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Earthquake

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A shaking trembling or concussion of the earth due to subterranean causes often accompanied by a rumbling noise The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere destroying cities and many thousand lives called also earthdin earthquave and earthshock

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