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Quasi

means that although the thing signified by the combination of 'quasi' with the noun does not comply in strictness with the definition of the noun, it shares its qualities, falls philosophically under the same head, and is

Profit bonus

Profit bonus, a profit bonus is strictly not wages, at least not for the purpose of computing liability to income-tax; it is not an expense

Process

proceedings in any action or prosecution, real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into a Court, because it is the beginning or principal part

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Privy purse

political considerations and under political sanctions and not under a right legally enforceable in any municipal court is strictly a political pension within the meaning of s. 60(1)(g) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The use of

Police officer

Police officer, the expression 'police officer' used in s. 523, Criminal Procedure Code, is to be construed strictly. A Customs Officer cannot be regarded as police officer, Assistant Collector of Customs v. Tilak Raj Shiv Dayal,

Perils of the sea

or servants, Collis Line Pvt. Ltd. v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1982 Ker 127. They are strictly the natural accidents peculiar to the water, but the law has extended this phrase to comprehend events not

Penal statute

(2004) 2 SCC 783 (791). Those which impose penalties or punishments for an offence committed; they are construed strictly in favour of the person charged with the offence. See, however, remarks of Lord Alverstone, C.J., in Dunning

Gift

deed, and describe it as a conveyance applicable to the creation of an estate-tail; while a feoffment they strictly confine to the creation of a fee simple estate. The operative verb was 'give,' which no longer implies

Exactly

In an exact manner precisely according to a rule standard or fact accurately strictly correctly nicely

Foreign judgment

which of course it is not, though it is convenient to treat it as such. It is not strictly in this country res judicata, and therefore does not create an absolute estoppel. Nevertheless it is practically conclusive

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