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Unable, means 'not having sufficient strength power and means. In relation to money, it means in-sufficiency of funds, United Bank of India, Calcutta v. Abhijit Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd., (2000) 7 SCC 348....
Maintenance
Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11 QBD 1], and invalidates contracts involving it. By the Roman Law it was a species of crimen falsi to enterin to any confederacy, or do any act to support another's law-suits, by money, witnesses, or patronage, 4 Bl. Com. 134.It is either ruralis, in the country as where one assists another in his pretensions to lands, by taking or holding the possession of them for him; or where one stirs up quarrels or suits in the country; or it is curialis, in a Court of justice, where one officiously intermeddles in a suit depending in any court, which does not belong to him, and with which he has nothing to do, 2 Rol. Abr. 115. Maintaining suits in the spiritual courts is not within the statutes relating to maintenance, Cro. Eliz. 549. A man may, however, maintain a suit in...
Sign
Sign, in relation to person who is unable to write his name, means to authenticate in such manner as may be prescribed. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(24)]Sign, where a person is unable to write his name, he may place his mark on the instrument or other paper and the requirements of law are complied with, provided he puts the mark in the presence of the Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer or such other officer as may be specified in that behalf by the Election Commission and such officer on being satisfied as to his identity attests the mark as being the mark of that person, Ram Doyal v. Brijraj Singh, AIR 1970 SC 110 (112). [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 2(1)]With its grammatical variations and cognate ex-pressions, shall, with reference to a person who is unable to write his name, include 'mark', with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(56)]1. To identify, a record, by means of a signature, mark, or...
deadlock
deadlock : a state of inaction resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions: as a : the state of a jury unable to agree on a verdict see also allen charge b : impasse c : a state in which corporate directors are unable to perform their functions because of shareholder voting deadlock vb ...
verdict
verdict [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum) of Anglo-French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1 : the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that ordinarily in civil actions is for the plaintiff or for the defendant and in criminal actions is guilty or not guilty compare judgment compromise verdict : a verdict produced not by sincere unanimous agreement on guilt or liability but by an improper surrender of individual convictions ;specif : an impermissible verdict by a jury that is unable to agree on liability and so compromises on an award of damages that is less than what it should be if the plaintiff has a right of recovery free from any doubts di·rect·ed verdict 1 : a verdict granted by the court when the party with the burden of proof has failed to present sufficie...
Discharge of a jury
Discharge of a jury takes place (1) either by the act of God, as the death of one of the jury; or (2) in due course on the termination of the trial by verdict (or sentence); or by the discretion of the judge determining that they are so exhausted as to be incapable of continuing their deliberations, or so divided as to be unable ever to agree, or that there is other sufficient cause. After such discharge there may be a further trial by another jury. See Winsor v. The Queen, (1866) LR 1 QB 289 (390), in which the Exchequer Chamber held this upon writ of error in a trial for murder in which the jury had declared at five minutes before a Saturday midnight that they were unable to agree, and on a second trial another jury found the prisoner guilty and she was sentenced to death and afterwards hanged....
Drunkenness
Drunkenness, intoxication with strong liquor; habit-ual inebriety. A contract made by a person when so drunk as to be unable to understand what he is doing is voidable if the person with whom the contract was made was aware of the fact, but it is not void, and may be ratified when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, ss. 1, 3, by a fine of five shillings and confinement in the stocks in default of distress. Under the Licensing Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), which repeals various previous enactments, drunkenness in a public place or licensed house is punishable by fine (s. 12). Disorderly drunkenness is punishable by fine or imprisonment, and refusal by drunken persons to quit licensed premises is punishable by fine. [(English) Licensing Consolidation Act, 1910, s. 80]The 1st s. of the (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 28), enacts that--If a person is found drunk in any highw...
absentee ballot
absentee ballot : a ballot submitted (as by mail) in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls ...
agree
agree agreed agree·ing vt : to share an opinion that [agreed the terms were fair] vi 1 : to share an opinion, understanding, or intent [unable to on a verdict "New York Law Journal"] 2 : to indicate willingness or acceptance : give assent or approval [agreeing to this proposal] ...
cause
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 proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
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