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Home Dictionary Name: store breakingMarine-store dealers
Marine-store dealers. See (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58Vict. c. 60), ss. 533-540, re-enacting (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104), ss. 480-483; by which any dealer in 'anchors, cables, sails, old junk, old iron, or other marine stores of any kind, must have his name, with the words ' dealer in marine stores,' painted on all his warehouses and places of deposit, must not purchase marine stores from any person apparently under sixteen, must enter in a book all such marine stores as he may become possessed of, and may not cut up cables, etc., without obtaining a ' permit ' from a justice of the peace, which permit must be advertised before the dealer proceeds to act thereon.' A person as so defined is, by the (English) Children Act, 1933 (see CHILDREN), prohibited by s. 9 from purchasing 'old metal' from a person under 16. See also (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, s. 86. See METALS, DEALERS IN OLD....
break
break broke [brōk] bro·ken [brō-kən] break·ing [brā-ki] vt 1 a : violate transgress [ the law] b : to invalidate (a will) by a court proceeding 2 a : to open (another's real property) by force or without privilege (as consent) for entry often used in the phrase break and enter [one who s and enters a dwelling-house of another "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] b : to escape by force from [s prison or escapes or flees from justice "Colorado Revised Statutes"] 3 : to cause (a strike) to fail and discontinue by means (as force) other than bargaining vi : to escape with forceful effort often used with out [prisoners wounded while attempting to out] break in·to : to enter by force or without privilege [an officer may break into a building "Arizona Revised Statutes"] ...
Break
To strain apart to sever by fracture to divide with violence as to break a rope or chain to break a seal to break an axle to break rocks or coal to break a lock...
Public stores
Public stores. By the (English) Public Stores Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 25), various provisions are made for the protection of public stores and the punishment of persons improperly obtaining the same or obliterating the marks thereon, and see Army and Air Force Acts....
Store
Store, the expression 'store' means storing for the sale, Giridhari Ballani v. Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1966 Cal 634 (636). [Prevention of Food Adultera-tion Act, 1954, ss. 7, 16(1)(a)]1. A place where goods are deposited to be pur-chased or sold 2. To keep goods in safe keeping for future delivery in an unchanged condition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1432....
House breaking
House breaking, The crime of breaking into a dwelling or other secured building with intent to commit a felony inside, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 744. (Indian Penal Code, s. 445)See BREAKING-IN; and as to breaking in at night, see BURGLARY....
Without breaking bulk
Without breaking bulk, 'without breaking bulk' is not an expression defined in the Act or the rules. It has, therefore, to construed in its literal and ordinary sense to the extent possible, and construed as it is, in our opinion, transferring the product from the drums by breaking seal of the drums to bottles, cannot be said to be 'without breaking bulk, H.M.M. Ltd. v. Administrator, AIR 1990 SC 47 (51): (1989) 4 SCC 640: (1989) Supp 1 SCR 353. [City of Bangalore Municipal Corporation Act, 1969, s. 98(2)]...
Re store
To store again as the goods taken out were re stored...
Military stores
Military stores, The expression 'military stores' used in Schedule II is comprehensive enough to cover articles essential for military use inclusive of trailers/water tankers supplies of which are accumulated in the depot for being drawn upon whenever needed, Cantonment Board v. Mahindra Owen Ltd., AIR 1986 SC 1114 (1117): (1986) Supp SCC 301....
Breaking bulk
Breaking bulk, a term formerly used to signify the separation of goods in the hands of a bailee which made him liable for felony. Since the (English) Larceny Act, 1861, this distinction is immaterial, and remains so under the Larceny Act, 1916.The expression 'breaking bulk' is an expression not unknown to legal terminology especially in England. In the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary, 3rd edn. 'breaking bulk' has been stated to mean that for a bailee to open a box or packaging entrusted to his custody and fraudulently appropriate its contents, HMM Ltd. v. Administrator, Bangalore City Corporation, AIR 1990 SC 47: (1989) 4 SCC 640.Larceny by a bailee, esp. a carrier, who opens containers, removes item from them, and converts the items to personal use; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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