Word 'shop' - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of term shop As per the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition (Revised), the term shop has been given the following meaning: shop n. 1. a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold. According to Wharton s Law Lexicon, 14th Edition (2003), a shop has been said to mean: Shop, a place where things are kept for sale, usually in small quantities, to the actual consumer. According to Black s Law Dictionary, 7th Edition (1999), the term shop has been stated to mean: Shop, n. A business establishment or place of employment; a factory, office, or other place of business. According to the Words and Phrases, Permanent Edition, Volume 39, the term shop has been stated to mean, inter alia, the following: The word shop means a room or building in which the making, preparing, or repairing of any article is carried on, or in which any industry is pursued; the place where anything is made; the producing place or source. State v. Sabo 140 N.E. 499, 500 : 108 Ohio St. 200.; Worcester defines- a shop as a place, building, or room in which things are sold; a store. Salomon v. Pioneer Co-operative Co. 21 Fla. 374, 384 : 58 Am. Rep. 667.; Webster defines the word shop as follows: (1) A building in which goods, wares, drugs, etc. are sold at retail; (2) a building in which mechanics work, and where they keep their manufacturers for sale. State v. O Connell 26 Ind. 266, 267; Salomon v. Pioneer Co-operative Co. 21 Fla. 374, 384 : 58 Am. Rep. 667. According to Corpus Juris Secundum, Volume LXXX, the term shop has been explained as follows: SHOP As a noun. The word shop appears to be derived from the old high German schopf or scopf which meant a building without a front wall. It is a term of various significance, and has many definitions, and it may have different meanings when used with different texts. In its popular sense, as well as its legal, meaning, the term shop is not confined to a store, and it may include both a store and a workshop. ... The word shop may denote a place where goods are sold, a place, building, or room in which things are sold; and, expressing this concept, the term is defined as meaning a place kept and used for the sale of goods; a place where goods are sold for retail;.... BANGALORE TURF CLUB LTD. AND ORS. VERSUS REGIONAL DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION AND ORS.- 2014 (7) TMI 1336 - SUPREME COURT