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Abracadabra

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Abracadabra, term used to denote a magic spell or trick. 'Law is not abracadabara, but at once pragmatic and astute and does not surrender its power before scary exaggeration of security by prison bosses' [Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1720), para 192]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)

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