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is a basic rule relying upon the ordinary dictionary meaning which, in the absence of some overriding or special reasons to justify a departure, must prevail, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Officer-in-Charge, AIR 1977 SC 113 (177): … a basic rule relying upon the ordinary dictionary meaning which, in the absence of some overriding or special reasons to justify a departure, must prevail, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Officer-in-Charge, AIR 1977 SC 113 (177): (1976)

Assizes Relief Act, 1890

in case of the prisoner being committed on a charge there triable, unless such justices think fit for special reasons otherwise to direct, see (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. … case of the prisoner being committed on a charge there triable, unless such justices think fit for special reasons otherwise to direct, see (English) Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 14

Quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, generaliter statutum est intelligendum

generalis, generaliter statutum est intelligendum (10 Rep. 101), when the words of a statute are special, but the reason general, the statute is to be understood generally. … Quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, generaliter statutum est intelligendum (10 Rep. 101), when the words of a statute are special,

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Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda

Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda (2 Inst. 83), where a law is special, but its reason

expert testimony

some scientific, technical, or professional matter by experts, i.e., persons qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training, skill, or familiarity with the subject. Source: FindLaw

basis

basis pl: ba·ses [-sēz] 1 : something (as a principle or reason) on which something else is established [the court could not imagine any conceivable for the statute] see also

A fortiori

much stronger reason]. It is thus applied:-A private person, and a fortiori a peace officer (it being his special duty), who is present at the commission of a felony, is bound by the law to arrest the

Burial ground

of population and sanitary reasons having made additional burial grounds necessary, these began to be provided by companies specially authorized thereto by local (English) Acts of Parliaments, and in 1847 the Cemeteries Clauses Act (10 & 11 … 864. The Common Law place of burial is the parish churchyard; but the growth of population and sanitary reasons having made additional burial grounds necessary, these began to be provided by companies specially authorized thereto by local

Mahr (dower)

the reason, a marriage is also valid, although the man were to engage in the contract on the special condition that there should be no dower (mahr). (Hamilton's Hedaya by Grady, p. 44). Even after the marriage

special prosecutor

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