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Home Dictionary Name: transitIn transit
In transit, 'in transit', in relation to the carriage of goods by railway, means the period between the commencement and the termination of transit of such goods, and unless otherwise previously determined--(a) transit commences as soon as the railway receipt is issued or the consignment is loaded, whichever is earlier;(b) transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed for unloading of consignment from any rolling stock and where such unloading has been completed within such free time, transit terminates on the expiry of the free time allowed, for the removal of the goods from the railway premises. [Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2(21)]...
transit alien
transit alien An alien in immediate and continuous transit through the United States, with or without a visa, including, 1) aliens who qualify as persons entitled to pass in transit to and from the United Nations Headquarters District and foreign countries and 2) foreign government officials and their spouses and unmarried minor (or dependent) children in transit. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
transit without visa (twov)
transit without visa (twov) A transit alien traveling without a nonimmigrant visa. An alien admitted under agreements with a transportation line, which guarantees his immediate and continuous passage to a foreign destination. (See Transit Alien.) Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Stoppage in transit
Stoppage in transit. 'When the buyer of goods becomes insolvent, the unpaid seller who has parted with the possession of the goods has the right of stopping them in transitu; that is to say, he may resume possession of the goods as long as they are in course of transit, and may retain them until payment or tender of the price.'-Sale of Goods Act, 1893 (see that title), s. 44, embodying the law of Lickbarrow v. Mason, (1787) 6 East 21; 1 Sm LC....
Brought in transit
Brought in transit, of means to bring goods from any country into India by land, air, or amphibious means of transportation, where the goods are to be taken out from India on the same conveyance on which they are brought into India without any landing in India, but does not include a conveyance in innocent passage through Indian territory Indian territorial waters or Indian airspace of a foreign conveyance carrying goods.Explanation I.--A conveyance is a foreign conveyance if it is not registered in India.Explanation II.--A conveyance is in 'innocent passage' if it is not engaged in relevant activity and passes through or above Indian territorial waters or airspace without stopping or anchoring in India. [Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 (21 of 2005), s. 4(b)]....
Sententia contra matrimoniam nunquam transit in rem judicatam
Sententia contra matrimoniam nunquam transit in rem judicatam (7 Co. Rep. 43), a sentence against marriage never becomes res judicata...
Transit
Transit, means the transportation of goods or persons from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1505....
Transit terra cum onere
Transit terra cum onere (Co. Litt. 231a), land passes with its burthen....
Kept
Kept, the word 'kept' has not been defined in the Taxation Act. Therefore, to interpret it in its ordinary popular sense, consistently with the context. The word 'kept' has been repeatedly used in the s.. In sub-s. (1), it occurs in association with the phrase 'for use on roads'. In that context, the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word 'keep in' is 'to retain', 'to maintain' or 'cause to stay or remain in a place', 'to detain', 'to stay or continue in a specified condition, position, etc.'. In association with the use of the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness. It is something different from a mere state of transit or a course of journey through the State. It is something more than a mere stoppage or halt for rest, food or refreshment, etc., in the course of transit through the territory of the State, State of Mysore v. T.V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons (P) Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 148: (1980) 1 SCC 66: (1980) 2 SCR 1. [Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 19...
Policy of group insurance
Policy of group insurance, means any instrument covering not less than fifty or such smaller number as the Central Government may approve, either generally or with reference to any particular case, by which an insurer, in consideration of a premium paid by an employer or by an employer and his employees jointly, engages to cover, with or without medical examination and for the sole benefit of persons other than the employer, the lives of all the employees or of any class of them, determined by conditions pertaining to the employment, for amounts of insurance based upon a plan which precludes individual selection. [Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899), s. 2 (19A); Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1999, s. 2(28)]Policy of sea-insurance or sea-policy,--(a) means any insurance made upon any ship or vessel (whether for marine or inland navigation), or upon the machinery, tackle or furniture of any ship or vessel, or person, any goods, merchandise or property of any description whatever on board of any sh...
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