Winnings - Indian Laws - General

Word winnings The word winnings has been given the following meaning in the Universal Dictionary of English Language by Henry Ceicil Wyld, Rentledge and Kagan Paul Ltd., London, 1952 Edn. Amount won, esp. money won in betting In the Oxford English Dictionary (Compact Edn., Vol. II, p. 178, Col. 3, Item 4), the word winnings is given the following meaning : Things or sums gained, gains, profits, earnings (obs. or dial.) in mod. use chiefly applied to money won by gaming or betting. The Oxford Dictionary refers to Law Reports, namely, Bridger v. Savage [1885] Weekly Notes, Pt. II, page 145 (SC); [1885] 15 QBD 363 (CA) in which the following passage occurs : The defendant having won on those bets received the winnings from the persons with whom he had betted. This shows that the word is used in association with chance rather than skill. There is a singular form of winning and the meaning assigned to to this expression is : 1. The act of a person or thing that wins. 2. usually, winnings-that which is own especially money. (See the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, College Edn., at page 1510. In Websters Third International Dictionary , the word winning is given this meaning : Something one wins esp. the money won by success in competition. CIT, TAMIL NADU V VERSUS GR. KARTHIKEYAN - 1979 (11) TMI 55 - MADRAS HIGH COURT