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Adult"Adult" means a person who has completed eighteen years of age. [See, section 2 (b), the Factories Act,...1508
Act of a firmAn "act of a firm" means any act or omission by all the partners, or by any partner or agent of the firm...1533
Adjudication"Adjudication" or "order of adjudication" means an order made under section 10 declaring a debtor to...1538
Actionable Claim"Actionable claim" means a claim to any debt, other than a debt secured by mortgage of immoveable property...994
Act of Parliament"Act of Parliament" shall mean an Act passed by Parliament and shall include any Act passed or made by...1529
Administrative Expense"Administrative expense" means any expense required to be made under this Act towards payment of any...1323
AbductionWhoever by force compels, or by any deceitful means induces, any person to go from any place, is said...2090
AbetmentA person abets the doing of a thing, who— First.—Instigates any person to do that thing; or, Secondly.—Engages...2142
AdmissionAn "admission" is a statement, oral or documentary/which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue...1494
IntoxicantThe expression 'excisable article' before the amendment of 1937was defined to mean 'any liquor or intoxicating...2308