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Khas possession

in respect of culturable lands in s. 6 of the Land Reforms Act has been used in a technical sense and it means those lands which are in the private or personal possession of the landlord as

League of Nations (Societe des Nations)

guard against abuse and economic competition; regular, efficient technique for carrying on, by conference and personal contact, the technical business of government where, more and more, the interdependence of countries makes common action imperative; discussion in public.

Lawbook

Lawbook, means a book, usu. a technical one, about the law; esp., a primary legal text such as a statute book or book that reports

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Labour and skill

is: 'the familiar knowledge of any science, art, or handicraft, as shown by dexterity in execution or performance; technical ability' and the meaning of 'labour' inter alia, is: 'physical or mental exertion, particularly for some useful or

Interpretation of items in Tariff Schedule

always safe as it gives all the different shades of meaning. Where the word has a scientific or technical meaning and also an ordinary meaning according to common parlance, it is in the latter sense that in

Indictment

Schedule (high treason and certain other offences tribal in the King's Bench Division). Indictments were of a highly technical character until simplified by the Indictments Act, 1915, which directs that the particulars of the offence shall be

Indebitatus assumpsit

a debt, and then a promise in consideration of the debt. Since the Judicature Acts, obsolete as a technical form of action. See PLEADING.

Incipitur

Incipitur (it is begun). This was the technical commencement of a declaration, demurrer-book, judgment, etc.

Hydrogenation

with hydrogen so that this combines directly with the substance treated. The term has, however, developed a more technical and restricted sense. It is now generally used to mean the treatment of an 'unsaturated' organic compound with

Harmonious construction

statute, and which effectuate the object of the Legislature. If an expression is susceptible of a narrow or technical meaning, as well as a popular meaning the Court would be justified in assuming that the Legislature used

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