Understanding the Legal Definition of Ordinary in Law

Now, a glance at the definition shows that this term is intended to include, and does include, land which in ordinary language would not be described as " forest," for example, it includes land which has been resumed by the Crown under the provisions of " The Land Resumption Ordinance, 1887." ... The Magistrate seems to have based his judgment on the ground that land, such as that in question, is not forest in the ordinary and popular s....

Goods, I think, in its ordinary signification, means tangible movable property. I have not been able to find in any English case a definition of the term apart from the definition contained in a statute. ... The effect of a definition in these terms is that the word defined is to have its ordinary meaning, and in addition to denote the things which the definition says it is to " incl....

-The definition of " produce " in Ordinance No. 9 of 1885 is not exhaustive. The term used in the definition is " includes." Though pepper is not specially mentioned" in the definition, it is proved in this case to be a produce of plantations in the district. [De Sampayo A.J. ... The accused bought the pepper openly in the ordinary course of business, and concealed nothing when inquiries were made. He swore that he had no....

No definition of tout is given in the Ordinance, but the ordinary definition of a tout is one who procures the employment in any legal business of any legal practitioner in consideration of remuneration moving from such practitioner, or proposes to a legal practitioner to secure his employment in

The only reason which I can give is that, in the absence of any statutory definition including them, they are not securities in the ordinary meaning of that word, and that they have never, so far as I know, been held to be securities. ... This agreement falls within that definition. [Hutchinson CJ.- That definition is only for the purpose of the Penal Code.] ... According to Stroud's definition cited by....

I.], that is, an exact definition of these words. They are deliberately, I imagine, left vague. ... Lord Atkin said - " There is no statutory definition of 'office'. Without adopting the sentence as a complete definition one may treat the following expression of Rowlatt J. in Great Western Railway Company v. Bater 3[(1922) 2 A. C. ... Though their true construction is a matter of law, they are to be applied in the facts of the particul....

to which an ordinary meaning should be assigned. ... The Ordinance also mentions other cases, which do not arise here, in which definition by Proclamation is required. ... It is manifest that the contention for the accused, that the words " set out for the purposes of this Ordinance " should be read after the word " village," is ill-founded, whether we regard the grammatical construction of the words or their plain meaning as ordinary....

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We believe that is another reason to avoid a rigid definition of the language skills of the ordinary American purchaser. ... “[G]eneric terms by definition are incapable of in- dicating source.” In re Hotels.com, L.P., 573 F.3d 1300, 1302 (Fed. Cir. 2009). A generic name is “ineligible for fed- eral trademark registration.” U.S. Pat. & Trademark Off. v. ... The parties dispute the relevant extent to which French is spoken and underst....

In this view I think that an ordinary carriage painter is no more than a labourer, and I affirm the conviction. Affirmed. ... The definition by reason of the use of the word " include " is not exhaustive, and if the accused can be said to be a " labourer," he would, of course, be a servant under the Ordinance.

I am therefore of opinion that the word " orphan " has not a precise and strict meaning, and that further definition of the word was possible, and even desirable. The respondents argued that under the rules of the Association there has been this further definition. ... Where an Ordinance gives power for the making of rules and provides that the rules if made in a particular manner shall have the same effect as if they were made under the Ordinance, a....

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The National Commission appears to have been taking a consistent view that where a person purchases goods “with a view to using such goods for carrying on any activity on a large scale for the purpose of earning profit” he will not be a ‘consumer’ within the meaning of Section 2(d)(i) of the Act. In the absence of a definition, we have to go by its ordinary meaning.

Consumer

'Commercial' denotes "pertaining to commerce" (Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary): it means "connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile; having profit as the main aim" (Collins English Dictionary) whereas the word 'commerce' means "financial transactions especially buying and selling of merchandise, on a large scale" (Concise Oxford Dictionary). In the absence of a definition, we have to go by its ordinary meaning. The National Commission appears to have been tak....

Consumer

In the absence of a definition, we have to go by its ordinary meaning. The National Commission appears to have been taking a consistent view that where a person purchases goods "with a view to using such goods for carrying on any activity on a large scale for the purpose of earning profit" he will not be a 'consumer' within the meaning of Section 2(d)(i) of the Act. 'Commercial' denotes "pertaining to commerce" (Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary); it means "connected wit....

Consumer

In the absence of a definition, we have to go by its ordinary meaning. “Commercial” denotes “pertaining to commerce” (Chamber’s Twentieth Century Dictionary); it means “connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile; having profit as the main aim” (Collins English Dictionary) whereas the word ‘commerce’ means “financial transactions especially buying and selling of merchandise, on a large scale” (Concise Oxford Dictionary). The National Commission appears to have been tak....

Consumer

In the absence of a definition, we have to go by its ordinary meaning. The National Commission appears to have been taking a consistent view that where a person purchases goods “with a view to using such goods for carrying on any activity on a large scale for the purpose of earning profit” he will not be a ‘consumer’ within the meaning of Section 2(1)(d)(i) of the Act. “Commercial” denotes “pertaining to commerce” (Chamber’s Twentieth Century Dictionary); it means “connected ....