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Average
'average' means 'arithmetical mean to estimate by dividing the aggregate of a series by the number of its units', Harbans Kumari v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1979) 2 SCC 239: AIR 1981 SC 1215 (1216). [Uttar Pradesh … to estimate by dividing the aggregate of a series by the number of its units', Harbans Kumari v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1979) 2 SCC 239: AIR 1981 SC 1215 (1216). [Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land … are computed on all the prices of any Articles sold within a certain period or district. See e.g., Corn Returns Act, 1882 (45 & 46
Quasi judicial
of Punjab, AIR 1958 Punj 63. It is a term that is ............ not easily definable. In the United States, the phrase often covers judicial decisions taken by an administrative agency -- the test is the nature of … or functions analogous to the judicial, and thus he is described as a 'quasi judicial' authority, Parduman Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1958 Punj 63. It is a term that is ............ not easily definable. In … cover situations where the administrator is bound by the law to observe certain forms and possibly hold a public hearing but where he is a
Adoption
Law, as altered by Justinian, see Sand. Just. Adoption is much practised amongst the Hindus, and in the United States of America there are State laws regulating it, Chamb. Encycl. Except as provided by the (English) Adoption of … a child, the Court of Session or the Sheriff Court may in certain circumstances make an adoption order authorizing the adoption. Applications are made to … adopter. The death duties in respect of any interest in property under any disposition of the adopter and vice versa are leviable as if the child had been born to the adopter in lawful wedlock. See DEATH
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Passport
SC 1174: (1977) 3 SCR 521: (1977) 3 SCC 7. A passport, whether in England or in the United States of America serves diverse purposes; it is a 'request for protection', it is a document of identity, it … a passport taken out in one name but to be used in another is an indictable misdemeanour, R. v. Brailsford and McCulloch, (1905) 2 KB 730. Forgery is a misdemeanour under the (English) Official Secrets Act, 1920 … to the recommendation and identification of the applicant by a person holding certain positions, e.g., J.P., barrister, solicitor, physician. Application should be made to the
Copyright
(English) Copyright Act, 1911. International copyright has in modern times been very generally recognized, but until 1891 the United States of America refused to recognize it. In that year, however, an Act was passed granting it, but with … fourteen years. Whether the right exited at Common Law is a long-vexed and still undetermined question. See Jeffries v. Boosey, (1854) 4 HLC 815. There is no copyright in an illegal or immoral publication, Southey v. Sherwood, … the granting of compulsory licenses, after the death of the author, in certain cases (s. 4). The author of a work is prima facie the
Company
or under the (English) Companies Acts, 1862 to 1882 or incorporated by an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom or by an Indian law, or by Royal Charter or Letters Patent and includes a society registered … special order of the Central Board of Revenue to be a company for the purposes of this Act, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Buland Sugar Co. Ltd., (1979) 3 SCC 96: AIR 1979 SC 1104: (1979) 3 … close and careful expert examination as to the best means of remedying certain defects in the working of the Acts which enabled persons to make
jurisdiction
courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States "U.S. Code"] pendent jurisdiction : supplemental jurisdiction that allows a federal court to adjudicate state law claims which … of the crime "U.S. Constitution art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a … granted by a judicially created doctrine to an administrative agency to decide certain controversies initially before relief is sought in the courts compare exhaustion of
Alien
Aliens therefore include both persons having the nationality or citizenship of some other sovereign State recognized by the United Kingdom. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(2), 4th Edn., Para 66, p. 76. The (English) Naturalization Act, 1870 … the Republic of Ireland. Aliens therefore include both persons having the nationality or citizenship of some other sovereign State recognized by the United Kingdom. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(2), 4th Edn., Para 66, p. 76. The … 2-9) with the naturalization of aliens; and the third (ss. 10-28) containing certain general and supplemental provisions, relating to the national status of married women … Acts, 1914 and 1933, infra. At common law aliens were subject to very many disqualifications, the nature of which is shown by the (English) Act
Property
and it includes not only assets, but the organisation, liabilities and obligations of a going concern as a unit, Shri Krishna Gyanoday Sugar Ltd. v. State of Bihar, AIR 2003 SC 3436. Property, in indicative and descriptive … Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252. Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including … 1963 SC 540. Property, is nothing more than the basis of a certain expectation, namely, the expectation of deriving thereafter certain advantage from a thing
Domicile
& 25 Vict. c. 114), it is enacted among other things that every will made out of the United Kingdom by a British subject (whatever may have been his domicile) shall, as regards personal estate, be held … of choice, it must be shown that the person concerned had a certain state of mind, the animus manendi. If he claims that he acquired … c. 121, in cases where a convention shall have been entered into between the Crown and any foreign state that such statute shall be applicable to the subjects of the Crown and such foreign State, it is … the place of birth, domicilium originis; the second is that which is voluntarily acquired by a party, proprio Marte; the last is consequential, as that
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