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Diminution

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Diminution, the act of making less, opposed to augmentation. In proceedings for the reversal of judgment, if the whole record be not certified, or not truly certified by the inferior Court, the party injured thereby, in both civil and criminal cases, may allege a diminution of the record and cause it to be rectified.

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