Definition / Legal Terminology / Words & Phrases

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1. word "any"

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2. Ab Initio

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3. Acknowledgement

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4. ACT OF STATE

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5. Actionable Claim

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6. word ad hoc, stop gap and fortuitous

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7. Addressee

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8. Adjourn

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9. Affirm

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10. Meaning of word "Agante"

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11. Agreement

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12. Agriculturist

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13. Agricultural Produce

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14. Amendment

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15. Effect of Amendment- Prospective or retrospective

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16. Amicus Curiae

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17. An Anglo-Indian

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18. Artificial Juridical Person

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19. "as is where is"

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20. Assessee

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21. Associate

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22. Authentication of electronic records

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23. Interpretation of word "authority"

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24. Banking Company

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25. Barrier

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26. Principles of beneficial construction

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27. Betting and Gambling

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28. Binding Effect of circulars / orders / instructions

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29. Bolam test

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30. Bona Fide

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31. Borrow

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32. Building

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33. business auxiliary service

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34. Business

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35. Care-giver

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36. Carpet Area

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37. Writ of Certiorari

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38. expression “change of opinion”

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39. word “claim”

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40. Co-operative Bank

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41. Co-operative society

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42. coachwork

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43. Collateral contracts and collateral warranties

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44. Communication

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45. Doctrine of Competence-Competence(Kompetenz-Kompetenz)

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46. Computer Resource

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47. Computer System

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48. Constitution Bench

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49. Doctrine of Contemporanea Expositio

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50. Rule of contra proferentem

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51. Contract

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52. Coparcenary

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53. Corporation tax

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54. Principle of "Lifting the Corporate Veil" Or "Piercing the corporate veil"

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55. definitions of credit note

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56. Principle of "de facto authority"

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57. Debt

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58. Del credere agent

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59. distinction between a "earnest or deposit and an advance part payment of price"

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60. Depository

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61. Digital Signature

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62. Disability

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63. Disaster

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64. Meaning of term 'disclosure'

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65. Discrimination

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66. dispose

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67. Distinction between obiter dictum and ratio decidendi

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68. Documents

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69. Principle Against Doubtful Penalisation

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70. E-commerce operator

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71. Ejusdem generis

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72. "Electronic Mail" and "Electronic Mail Message"

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73. Electronic record

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74. Electronic verification code

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75. Employer

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76. Meaning of "enactments"

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77. Doctrine of "escheat" or "bona vacantia"

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78. Estate duty

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79. Meaning of word "evade"

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80. Ex parte

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81. maxim ‘expressio unius est exclusio alterius’

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82. family

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83. Doctrine of first sale/principle of exhaustion

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84. fishing vessel

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85. fittings

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86. Force Majeure

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87. Principle of forum conveniens

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88. Meaning of word "from"

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89. General insurance business

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90. Maxim of generalia specialibus non derogant

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91. Goods carriage

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92. Government establishment

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93. Gross vehicle weight

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94. Guarantee

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95. Principle of harmonious construction

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96. Hash function

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97. Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicle

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98. Hedging Transaction

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99. Meaning of the expression "heir"

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100. Heydon’s /Mischief Rule

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101. High support

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102. Hindu undivided family(HUF)

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103. expression “in relation to”

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104. Inclusive education

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105. Indian Insurance Company

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106. Indian ship

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107. Information and communication technology

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108. Insurer

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109. Intangible asset

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110. concept of interest

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111. Interim Order

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112. International Financial Services Centre

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113. Role of court in interpretation

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114. Intra Vires

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115. Invention

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116. Jewellery

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117. Principle of judicial non-interference

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118. Interpretation of word "Judicially separated"

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119. Khadi

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120. Latent ambiguity

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121. Legal Representative

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122. Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation

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123. Life Insurance Business

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124. Light Motor Vehicle

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125. Limited liability partnership agreement

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126. Meaning of word "Local"

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127. Interpretation of word “local area” 

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128. Local authority

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129. Locus standi

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130. Manifestly arbitrary

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131. Meaning of expression "material"

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132. Words "Means and "Includes"

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133. Medium Goods Vehicle

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134. Medium Passenger Motor Vehicle

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135. Mercantile agent

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136. Metropolitan area

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137. Mistake Or Error Apparent

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138. Meaning of the expression "mutatis mutandis"

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139. Doctrine of Mutuality

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140. namely

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141. Meaning of word "Nazul"

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142. word "Negligence"

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143. Non-Banking Financial Company(NBFC)

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144. Doctrine of Noscitur A Sociis

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145. Novation

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146. Nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria

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147. obiter dictum

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148. Doctrine of Occupied Field

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149. Ocean-going vessel-going vessel

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150. Interpretation of Word ‘Or’ and ‘And’

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151. Originator

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152. Part performance

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153. Participant

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154. Partner

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155. Partnership

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156. Patent

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157. “patented article” and “patented process”

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158. Patently illegal

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159. Pension

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160. Meaning of word "per incuriam"

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161. Person with benchmark disability

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162. Doctrine of Pith and Substance

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163. Population

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164. PRE-EMPTION: FUTURE DOMAIN DOCTRINE

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165. Rule of binding precedence(Article 141)

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166. Presumption

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167. Primary agricultural Credit Society

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168. Private establishment

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169. doctrine of privity

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170. Practise the Profession of Law

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171. "burden of proof" and "onus of proof"

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172. PROPORTIONALITY TEST

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173. Doctrine of Prospective Overruling-

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174. Public facilities and services

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175. Public building

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176. Public Servant

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177. Interpretation of "purposive approach"

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178. Words "Pushtaini" and "Gair Pushtaini"

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179. WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO

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180. Railway

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181. Meaning of word "ratio decidendi"

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182. Principles of “Reading Down”

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183. Reason To Believe

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184. Reasonable accommodation

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185. Record

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186. Registered organisation

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187. Rehabilitation

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188. Nature of relationship of master and servant, principal and agent, and between principal and principal

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189. Religious purpose

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190. Meaning of words ‘repeal’ ‘substitute’ and ‘omission’

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191. Repugnancy

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192. Principles of res judicata

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193. Principle of res ipsa loquitur

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194. Resides

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195. Retrospective/ Retroactivity

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196. Meaning of “royalty”

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197. Meaning of Saving clause

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198. Scheme

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199. Sea-going

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200. Security receipt

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201. Distributor or selling agent

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202. concept of separability

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203. Doctrine of Severability

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204. Meaning of word 'shall'

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205. Ships

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206. Special Employment Exchange

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207. Specified disability

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208. Doctrine of Stare Decisis

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209. meaning of "status quo"

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210. Tax on the Sale or purchase of goods

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211. Tax on Income

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212. Taxation

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213. Tractor

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214. Transportation systems

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215. True and first inventor

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216. Trust

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217. doctrine of uberrima fidei

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218. Doctrine of ultra vires 

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219. Undisclosed Asset Located Outside India

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220. Undisclosed Foreign Income and Asset

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221. Unincorporated Body

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222. Universal design

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223. Doctrine of Unjust Enrichment

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224. Unladen weight

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225. Meaning of expression “valuable consideration”

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226. Value of an Undisclosed Asset

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227. Village Industry

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228. Meaning of ‘warranty’

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229. Wednesbury principle

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230. "wills", "Joint wills" and "Mutual wills"

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231. Workman

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232. Interpretation of word "Cause of action"

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233. term "caveat"

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234. Meaning of word "charity"

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235. essential requirements of legal charity

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236. word "contest"

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237. "Body corporate" Or "Corporation"

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238. Meaning of 'Corporation aggregate'

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239. concept of crime

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240. The Cypres doctrine

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241. Definition of fraud

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242. writ of habeas corpus

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243. word “just and equitable”

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244. Meaning of word "privilege"

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245. Parliamentary Privileges

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246. Expression “public policy”

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247. Expression "religious denomination"

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248. Separation of powers: a nuanced modern doctrine

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249. meaning and scope of ‘strict interpretation’

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250. Doctrine of substantial compliance and “intended use”

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251. Expression “sufficient cause”

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252. Interpretation of taxing statue

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253. Interpretation of word “University”

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254. principle of waiver

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255. Meaning of word ‘waiver’

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