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Sacramentum

Just., and Cum. C. L. 313. Means the money staked as wager. The word evidently has a religious significance. The sum of the wager, forfeited by the party found to be in the wrong, was anciently devoted

Occupation

is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its scope and significance. It is described as a generic and very comprehensive term, which includes every species of the genus, and

Om

Om, the expression 'Om' is respected by the Hindus generally and has a special significance in the Hindu scriptures. It is recited at the commence-ment of the recitations of Hindu religious works. Macdonell

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Post-graduate degree

1976 SC 2534 (2536): (1976) 4 SCC 96. Post-graduate degree, has acquired, in the educatio-nal world, a special significance, a technical content. A Bachelor's degree like the B.T., or the LL.B. is not considered to be a

Regularly

Regularly, the word 'regularly' in clause (b) of s. 12(3) has a significance of its own. It enjoins a payment or tender characterised by reasonable punctuality, that is to say, one

Related person

it could be said that they are 'related persons'. The holding company and subsidiary company have got special significance. There must be mutuality of interest between the two persons, Flash Laboratories Ltd. v. CCE, AIR 2003 SC

Relating to

to, words 'relating to' words of com-prehensiveness which might both have a direct as well as an indirect significance, depending on the context. They are not words of restrictive context, State of Wakf Board v. Abdul Azeez

Rent

of premises occupied by him. It may also be used in the general sense, without importing the legal significance aforesaid, of compensation for use and occupation. 'Rent' in the legal sense can only be reserved on a

Shall

G.C. Patel v. Agricultural Produce Market Committee, (1975) 2 SCC 482: Re Panchami, (1981) LW (Cr) 112. Shall, significance is mandatory. Unless the ordinary interpretation leads to some absurd or inconvenient results or is contrary to the

Subject to war clause

clause, this expression has not ac-quired any definite meaning and such stipulation being wholly vague, would have no significance. If any articles are delivered under a contract con-taining such a clause, no implication is to be derived

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