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Home Dictionary Name: vis Page: 3Vim vi repellere licet, modo fiat moderamine inculpat' tutel'; non ad sumendam vindictam, sed ad propulsandam injuriam
Vim vi repellere licet, modo fiat moderamine inculpat' tutel'; non ad sumendam vindictam, sed ad propulsandam injuriam. Co. Litt. 162.-(It is lawful to repel force by force, so as it be done with the moderation of blameless defence; not to take revenge, but to repel injury.)...
Vi' servitus
Vi' servitus (servitude of way), a right of way over another's land....
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur. Co. Litt. 116.-(Liberty is that natural faculty which permits every one to do anything he pleases except that which is restrained by law or force.)...
Usage
Usage, denotes a habit or a mode of conduct or a course of action. Though such behaviour may generally be linked with human actions it is not the identify of the person vis-'-vis his caste which matters in discerning the contours of any 'usage'. 'Usage' is described as different from custom as there is no usage through inheritance though a right can be acquired by prescription. 'Usage in its most extensive meaning, includes both custom and prescription, but in its narrower significance, it refers to a general habit, mode or course of procedure. A usage differ from a custom, in that it does not require to be immemorial to establish the same, but the usage must be known, certain, uniform, reasonable and contrary to law'. Usage has been referred to a course of dealing; or a mode of conducting transactions of a particular kind. It cannot be understood as referring to any entitle-ment of a person to hold a particular office, N. Adithayan v. Travancore Devaswom Board (FB), AIR 1996 Ker 169; ...
Recruitment
Recruitment, 'recruitment' according to the dictionary means 'enlist'. It is a comprehensive term and includes any method provided for inducting a person in public service. Appointment, selection, promotion, deputation are all well-known methods of recruitment. Even appointment by transfer is not unknown, K. Narayanan v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1994 SC 55: (1994) Supp 1 SCC 44.The term 'recruitment' connotes and clearly signifies enlistment, acceptance, selection or approval for appointment. Certainly, this is not actual appointment or posting in service. In contradistinction the word 'appointment' means an actual act of posting a person to a particular office, Prafulla Kumar Swain v. Prakash Chandra Misra, (1993) Supp 3 SCC 181.It includes entering into any agreement or other arrangement for recruitment and all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. [Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, ...
Force majeure
Force majeure, irresistible compulsion, coercion diplomatically recognized as irresistible, Concise Oxford Dict. Compare ACT OF GOD; RESTRAINT OF PRINCES.An event or effect that can be neither anticipated no controlled, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 657.The expression 'force majeure' is not a mere French version of the Latin expression 'vis major'. It is undoubtedly a term of wider import. Difficulties have arisen in the past as to what could legitimately be included in 'force majeure'. Judges have agreed that strikes, breakdown of machinery, which, though normally not included in 'vis major' are included in 'force majeure'. An analysis of rulings on the subject into which it is not necessary in this case to go, shows that where reference is made to 'force majeure', the intention is to save the performing party from the consequences of anything over which he has no control. This is the widest meaning that can be given to 'force majeure', Dhanrajamal Gobindram v. Shamji Kalidas and Co., AI...
Dealer
Dealer, in relation to any dangerous machine or any part thereof, means a person who, or a firm or a Hindu undivided family which, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing any dangerous machine or any part thereof, whether for cash or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable consideration, and includes-(i) a commission agent who carries on such business on behalf of any principal;(ii) an importer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any dangerous machine to any user, manufacturer, repairer, consumer or any other person. But does not include a manufacturer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any dangerous machine or any part thereof to any person or category of persons referred to in this clause. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (e)](2) includes a person who is engaged--(a) in building bodies for attachment to chassis; or (S. 2 (8)(b) The M...
Any person
Any person, the effect of the 1994 amendment on s. 147 is unambiguous. Where earlier, the words 'any person' could be held not to include the owner of the goods or his authorised representative travelling in the goods vehicle, Parliament has now made it clear that such a construction is no longer possible. The scope of this rationale does not, however, extend to cover the class of cases where gratuitous passengers for whom no insurance policy was envisaged, and for whom no insurance premium was paid, employed the goods vehicle as a medium of conveyance, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Baljit Kaur, (2004) 2 SCC 1 (5): AIR 2004 SC 1340. [Motor Vehicles Act, s. 147(1)(b) (as amended in 1994)]The expression 'any person' can be restricted to those on the managerial or administrative staff only. One cannot arbitrarily cut down the amplitude of an expression used by the legislature, Central Bank of India v. Workmen, AIR 1960 SC 12 (23): (1960) 1 SCR 200. (Banking Regulation Act, 1949, s. 10)Th...
recidivist
recidivist : an habitual criminal recidivist adj re·cid·i·vis·tic [ri-si-də-vis-tik] adj ...
indivisible
indivisible : consisting of one whole whose parts cannot be divided or treated individually [an obligation] in·di·vis·i·bil·i·ty [-vi-zə-bi-lə-tē] n in·di·vis·i·bly adv ...
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