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Addecimate

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Addecimate, to take tithes.

'Addict' means a person addicted to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (i)]

To be an addict, means something more than being merely accustomed to drink. It is certainly not a term of art, and giving to it its plain natural meaning, the expression 'addict' does carry with it a sense of moral obloquy, State of Bombay v. P.V. Balsara, AIR 1951 SC 319 (313).

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