Meaning of word "from" - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of word from In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary where it is stated- from is much akin to after and when used with reference to computation to time, for example, from a stated day, prima facie excludes the day of the date. In Wharton's. Law Lexicon it is stated that the word- from ordinarily excludes the day from which the time is to be reckoned but is construed inclusive of that day if the context requires it. Sidebotham v. Holland (1763) 3 Burr. 1424, was referred to by the Advocate General as showing that the words at, on, from and on and from have the same meaning. That case turned upon the date of commencement of a tenancy and all that Lindley, L.J., held in that case was that the words at, on from and on and from were, for the purpose of considering the validity of a notice, equivalent expressions and the learned Judge observed that any distinction between them for such, a purpose as that was far too subtle for practical use. I do not think that it is authority for holding that wherever these words are used they have the same meaning. IN RE: COURT FEES- 1922 (10) TMI 4 - MADRAS HIGH COURT