Class - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of Class In Legal Thesaurus (Regular Edition) the following meanings are given to the word class : Assortment, bracket, branch, brand, breed, caste, category, classification, classes, denomination, designation, division...; gradation, grade, group, grouping hierarchy.... sect, social rank, social status.... The Oxford English Dictionary (Volume II): (2) a division or order of society according to status; a rank or grade of society;... (6) a number of individuals (persons or things) possessing common attributes, and grouped together under a general or class name; a kind, sort, division. According to Webster s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, meaning of the words class is as follows: (1) a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits, kind, sort (2) any division of persons or things according to rank or grade.... (9) Social, a social stratum sharing basic, economic, political or cultural characteristics and having the same social position.... (10) the system of dividing society; caste.... Black Law Dictionary (Sixth Edition) Centennial Edition (1891-1991) gives the meaning of class thus: A group of persons, things, qualities, or activities having common characteristics or attributes. In Corpus Juris Secundum (14), the meaning of words class and caste is given thus: Class A number of objects distinguished by common characters from all others, and regarded as a collective unit or group, a collection capable of general division, a number of persons or things ranked together for some common purpose or possessing some attribute in common; the order of rank according to which persons or things are arranged or assorted;.... INDRA SAWHNEY ETC. ETC VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS, ETC.- 1992 (11) TMI 277 - SUPREME COURT