereof, Mithilesh Kumar Pandey v. Baidyanath Yadav, AIR 1984 SC 305 (307): (1984) 2 SCC 1: (1985) 2 SCR 278.The object of serving a 'true copy' of an election petition and the affidavit filed in support of the allegations of corrupt practice on the respondent in the election petition is to enable the respondent to understand the charge against him so that he can effectively meet the same in the written statement and prepare his defence. The requirement is, thus, of substance and not of form, T.M. Jacab v. C. Poulose, (1999) 4 SCC 274 (290): AIR 1999 SC 1359. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 81(3)]A true copy is a transcript identical to or substitute to the original but no absolutely exact copy. But nobody can by any possibility, misunderstand it to be not a true copy, Shipra v. Shanti L...
Certified copies
Certified copies, every public officer having the custody of a public document, which any person has a right to inspect, shall give that person or demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor, together with a certificate written at the foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such document or part thereof, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be dated and subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed, whenever such officer is authorised by law to make use of a seal; and such copies so certified shall be called certificate copies (Indian Evidence Act, 1872, s. 76)...
Infringing copy
Infringing copy, 'infringing copy' means,--(i) in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a reproduction thereof otherwise than in the form of a cinematographic film;(ii) in relation to a cinematographic film, a copy of the film made on any medium by any means;(iii) in relation to a sound recording, any other recording embodying the same sound recording, made by any means;(iv) in relation to a programme or performance in which such a broadcast reproduction right or a performer's right subsists under the provisions of this Act, the sound recording or a cinematographic film of such programme or performance,if such reproduction, copy or sound recording is made or imported in contravention of the provisions of this Act. [Copy right Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(m)]...
Sky Sign
Sky Sign. This expression is defined in s. 91 (3) of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, as follows:-'Sky sign' meansAny word, letter, model, sign, device, or representa-tion in the nature of an advertisement, announce-ment, or direction supported on or attached to any post, pole, standard, framework, or other support wholly or in part upon, over, or above any house, building or structure which, or any part of which, sky sign shall be visible against the sky from some point in any street or public way, and includes all and every part of any such post, pole, standard, framework, or other support.The expression 'sky sign' shall also include:Any balloon, parachute, or other similar device employed wholly or in part for the purposes of any advertisement or announcement on, over, or above any house, building, structure, or erection of any kind, or on or over any street or public way;But shall not include:(a) Any flagstaff, pole, vane, or weathercock unless adapted or used wholly or ...
Counter-sign
Counter-sign, the signature of a secretary or other subordinate officer to anywriting signed by the pricnipal or superior to vouch for the authenticity of it; e.g., the order of a towncouncil for payment of money out of the borough fund must be singed by three members of the town council,and counter-signed by the townclerk, by (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 187, replacing (except as to London) Municipal Cor-porations Act, 1882, s. 141.Also the password in response to a military challenge by a sentinel or guard.To 'countersign' means 'to sign opposite to along side of or in addition to another signature 'or' to add one's signature to a document (already signed by another) for authentication or confirmation', M. Duraiswamy v. Murugan Bus Service, 1986 Supp SCC 1: AIR 1986 SC 1980 (1989). [Motor Vehicles Act, (4 of 1939), s. 63(1)]...
Liability of agent signing
Liability of agent signing, an agent who signs his name to a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque without indicating thereon that he signs as agent, or that he does not intend thereby to incur personal responsibility, is liable personally on the instrument, except to those who induced him to sign upon the belief that the principal only would be held liable. (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 28)...
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