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Successor-in-interest

relevant factors and it cannot be reached by treating any one of them as of overriding or conclusive significance, Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd. v. Their Workmen, AIR 1975 SC 1639: (1975) 4 SCC 348: (1975)

Tribunal

in English law. There is a reference to the bishop's commission of enquiry as a judicial tribunal and, significantly, specific mention has been made in these terms: Disputes between employers and employees are refereed to such tribunals

Unless and until the contrary is proved

Unless and until the contrary is proved, significance and effect of presumption under parties in contract themselves providing a sum to be paid by the party

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Usage

acquired by prescription. 'Usage in its most extensive meaning, includes both custom and prescription, but in its narrower significance, it refers to a general habit, mode or course of procedure. A usage differ from a custom, in

Will

term used in the text of Roman law to express the intention of a testator. It is of significance that the abstract term has come to mean that document in which the intention is contained. The same

Consent and implied consent

(4) (i)] Requires voluntary participation not only after the exercise of intelligence based on the knowledge of the significance and moral quality of the act but after having fully exercised the choice between resistance and assent, State

Deprive

Deprive, use to the word 'deprive' is of great significance. According to the dictionary it means, 'debar from enjoyment; prevent (Child etc.) from having normal home life'. Since

Equivalent

Equal in worth or value force power effect import and the like alike in significance and value of the same import or meaning

Consent

not involve consent. For constituting consent, there must be exercise of intelligence based on the knowledge of the significance and the moral effect of the act. A girl whose mental faculties are undeveloped, cannot be said in

Cathexis

the process of investing mental emotional or libidinal energy or significance in an object person or idea

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