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Affidavit of Valuation"Affidavit of valuation" means the affidavit of valuation made under section 19(1) of the Court-fees...536
Church of Scotland"Church of Scotland" means the Church of Scotland as by law established. [See section 3, the Christian...386
Cognizable Case"Cognizable offence" means an offence for, and "cognizable case" means a case in, which a police-officer,...388
Resident'Resident' ordinarily means inhabi­tant of a place; it may be permanent or it may be temporary. Temporary...743
Common intention"Common intention" of several persons is to be inferred from their conduct, manner of doing the act and...932
Cognizance"The word 'cognizance' refers to a stage of mutual condition at which the Magistrate or a Judge decide...893
Stare decisisStare decisis is a Latin term meaning “to abide by decided cases”. The doctrine that, when a court...509
EquityA venerable group of rights and procedures to provide fairness, unhampered by the narrow structures of...926
Dangerous Goods"Dangerous goods" means such articles, goods or things as the Government may, by notification in the...640
Debenture"Debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company, whether constituting...750