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Duly stamped

stamped only if it bears stamps of the amount and description in accordance with the law of the State concerned, the law including not only the Act, but also the rules framed under the Act, New Control

nullity

nullity pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being null 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment absolute nullity … 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment absolute nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public order,

Consumer

supplied by a person who generates electrical energy for his own consumption', Jiyajee Rao Cotton Mills Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1963 SC 414: (1962) Supp 1 SCR 282. The definition of the word 'consumer' … public services. In Oxford Dictionary a consumer is defined as, 'a purchaser of goods or services'. In Black's Law Dictionary it is explained to mean, 'one who consumes. Individuals who purchase, use, maintain, and dispose of products

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Religion

headed by the Crown is by law established and built into the fabric of the English Constitution. The State has accepted the Protestant Church as a religious body reflecting the Christian faith, A Commentary on the Constitution

Common Law

law, originating in ancient customs, which were clarified, expanded and universalized by the judges, Maya Rani Ghosh v. State of Tripura, AIR 2007 Gau 76. By the (English) Judicature Act,1873, s. 24, replaced by the (English) Judicature

Adoption

as altered by Justinian, see Sand. Just. Adoption is much practised amongst the Hindus, and in the United States of America there are State laws regulating it, Chamb. Encycl. Except as provided by the (English) Adoption of … act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany, where the civil

law

case is no longer the of this circuit] 2 a : a body of laws [the of a state] ;broadly : laws and justice considered as a general and established entity [the looks with disfavor on restraints … law [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1 : a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized

permanent resident alien

permanent resident alien an alien admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident. Permanent residents are also commonly referred to as immigrants. Lawful permanent residents are … permanent resident alien an alien admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident. Permanent residents are also commonly referred to as immigrants. Lawful permanent residents are legally accorded the

Declaration of law

of law by this Court within the meaning of Article 141 of the Constitution, S. Shanmugavil Nadar v. State of Tamil Nadu, (2002) 8 SCC 361: AIR 2002 SC 3484 (3489). [Constitution of India, Art. 141] Whether

Eminent domain

individuals to resume them for public use. The right of 'eminent domain' is the right of the sovereign State, through its regular agencies, to reassert, either temporarily or permanently, its dominion over any portion of the soil … gives the right to resume possession of the property in the manner directed by the Constitution and the laws of the State, whenever the public interest requires it. The term 'expropriation' is practically synonymous with the term

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