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Encounter

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

To come against face to face to meet to confront either by chance suddenly or deliberately especially to meet in opposition or with hostile intent to engage in conflict with to oppose to struggle with as to encounter a friend in traveling two armies encounter each other to encounter obstacles or difficulties to encounter strong evidence of a truth

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