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"The Oxford Universal Dictionary Illustrated, 3rd edition, Vol. 1 page 125, defines the word 'authorise' as 'to give formal approval to.' I can see no difference between the words 'approve'...
"A decision under order 19 rule 5(1)(2) does not fall within the definition of 'decision' under section 277(1) of the 1979 Constitution. It is therefore not subject to appeal."
"A cause of action is defined in 'Stroud's Judicial Dictionary' as the entire set of circumstances giving rise to an enforceable claim. To our mind, it is, in effect, the...
"Re-evaluation of evidence by an appellate court does not mean copious reproduction of such evidence."
"A warning by the writer of a letter, even if it is false and mischievous, that a third person is threatening to kill the person to whom the letter is...
"It is settled that the word 'shall', when used in an enactment is capable of bearing many meanings. It may be implying futurity or implying a mandate or direction or...
"A consequential order is not one merely incidental to a decision but one necessarily flowing directly and naturally from, and inevitably consequent upon it. It must be giving effect to...
"The words 'cause of action' mean simply a factual situation the existence of which entitles one person to obtain a remedy against another person. It denotes every fact (though not...
"A simple grammatical construction of the expression, 'the selectors present' and 'Largest number of votes' in Exhibit 6 reproduced above would mean the requirement of the quorum of seven and...
"The word 'shall' as used in sections 9(1) and 13 of Decree No. 10 of 1985, I conceive, is mandatory and does not, in my view, permit of any discretion,...
"Mesne profits has been described as the rents and profits which a tenant who holds over after the lawful termination or expiration of his tenancy or a trespasser has or...