Lawful Authorities
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Lawful authorities, means those persons (such as the police) with the right to exercise public power, to require obedience to their lawful commands, and to command or act in the public name, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 892.
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