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Home Dictionary Name: situsLex situs
Lex situs, defined, Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. Ltd. v. Harnam Singh, AIR 1955 SC 590.Lex situs. See LEX LOCI REI SIT'...
situs
situs [Latin, position, site, from sinere to leave in place, allow] : a location that is or is held to be the site of something (as property or a crime or tort) and that commonly determines jurisdiction over it [the of a conspiracy] ...
Situs
Situs [Lat.], situation, location....
Tax situs
Tax situs, means a State or jurisdiction that has a substantial connection with assets that are subject to taxation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1475...
Legislation
Legislation, a legislation, it is trite, is not confined to a statute enacted by Parliament or the legislature of a State, which would include delegated legislation and subordinate legislation or an executive order made by the Union of India, State or any other statutory authority. In a case where the field is not covered by any statutory rule, executive instructions issued in this behalf shall also come within the purview thereof. Situs of office of Parliament, legislature of a State or authorities empowered to make subordinate legislation would not by itself constitute any cause of action or cases arising. In other words, framing of a statute, statutory rule or issue of an executive order or instruction would not confer jurisdiction upon a court only because of the situs of the office of the market thereof, Kusum Ingots & Alloys Ltd. v. Union of India, (2004) 6 SCC 254 (263).--the making of law; any set of statutes.The distinction between a 'legislative' act and a 'judicial' act is w...
jurisdiction
jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed to the State having of the crime "U.S. Constitution art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental jurisdiction acquired by a federal court allowing it to adjudicate claims that are based on state law but that form part of a case...
local action
local action : an action (as for trespassing) that must be brought in the venue that has jurisdiction over the situs or is otherwise designated by law compare transitory action ...
Lex loci rei sit '
Lex loci rei sit ' (the law of the place where the thing is situate). It is sometimes also called lex situs. As to real or immovable property, the general rule of the Common Law is, that the laws of the place where such property is situate exclusively govern in respect to the power to contract, the rights of the parties, the modes of transfer, and the solemnities which should accompany them, see Freke v. Lord Carbery, (1873) LR 16 Eq 461; Bank of Africa v. Cohen, (1909) 2 Ch 129. The title, therefore, to real property can be acquired, passed, and lost only according to the lex loci rei sit', Story's Confl. Of Laws, s. 424. See Westlake on Private International Law; Dicey's Conflict of Laws....
Scite, or Site
Scite, or Site [fr. situs, Lat.], the setting or standing on any place; the seat or situation of a capital messuage, or the ground whereon it stands....
With
With, is at the same time, in the company of, U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad v. Ram Krishna, (2002) 3 SCC 11.Means accompanied by; having as an addition or accompaniment. Frequently used to connect two nouns, in the sense 'and', 'as well', New Shorter Oxford Dictionary (1993). See also A.K. Raghumani Singh v. Gopal Chendra Nath, (2000) 4 SCC 30.The word 'with' in Article 304(b) of the Constitution of India, involves an element having its situs in another State, State of Bihar v. Harihar Prasad Bebuka, AIR 1989 SC 1119: (1989) 1 SCR 796: (1989) 2 SCC 192.The meaning of the word 'with' is generally gathered from the context and has to be considered in conjunction with words which precede and those which follow it, Delhi Development Authority v. Durga Chand Kaushish, AIR 1973 SC 2609: (1974) 1 SCR 535: (1973) 2 SCC 825 (832); see also (2000) 4 SCC 302....
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