Strand - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of word strand In Stroud s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases, Fifth Edition, Volume 5, the word strand has been defined as : Strand is a Saxon word, signifying a shore or bank of a sea or any great river In The New Lexicon Wesbter s Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 2, the word strand has been defined as: strand: 1. the shore of body of water (esp. of a sea or lake). 2 to drive onto the shore/ to run (a boat) aground/ to cause (someone) to find himself accidentally and unwillingly held up on a journey or left suddenly somewhere without resources, the fog stranded passengers at the airport (esp. pass.) to leave ashore when the tide goes out or water level sinks, the whale was stranded. In P. Ramanatha Aiyar s Advanced Law Lexicon, 3rd edition, page 4494, it is stated: Strand. The word strand means the verge of the sea, or of any river. Strand (Sax.) is any shore or bank of a sea or river. Hence the street in the west suburbs of London, which lay next the shore or bank of the Thames, is called the Strand. In Black s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, the word strand has been defined as : A shore or bank of the sea or a river. [M/S. PEACOCK PLYWOOD PVT. LTD. VERSUS THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.- 2006 (12) TMI 558 - SUPREME COURT]