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Propagate

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Propagate, the expression 'propagate' has been defined in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary to mean 'to spread from person, or from place to place, to disseminate, diffuse (a statement, belief, practice, etc.)'. According to the Century Dictionary, 'propagate' means as follows:

To transmit or spread from person to person or from place to place; carry froward or onward; diffuse; extend; as to propagate a report; to propagate the Christian religion, Rev. Stainislaus v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (1977) 1 SCC 677: AIR 1977 SC 908. [Constitution of India, Art. 25(1)]

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