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Technical Instruction. By the repealed (English) Technical Instruction Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 76), technical instruction, i.e., by s. 8, instruction in the principles of science and art applicable to industries, but not including the teaching, the practice of any trade or industry or employment, might be provided by local authorities at the expense of the ratepayers; and by the repealed Technical Instruction Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 4), a local authority might provide for a supply of such instruction in a school outside its own district, so far as necessary for the requirements of its own district, in cases where similar provision could not be so advantageously made by aiding a school within its own district; but these Acts are superseded by the Education Act, 1921, Part VI., and the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 35), ss. 83 and 113....
Technical services
Technical services, includes 'professional services' as well, Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552.The expression 'technical services' has a very broad connotation and it has been elsewhere in the statute also so widely as to comprehend professional services: vide s. 9(1)(vii), referred to earlier. But we need not digress on this aspect for two reason. Firstly, whatever may be the position regarding other 44 professional services', there can hardly be any doubt that services involving specialised knowledge, experience and skill in the field of constructional operations are 'technical services', Continental Construction Ltd. v. C.I.T., 1992 Supp (2) SCC 567: AIR 1992 SC 803 (825). [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 80-89(1)(vii) Expln. 2]...
Technical
Technical, means what is characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, or trade, (New Webster's Dictionary of the English Language), Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552.The word 'technical' is described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary to mean a particular art, science or of applied science or vocational training dealing with applied science. It is trite to say that when a word has many etymological meanings attributed to it, the same takes its true colour from the text and context. The dictionary meaning of the word 'technical' is also 'professional' and is used in contradiction with pure sciences, Dean Goa Medical College, Sudhir Kumar Solanki, AIR 2001 SC 3422 (3423): (2001) 7 SCC 645. [Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987, s. 58]...
Technical education
Technical education, has the meaning assigned to it in clause (g) of s. 2 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987). [National Commission for Minority Educational Institution Act, 2004, s. 2(k)]Technical education, includes medical education, Nachane Ashwini Shivram v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1998 Bom 1. [See also Constitution of India, Art. 371(2)(c), List III, Entry 25]...
Technical adjustment
Technical adjustment, means a brief change in the general upward or downward trend of stock-market price. Such as a short rally during a bull market, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1476....
Technical assistance
Technical assistance, may involve sending experts into the field to teach skills and to help solve pro-blems in their areas of specialization, such as irrigation, agriculture, fisheries, education, public health forestry, (New Encyclopaedia Britannica), Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552...
Technical member
Technical member, means a member who is not a judicial member. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(1) (zd)]...
Orismology
That department of natural history which treats of technical terms the science of defining technical terms...
Award
Award [the primitive sense of ward is shown in the It. Guardare, Fr. regarder, to look. Hence, Prov. Fr. eswarder (answering in form to award), to inspect goods, and, incidentally, to pronounce them good and marketable; eswardenur, an inspector, Hecart. An award is accordingly, in the first place, the taking a matter into consideration and pronouncing judgment upon it; but in later times the designation has been transferred exclusively to the consequent judgment, Wedgw.], a document containing the determination of commissioners, under an Inclosure Act or other public statute; also an instrument embodying an arbitrator's decision on a matter submitted to him. It must follow the submission, but need not necessarily be in writing, unless so prescribed. An award is generally considered as published as soon as the arbitrator has done some act where by he becomes functus officio, and has declared, and can no longer change, his final mind. As soon as the award is executed, notice thereof shou...
Covenant
Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done or shall be done, or stiuplates for the truth of certain facts. He who thus promises is called the covenantor; and he to whom it is made the covenantee. A covenant being part of a deed is subject to the general rules for the construction of such instruents; as, first, to be always taken most strongly against the covenanter and most in favour of the covenantee; secondly, to be taken according to the intent of the parties; thirdly, to be construed ut res magis valeat quam pereat; fourthy, when no time is limited for its performance, that it be performed in a reasonable time.Covenants are personal obligations; formerly the did not bind theheirs of the covenanter unless the heirs were named and inthat case only to the extent of the lands descended, but if made ...
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