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suggestive : giving a suggestion or making a hint: as a : being a trademark, trade dress, trade name, or service mark that requires the consumer to use thought and imagination to perceive the nature of the product or service NOTE: Suggestive marks are entitled to trademark protection without proof of secondary meaning. b : relating to or being a lineup that in some way suggests to the witness which member of the lineup is in fact the defendant ...
suggestion
suggestion 1 a : the act or process of suggesting b : something suggested 2 : an entry on the record of a fact or circumstance (as the death or insolvency of a party) material to a case and essential for the court in making its determination [reference to a party's death in a pleading was not the equivalent of a formal of death on the record "Kissic v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 641 So. 2d 250 (1994)"] ...
suggest
suggest 1 : to mention or imply as a possibility 2 : to enter on the record as a suggestion ...
suggestive mark
suggestive mark A mark that, when applied to the goods or services at issue, requires imagination, thought or perception to reach a conclusion as to the nature of those goods or services. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
Suggestion
Suggestion, a surmise or representing of a thing; an entry of a fact on the record.Means an entry on the record of a fact or circumstance (as the death or insolvency of a party) material to a case and essential for the court in making its determination, Kissic v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 641 So 2d 250 (1994)....
Leading question
Leading question, a question which suggests to a witness the answer which the party examining desires. Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes or expects to receive is called a leading question (Indian Evidence Act, 1872, s. 141). See Best on Evidence; Powell on Evidence. Such questions are not allowed to be put except in cross-examination, except as to matter not in dispute, and preliminary inquires, name and address, etc., of witnesses.It is not easy to lay down any precise general rule as to what are leading questions; on the one hand, it is clear that the mind of the witness must be brought into contact with the subject of inquiry; on the other, that he ought not to be prompted to give a particular answer, or to be asked any question to which yes or no would be conclusive. But how far it may be necessary to particularise, in framing the question, must depend upon the circumstances of each particular case.If a witness by his conduct show himself decided...
Confession
Confession, a statement 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 byitself a confession. A statement which contains an exculpatory assertion of some fact, which if true, would negative the offence alleged cannot amount to a confession, Veera Ibrahim v. State of Maharashtra, (1976) 2 SCC 302: AIR 1976 SC 1167 (1171): (1967) 3 SCR 672. [Evidence Act (1 of 1987), s. 24]'Confession' in common acceptation means and implies acknowledgment of guilt--its evidentiary value and its acceptability however shall have to be assessed by the Court having due regard to the credibility of the witnesses. In the event, however, the Court is otherwise in a position having due regard to the attending circumstances believes the witness before whom the confession is made and is otherwise satisfied that the confession is in fact voluntary and...
Consultation
Consultation, in Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition, 1960, Volume 9, page 3) to 'consult' is defined as 'to discuss something together, to deliberate'. Corpus Juris Secundum (Volume 16A, Edn. 1956, page 1242) also says that the word 'consult' is frequently defined as meaning 'to discuss something together, or to deliberate'. By giving an opportunity to consultation or deliberation the purpose thereof is to enable the Judges to make their respective points of view known to the others and discuss and examine the relative merits of their view, High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan v. P.P. Singh, (2003) 4 SCC 239: AIR 2003 SC 1029 (1038). [Rules of High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan (1952), R. 15]A writ in the nature of a procedendo, whereby a cause, having been removed by prohibition from the Ecclesiastical Court to the King's Court, is returned thither again; for if the judges of the King's Court, upon comparing the libel with the suggestion of the party, find the suggestion false...
Control
Control, the word 'control' suggests check, restraint or influence. Control is intended to regulate and hold in check a restrain from action, State of Mysore v. Allum Karibasuppa, AIR 1974 SC 1863 (1866). [Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, (11 of 1959), s. 54]The word 'control' is synonymous with superinten-dentce, management or authority to direct, restrict or regulate. Control is exercised by a superior authority in exercise of its supervisory power, S.V. Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. K. Panduranga, AIR 1972 SC 1248 (1250). [Multi-Unit Co-operative Societies Act, 1942, s. 2(1)]Control, is synonymous with superintendence, management, or authority to direct, restrict or regulate, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner v. Sanatan Dharam Girls Secondry School, 2006 (10) JT 159 [As per Words and Phrases, Vol. 9 Permanent Edn.]Imports the notion of the power to direct what shall be done with the property in question; and the words are intended to provide a clearer concept than 'possession' w...
Cut and removed from any land
Cut and removed from any land, words 'cut and removed from any land' used in s. 4 to not suggest felling of the trees and removing the wood from one part to another on the land. They would indicate cutting the trees and removing them out of the limits of the land held by the grantee or the lessee under the grant or lease, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata Finlay, (2001) 5 SCC 684: AIR 2001 SC 2672 (2676). [Kerala Grants and Leases (Modification of Rights) Act, 1980, s. 4]Cut and removed from any land, the words 'cut and removed from any land, used in s. 4 of the Kerala Grants and Leases (Modification of Rights) Act, 1980 do not suggest falling of trees and removing the wood from one part to another on the land, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata Finlay Ltd., (2001) 5 SCC 684 [Kerala Grants and Leases (Modification of Rights) Act, 1980 (16 of 1980)]...
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