Article - Indian Laws - General

Word article As per Odhams Dictionary of the English language, as under: Article (1)-an object distinct from others of a class, an item; a commodity or merchandise; a prose contribution on a subject published in a periodical; a tenet of belief; an item in a legal document or contract; part of a stem between two joints; a definite or indefinite demonstrative. In Encyclopaedia Britannica , at page 556, the word article is defined as under: article , in grammer, a word that signals the function or class of another word. The articles in English are a (or an) and the. They have grammatical rather than lexical meaning. In Black s Law Dictionary , 6th Edition, the meaning of article is as under: Article . A separate and distinct part of an instrument or writing; one of several things presented as connected or forming a whole. A particular object or substance, a material thing or a class of things. In Concise Oxford Dictionary the word article is defined as under: Article, n. Separate portion of anything written; separate clause (of agreement, etc.) as thirty-nine-Apprenticeship, Association; literary composition forming part of magazine, etc., but independent; leading-in newspaper, expressing editorial opinion; particular; particular thing, as the next-, (Gram.) definite-, th , indefinite- In Words and Phrases Permanent Edition-4 , the meaning of article is as under (page 486): As used in Tariff Act, 1890, par. 373, 26 Stat. 594, relating to the duties on laces, tuckings, lace window curtains, and other similar tamboured articles, article should be construed in its general sense as indicating a commodity. Again at page 487, the word article is defined as under: article is derived from the Latin word articulus , meaning connecting two parts of the body; one of the parts thus connected; a separate member or portion of anything; a single clause in any writing; a particular item of several that make up an account; a portion of a complex whole; a distinct portion of an instrument; a distinct part. VARALAKSHMI ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER VERSUS STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER - 1998 (7) TMI 652 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT