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Double or treble costs
The true mode of estimating the amount of double costs was first to allow the successful party the single costs, including the expenses of witnesses, counsel's fees, etc., and then allow him one-half of the amount of … Double or treble costs have been frequently granted by statute, e.g., to successful defendants in actions for irregular distress, by the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 20.
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Misconduct
his quasi judicial function disclosing abuse of power was treated as constituting misconduct for initiating disciplinary proceedings. A single act of omission or error of judgment would ordinarily not constitute misconduct though if such error or omission results … reference to the subject-matter and the context abscin the term occurs having regard to the scope of the statute and the public purpose of seek to serve, M.M. Malhotra v. Union of India, AIR 2006 SC 80.
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
or in respect of waste, etc., is to be determined, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, by a single arbitrator in accordance with the provisions in Schedule II. Such claims are not enforceable unless particulars thereof have … Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (English) (13 & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing with … & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing with the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875, statutory compensation has been provided
Individual
not general, having a distinct character, characteristic of a particular person, designed for use by one person, a single member of a class, a single human being as distinct from a family or group, a person (a … group of persons forming a unit or a corporation created by a statute and is confined only to human beings who in the context would … Dictionary), C.I.T. v. Om Prakash, (1999) 6 SCC 349. The words 'individual' in s. 3 of the Income-tax Act, 1922 includes with its connotation all artificial juridical persons, Jogendra Nath Naskar v. CIT, AIR 1969 SC 1089
Persona designata
statute not by name but by an official designation a question will arise whether the intention was to single him out as a persona designata, Ram Chandra Rao v. State of Madras, AIR 1962 AP 58. Persona … v. Koteswara Rao, ILR 47 Mad 369: (AIR 1924 Mad 561) (FB), personae designate are 'persons selected to act in their private capacity and not in their capacity as Judges', Central Talkies v. Dwarka Prasad, AIR 1961
Market
the market by the owner of the place or by any other person, but shall not include a single shop or group of shops not being more than six in number and shops within unit lines. [Cantonments … on, the question in what sense it is used in a particular statute must be decided on a consideration of the context of that statute, … royal grant, or by long and immemorial usage, which presupposes a grant. See FAIRS; and (English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 167, the Public Health Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 6), and the Markets and Fairs
Person of unsound mind
temporary patients will be admitted or received into the charge of institutions, hospitals, licensed houses, nursing homes, or single care as provided by the Acts, without being certified; and see 26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, … are to be known, as distinguished from Idiots, Imbeciles, Feeble-minded Persons and Moral Defectives under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1927 (17 & 18Geo. 5, c. 33) (see those titles, and LUNATICS). The statute law affecting persons of
Holding
2(2) of the Travancore-Cochin Kanam Tenancy Act, 1955 as a parcel or parcels of land held under a single engagement by a tenant as a kanam from a jenmi and shall include any portion of a holding … 3, 5, 6 and 10 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holding) Act, 1961 shows that the statute treats a holding as a unit for purposes of determination of surplus land which can be acquired from
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