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Instrument

Instrument [instrumentum, Lat., fr. instruo, to prepare or provide], a formal legal writing-e.g., a record, charter, … instruo, to prepare or provide], a formal legal writing-e.g., a record, charter, deed or transfer, or agreement. By s. 205(1)(viii.) of

Law Reports

of judgments of courts on points of law, published for the purpose of being used as precedents (see (REPORTS). Prior to … Law Reports. Reports of judgments of courts on points of law, published … to 1865, these reports were all executed and published as mere private speculations,

trespass

trespass [Anglo-French trespas violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old … that causes an injury to or invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law form … invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the

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Any person

Any person, the effect of the 1994 amendment on s. 147 is unambiguous. … to include the owner of the goods or his authorised representative travelling in the goods vehicle, Parliament has now made it … Any person, the effect of the 1994 amendment on s.

Chairman

Chairman, 'Chairman' according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means a person chosen to preside … the day, ensure that precise decisions are taken and correctly recorded and do all that is necessary for smooth transaction of … person chosen to preside over meetings, e.g., one who presides over the meetings

Constitution

government. Also a particular law, ordinance, or regulation made by the authority of any superior; as the Novel Constitutions of Justinian … Constitution, any regular form or system of government. Also a particular law, ordinance, … successors; the Constitutions of Clarendon; the Ecclesiastical Constitutions, etc. Constitution and 'Organisation' as

Education

Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), is the starting point in the history of the provision by legislation … dealt with either as a series of individual problems in respect of which provisions were made for the education of special … Education. Mr. Forster's Elementary Education Act, 1870

Malice

Malice [fr. malitia, Lat.], a formed design of doing mischief to another, technically called malitia pr'cogitata, or malice prepense or aforethought. … also illustrated by the maxim, 'Culpa lata dolo 'quiparatur'-when negligence reaches a certain point it is the same as intentional wrong-'Every … malice prepense or aforethought. It is either express, as when one with a

Payable

Payable, 'payable' generally means that which should be paid, New Delhi Municipal Committee v. Kalu … which should be paid, New Delhi Municipal Committee v. Kalu Ram, AIR 1976 SC 1637 (1639): (1976) 3 SCC 407: (1976) … 407: (1976) Supp SCR 87. The expression 'the full amount payable by the

Rent

Lat.], a certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; it may be regarded as of a two fold … Rent [fr. reditus Lat.], a certain profit issuing yearly out of … the like; which services, in the eye of the law, are profits. The

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