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Gravamen

Gravamen, the substantial grievance or complaint.

irreconcilable differences

irreconcilable differences : substantial incompatibility between marriage partners that is a broad ground for esp. no-fault divorce compare irretrievable breakdown of the

breach

pay damages than to perform under the contract ma·te·ri·al breach : a breach of contract that is so substantial that it defeats the purpose of the parties in making the contract and gives the nonbreaching party the

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error

in this entry used esp. in criminal cases harmless error : an error that does not affect a substantial right or change the outcome of a trial and does not warrant reversal or other modification of the

Copyright

of the Act ' copyright ' means the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or any substantial part thereof in any material form whatsoever, to perform, or in the case of a lecture to deliver,

Material alteration

1977 SC 336 (347): (1977) 1 SCC 379: (1977) 1 SCR 853. The material alterations contemplate change of substantial nature affecting the form and character of the building. Many a time tenants make minor constructions and alterations

Part

Part, 'part' does not necessarily mean a substantial part and that it will be open to the court in every case which comes up before it

Confession

in order to amount to a 'confession' must either admit in terms the offence, or at any rate substantially all the facts which constitute the offence. An admission of an incriminating fact, howsoever grave, is not by

Appropriate government

Appropriate government, means in relation to public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly-- (i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the

Public authority

Constitution; (ii) by any law made by the appropriate Government, and includes any other body owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the appropriate Government. [Freedom of Information Act, 2002 (5 of

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