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Substitution, indicate that the process cannot be split up into two pieces like this. If the process described as substitution fails, it is totally in-effective so as to leave intact what was sought to be displaced, State of Maharashtra v. C.P. Manganese Ore Co., AIR 1977 SC 879: (1977) 1 SCC 643.Substitution. In the Civil Law a conditional appointment of a h'res. See Cum. C.L. 143; Sand Just.In Scots law the enumeration or designation of the heirs in a settlement of property. Substitutes in an entail are those heirs who are appointed in succession on failure of others.The word substitution necessarily or always connotes two severable steps, that is to say, one of repeal and another of fresh enactment. Indeed, the natural meaning of the word 'substitution' is to indicate that the process cannot be split up into two pieces like this. If the process described as substitution fails, it is totally ineffective so as to leave intact what was sought to be displaced. That seems to be the ordin...
substitution
substitution : the substituting of one person or thing for another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana : a disposition not in trust by which a donee, heir, or legatee is charged to hold property transferred and return it to a third person compare fidei commissum, vulgar substitution NOTE: Substitutions are prohibited. b : replacement of a party to an action with a successor or representative upon motion to the court when the party is unable to continue litigating (as because of death, incompetency, transfer of interest, or loss of the office for which the party was suing or being sued in an official capacity) c : the replacement of a new agreement or obligation for an old one see also novation sub·sti·tu·tion·al [-shə-nəl] n sub·sti·tu·tion·ary [-shə-nər-ē] adj ...
vulgar substitution
vulgar substitution [French substitution vulgaire, from Latin substitutio vulgaris, literally, ordinary substitution, as distinguished from substitutio pupillaris substitution of an heir in place of a minor who actually receives the testamentary gift but dies before reaching the age of majority] in the civil law of Louisiana : a testamentary disposition in which the person making the will names another person to take the gift in the event that the instituted heir does not accept it or is already deceased ...
substitute gift
substitute gift : substitutional gift at gift ...
Infant milk substitute
Infant milk substitute, means any food being marketed or otherwise represented as a partial or total replacement for mother's milk, whether or not it is suitable for such replacement. [Infant Milk Substitutes, (English) Feeding Bottles and Infant Food (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2 (1) (g)]...
Substitute
Substitute, 1. One who stands in another's place 2. A person named in a will as heir to an estate after the estate has been held and then passed on by another specified person, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1443.Mean 'to put in the place of another person or thing' or 'to exchange', Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edn., p. 1281.Means 'to serve or cause to serve in place of another person or thing; to replace with: or 'a person or thing that serves in place of another, such as a player in a game who take the place of an injured colleague' (Collins English Dictionary).Means the replacement of one by another, which might be equal to it, but differently expressed, N.N. Chakravarty v. State of Assam, AIR 1960 Assam 11; I.C. Sharma v. Union of India, (1992) 21 ATC 63; Vijayalakshmi Rice Mills; New Contractors Company v. State of Andhra Pradesh, 1976 UJ (SC) 367.Substitute, ordinarily would mean 'to put (one) in place of another; or 'to replace', Government of India v. Indian Tobacco Assn....
Substituted service
Substituted service, of a writ of summons, service on some person representing the defendant, instead of on the defendant personally. See R.S.C. 1883, Ord. X. Leave is given sometimes to effect the substituted service by means of advertisement....
substituted basis
substituted basis see basis ...
substituted contract
substituted contract see contract ...
substituted judgment
substituted judgment see judgment ...
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