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write down wrote down writ·ten down writ·ing down : to reduce the book value of (an asset) [write down accounts receivable] write-down [rīt-dan] n ...
indict
indict [alteration of earlier indite, from Anglo-French enditer, from Old French, to write down, ultimately from Latin indicere to proclaim, from in- toward + dicere to say] : to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a grand jury in due form of law compare accuse, arraign, charge ...
Dictate
To tell or utter so that another may write down to inspire to compose as to dictate a letter to an amanuensis...
Consignation
Consignation [fr. Consigno, Lat., to write down], the deposit of a thing owed with a third person, under the authority of the Court, Civil Law....
Enbrever
Enbrever, to write down in short, Britt. 56....
come down
come down came down coming down : to be announced [the decision came down from the Supreme Court] ...
strike down
strike down : annul nullify [the trustee…can strike down transfers "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] ;esp : to declare (a law) illegal and unenforceable [the court struck down death penalty provisions "L. H. Tribe"] ...
Completely knocked down condition
Completely knocked down condition, The words 'completely knocked down condition' in the entry are not used in any technical sense, and therefore, must, be given their ordinary dictionary meaning, i.e., 'made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation; in parts ready to be assembled.' (See Webster's New International Dictionary, Volume II, p. 1371 and also Words and Phrases, Permanent Addition, Volume 23, p. 560), Union of India v. Tarachand Gupta and Bros., (1971) 1 SCC 486: AIR 1971 SC 1558 (1562): (1971) 3 SCR 557. [Import and Export (Control) Order, Entry 295]...
Giving notice in writing
Giving notice in writing, Chapter XVII of the Act, containing ss. 138 to 142, was inserted in the Act as per Banking Public Financial Institution and Negotiable Instruments Laws (Amendment) Act, 1968. When the legislature contemplated that notice in writing should be given to the drawer of the cheque, the legislature must be presumed to have been aware of the modern devices and equipment already in vogue and also in store for future. If the Court were to interpret the words 'giving notice in writing' in the s. as restricted to the customary mode of sending notice through postal service or even by personal delivery, the interpretative process would fail to cope up with the change of time. If the notice envisaged in clause (b) of the proviso to s. 138 was transmitted by Fax it would be compliance with the legal requirement, SIL Import v. Exim Aides Silk Exporters, (1991) 4 SCC 567: AIR 1999 SC 1609 (1612, 1613). [Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, s. 138, proviso (b)]Giving Notice in writi...
Writing
Writing, in any Act of Parliament, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including printing, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 20.Expression referring to 'writing' shall be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form. [General Clauses Act, 1987 (10 of 1987), s. 3(65)]Writing, includes decoration lettering ornamentation, etc., produced by stencil. [Rajasthan Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2005, s. 2(f)]Writing, shall be construed as including reference to printing lithography, photography and other modes or representing or reproducing words in a visible form. See General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(65), Vikram Singh v. Shri Ram, AIR 1995 MP 140....
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