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Worship

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Worship, a title of respect applied to a magistrate.

1. Any form of religious devotion of service showing reverence for a divine being

2. English Law: A little of honour or dignity used in addressing certain magistrates or other high officers, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1601.

So far as Hindus are concerned, worship includes the place of worship; and forms in which, this active behaviour and veneration should be expressed and those are all regulated by Agama Sastras, Ramanasramam by its Secretary G. Sambasiva Rao v. Commissioner for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Madras, AIR 1961 Mad 265 (270).

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