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Firm
Bank v. Bhikhabhai Prabhudas Parekh, (2000) 5 SCC 694: AIR 2000 SC 3654 (3660). The name of style under which any business is established. 'Partners who have entered in partnership with one another are' for the purposes … a liability it can be assumed that all the partners were incurring that liability and so the partners remain liable jointly and severally for all the acts of the firm. This principle cannot be stretched and extended
Service
many divisions of this duty in our ancient law books, as into personal and real, which is either urbane or rustic, free and base, continua land annual, casual and accidental, intrinsic and extrinsic, certain and uncertain, etc. … Service [fr. servitium, Lat.], that duty which a tenant, by reason of his estate, owes to his lord. There are many divisions of this duty in our ancient law
Good faith
and attention. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)] The expression 'good faith' has not been defined in the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The expression has several shades of meaning. In the popular … meaning. In the popular sense, the phrase 'in good faith' simply means 'honestly, without fraud, collusion or deceit; really, actually, without pretence and without intent to assist or act in furtherance of a fraudulent or otherwise unlawful
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cause
would not have occurred without it [claimed that the workplace accident was a producing cause of his disability] used esp. in workers' compensation and consumer protection cases NOTE: A producing cause lacks the element of foreseeability associated … cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be
Admiralty
torts, injuries or offences. The federal courts are so-called when exercising their admiralty jurisdiction, which is conferred by U.S. Constitution (Article III 2, Cl. 1), Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 47. The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty … p. 47. The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice was, as far as relates to Admiralty, formerly called the High Court of Admiralty, and was held before the Judge of the Admiralty,
Tenant
of title whether for years or for life or in fee' and does not necessarily mean a lessee unless it is used in opposition to landlord, Ekambara Ayyar v. Meenatchi Ammal, 1904 ILR 27 Mad 401. Means … he holds on lease from the landlord and includes a person who is deemed to be a tenant, Racha Naika v. State of Karnataka, 1992 (3) Kant LJ 616. Means a person by whom its rent is
Person
Person, a Hindu Undivided Family is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 … appears, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 19. A corporation, such as a limited company, may be a 'respectable and responsible person' within the meaning of a covenant against assignment in a lease, Willmott v. London Road Car Co.,
warrant
arrest] [by of commitment] administrative warrant : a warrant (as for an administrative search) issued by a judge upon application of an administrative agency anticipatory search warrant : a search warrant that is issued on the basis … by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice [a of arrest] [by of commitment] administrative warrant : a warrant (as for
impeach
with a crime or misconduct ;specif : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office see also Article I and Article II of the Constitution in the back … I and Article II of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president, vice president, and other federal officers (as judges) may be impeached by
hearing
a body (as a review board) of an administrative agency regarding an agency action and esp. an action under dispute confirmation hearing 1 : a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate to examine a nominee for the … hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by
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