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Minorities

Minorities, means 'groups held together by ties of common descent, language or religious faith and feeling different in these respects from the majority

Uses

Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the

investigate

investigate -gat·ed -gat·ing vt : to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry ;specif : to make (a criminal suspect) the subject

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Expand

Expand, means (1) v.t. spread or stretch (a thing) out. (2) become extended: spread out, unfold. (3) v.t. give full expression to. (4) v.t. widen the boundaries

Electoral roll

Electoral roll, The electoral roll referred to in s. 62(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 must be understood

sentence

sentence [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1 : a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one

Occupation

Occupation, also is employed as referring to that which occupies time and attention; a calling; or a trade; and it is only as employed in

Temple

Temple, is as 'an edifice or place regarded primarily as the dwelling place or 'house' of a deity; hence

Post-graduate degree

Post-graduate degree, by 'post-graduate degree' is meant a Master's degree like the M.A. or M.Sc. and not a Bachelor's degree like the B.T. In other words, the expression connotes the

Person

Person, a Hindu Undivided Family is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516. According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm

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