Brackets Or Parentheses - Indian Laws - General

Brackets Or Parentheses According to The New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998 Edn., Brackets are used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context. Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary, 7th Edn., defines bracket to mean either of a pair of marks, ( ) placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics. The New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998 Edn., gives the meaning and use of Parenthesis as: Parenthesis. -noun (pl. parentheses) a word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas. -(usu. Parentheses) a pair of round brackets ( ) used to include such a word, clause, or sentence. Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary, 7th Edn., defines the meaning of Parenthesis as: a word, sentence, etc. that is added to a speech or piece of writing, especially in order to give extra information. In writing, it is separated from rest of the text using brackets, commas or dashes. The Complete Plain Words by Sir Ernest Gowers, 1986 Revised Edn. by Sidney Greenbaum and Janet Whitcut, gives the purpose of parenthesis as follows: Parenthesis .-The purpose of a parenthesis is ordinarily to insert an illustration, explanation, definition, or additional piece of information of any sort into a sentence that is logically and grammatically complete without it. A parenthesis may be marked off by commas, dashes or brackets. The degree of interruption of the main sentence may vary from the almost imperceptible one of explanatory words in apposition, to the violent one of a separate sentence complete in itself. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines parenthesis as follows: 1 a : an amplifying or explanatory word, phrase, or sentence inserted in a passage from which it is usually set off by punctuation b : a remark or passage that departs from the theme of a discourse : The Law Lexicon , The Encyclopaedic Law Dictionary by P. Ramanatha Aiyar, 2000 Edn., defines parenthesis as under: Parenthesis. -a parenthesis is defined to be an explanatory or qualifying clause, sentence, or paragraph, inserted in another sentence, or in course of a longer passage, without being grammatically connected with it. (Cent. Dist.) Parenthesis is used to limit, qualify or restrict the meaning of the sentence with which it is connected, and it may be designated by the use of commas, or by a dash, or by curved lines or brackets (United States v. Schilling [53 Fed 81 : 3 CCA 440] ). Fuerst Day Lawson v/s Jindal Exports - 2011 (7) TMI 1275 - SUPREME COURT